Blades I wanted are out of stock, need advice: CA or Legacy 7's?

[Diana Delafield]

I personally have no experience with the Lite versions. There are other members on this forum who do and are qualified to answer this question. So I will defer to them. Stay tuned.

No personal experience, but anecdotally I've heard that a) not all sharpeners can handle the differences between lite and regular, although the better skate shop sharpeners can; b) the people I know who use them say they need to get them sharpened much more often and skidding is worse/scarier if they let them go too long between sharpenings; c) my coach said catch-blade positions (in spins) is more difficult because the stanchions gap is "tighter", and I personally wouldn't want to have to relearn my grab in some pairs lifts after so many years; d) the price difference is significant, which wouldn't matter with the ones they're offering you "at no extra cost" but when you go to replace them (which you'd have to do more often if they do need sharpening more often as my friends have said, and would wear down faster), are they still going to give you that tempting first-time, lure-in-the-customer deal? At my skate shop, a quick look at their website shows MK Professional Regular blades at $449.99 CAD, and the Lite version at $519.99. (Revolution blades, which won't affect you, are usually 50% more expensive, MK Phantom Revolutions at $1,499.99 over my MK Phantom regular blade at $949.99, for instance.)

Go for the regular blades.