Damian_SandersWell no shit, that's why Full Tilt sells a neutered Intuition liner. But they shouldn't go around claiming it's equivalent to a full Intuition liner, because it's not. Raichle and Kneissl sold Thermoflex liners in the Flexon for several years that needed to be heat fitted and it probably contributed to their lack of commercial success.
I've been skiing custom liners since 1994, starting with custom injected silicone battle axes in Technica TNT AVS. Don't tell me Full Tilt liners are equivalent to an Intuition, if you do you're a liar or a moron.
I'm not 100% sold that I should build up my 2015 Seth's which are the soul shell, might end up just doing my 6th pair of Original Raichle/Kneissl/FT. I've got a pair of new 20th Anniversary Flexons which could be put into use, but I'm worried the plastic might not hold up due to colored plastic UV/age failure. I could strip all buckle parts and uppers off the Seths...hummm.
If you're lucky enough to have skinny LV feet that fit them, you should be in the Original. You know this though. The Soul is way too roomy for me but was a great move by FT because, really, if you ever have to undo any buckle on your Original during your entire day of skiing, they don't fit you and they are low volume enough that I do not believe they truly fit many. The Soul shell would fit far more feet. And of course the Evolution shell was also a great move (however it differs greatly to the Original and Soul and I'm not talking about in volume, buckles, and appearance: there's a hard stop in that rear cuff that is absent on the Soul and Original)
Those Thermoflex liners were very good. I had that exact same Flexon with that very same liner. i actually sold them on TGR about 10 yrs ago. I'd ski those. You won't have a problem with the plastic. There's plastic shit washing up on shore that has spent decades in the saltwater and sun that's still in great shape. Your prized Flexons should be fine. Was stupid of me to sell them in hindsight but was sizing down my shell. And now, all this time later, have gone back to the 310bsl (the black toes of from my 301's had gotten unbearable).
I've fucked around with Flexons/FT's and liners for years now. It's actually concerning how obsessed I am with it. Along the way and recently I picked up a set of used once PW+'s because the price was right and my thinking was that since these are made out of even thicker foam (I'm actually not sure if they still are: Intuition is saying only the cuff, but I find that hard to believe and they feel much firmer, in hand, than a PW through the forefoot) they would compress to an even firmer mold of goodness. The PW+'s I have are def way beefier than a standard PW. And they mold exactly as I thought they would: super firm all around. Too firm, in fact. You'll be looking for a softer tongue than you are used to to use these, but they should last longer and provide even better support than a standard PW.
And as an aside and only because you're DS, back in the 90's me and my 2 main riding buddies wore hard boots on plates with slack angles. Those who knew, knew. But it was very few of us.
