Comments on: Black Diamond Factor Factor, Part 2 — Dave’s Take

By: Randy H

Randy H — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:43:04 +0000

Re: Changes from 09/10 to 10/11

I asked the Tech Support folks at BD and they told me that BD only(?)
changed the walk/ski switch for 10/11 and the new part can be retrofitted to the older boots.

By: Randy H

Randy H — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:55:11 +0000

Here is some additional fit info for those of you considering the Factor boots, straight from the Tech Support folks at BD:

“The Factor and Method have the same last dimension between the two boots. That being said…
27 mondo is our meat size – it has a last width of 102mm.
Every whole shell size you go down from 27, the last width drops by 2mm (i.e. 26 mondo last is 100mm)
Every whole shell size you go up from 27, the last width increases by 2mm (i.e. 28 mondo last is 104mm)
Size 30 Factors and Methods have last widths of 108mm.”

Black Diamond customer service is fantastic!

My old boots finally failed, right before a big trip, leaving me in a bit of a rush to get new boots. Thanks to the great work done by other contributors here I decided on the BD Factor as my next boot if it would fit. A quick email to Black Diamond Tech Support, answered first thing in the morning of th same day I sent it, gave me the good news- the boots are going to be wide enough. Follow up questions were also addressed within an hour– it’s been a long time since any company has given me such service. Many thanks to J.P. at BD, and the rest of the folks over there for taking care of the customer so well.

Yes- I am a bit excited about my new gear.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:05:23 +0000

Does anyone now if there were there any major (or even minor) changes to this boot between 2009/10 and 10/11?

My understanding is that the initial 08/09 model had lots of trouble with buckles and the ski/walk mech, but that both those issues were largely fixed (or at least addressed) for the 09/10 boot.

Did BD do anything more for this year’s boot?

Thanks

By: Jon Moceri

Jon Moceri — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:11:35 +0000

Sean, my advice is to work with a boot fitter to see if you stand correctly in the boot. And then work with a high end ski instructor to see if it all is working for you.

There are so many variable with binding angles, known as “delta”, forward lean, and boot ramp angles. It all gets very confusing.

I think some of the most reasoned information about this topic, and many skiing topics, can be found here:
http://www.lous.ca/techarticles.html

I think Jonathan Shefftz is probably the most knowledgeable, on this subject, who regularly comments on this blog.

It is interesting that many of my ski buddies, who are quite high end skiers, are buying the new Lange alpine boots. Why? Because they have less forward lean, less ramp angle than the other manufactures. This make the skier stand up in a neutral, upright stance.

Cheers

By: Sean Gibson

Sean Gibson — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:21:03 +0000

Has anyone had any experience with changing the forward lean while skiing ?
I find the stance to be too tall to be comfortable skiing all day
I remember talking with a guy from Colorado last year who had done some Franken-work on his BD Factors.

But I forget what exactly he did to them. Any one ?