Comments on: Comparo — BD Method and Factor Ski Boots http://www.wildsnow.com/1525/black-diamond-method-factor-boots/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joanne http://www.wildsnow.com/1525/black-diamond-method-factor-boots/comment-page-1/#comment-29833 Joanne Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:35:11 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1525#comment-29833 Hey Lou, Don't know what we would do without you... I had been mystified by how to remove the sole blocks on my Shiva's for an hour. Then I came across your article. I guess it didn't occur to the folks at BD that instructions on how to put on the new block aren't very useful without instructions on how to take off the old ones! And for those of us who don't own a rubber mallet, a hammer works too! Hey Lou,

Don’t know what we would do without you… I had been mystified by how to remove the sole blocks on my Shiva’s for an hour. Then I came across your article. I guess it didn’t occur to the folks at BD that instructions on how to put on the new block aren’t very useful without instructions on how to take off the old ones!

And for those of us who don’t own a rubber mallet, a hammer works too!

]]> By: dave downing http://www.wildsnow.com/1525/black-diamond-method-factor-boots/comment-page-1/#comment-12846 dave downing Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:26:25 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1525#comment-12846 So far I haven't had the walk mode bar break. That's good. The biggest thing I've noticed so far is that the toe box is narrower than my other boots. Go go Surefoot-insole-free-boot-work-agreement !!! So far I haven’t had the walk mode bar break. That’s good. The biggest thing I’ve noticed so far is that the toe box is narrower than my other boots. Go go Surefoot-insole-free-boot-work-agreement !!!

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1525/black-diamond-method-factor-boots/comment-page-1/#comment-12843 Lou Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:16:44 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1525#comment-12843 That TGR thread made me laugh. Gear breaks. Life isn't perfect. A first year product might, just might, have something that needs improving or beefing. Why is that so stunning and life changing? So long as BD honors their warranty and eventually improves the weak link, that just seems like the ins and outs of normal product manufacturing. If the things were breaking all over the place that would be another issue entirely and would require a recall, but that doesn't seem to be the case. As for our test boots and others I know about in the greater WildSnow circle, so far they've held up fine and we'll honestly blog about any issues that develop. That TGR thread made me laugh. Gear breaks. Life isn’t perfect. A first year product might, just might, have something that needs improving or beefing. Why is that so stunning and life changing? So long as BD honors their warranty and eventually improves the weak link, that just seems like the ins and outs of normal product manufacturing. If the things were breaking all over the place that would be another issue entirely and would require a recall, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. As for our test boots and others I know about in the greater WildSnow circle, so far they’ve held up fine and we’ll honestly blog about any issues that develop.

]]> By: Dmitriy http://www.wildsnow.com/1525/black-diamond-method-factor-boots/comment-page-1/#comment-12827 Dmitriy Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:18:45 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1525#comment-12827 Lou, you might really be interested in the thread going on here: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144961 Do you have any updates on the boots? Maybe Dave Downing has some input? Lou, you might really be interested in the thread going on here:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144961

Do you have any updates on the boots? Maybe Dave Downing has some input?

]]> By: doug abromeit http://www.wildsnow.com/1525/black-diamond-method-factor-boots/comment-page-1/#comment-12599 doug abromeit Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:25:42 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1525#comment-12599 Lou....thanks for the quick response and thanks for the awesome website! Lou….thanks for the quick response and thanks for the awesome website!

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