Bad Boot

By jas Ranked #775 - Boots February 12, 2009

A minor problem I had is the tongues never stay in place and always slide to the outer side of the boot. Its small but annoying. I felt the boots were extremely uncomfortable. I could feel alot of presure from the binding straps and a sharp pain near the one ankle like something was popping through. I think this is due to the fact that the liners are pretty thin and pack out REALLY bad. My brother has a pair of Ride Anthems, which is a cheaper boot, and the liner is twice as think and padded and also has a good bit of arch support. The Burton Rulers have no arch support and very little padding. My biggest problem was when I pull the one liner tight the heal wrinkles up inside. My heal rubs up against the wrinkle and it got fairly bruised and swollen, I have not been able to ride for a week because it hurts so bad. I have had a alot of boots in the past and this has never happened.

Through the years I have noticed that Burton has so many new products and technology every year that its like each product gets very little careful attention and the final product seems incomplete compared to other companies who like to focus hard on developing a good solid product no matter what level or price it is. I feel most of Burton's stuff gets skipped over, its tech is just gimicky, while all their good design seems to go to the stuff at the very top of the line, which is so overpriced and unaffordable to the majority of snowboarders out there. Thats just my opinion after comparing Burton with other brands and having a few warrenty issues with them. DogFunk is great though. They recredited my purchase completely w/o questions after I told them the problems I was having with the boots.

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