Does the foot naturally over time mold the boot to the same "molded" state as heat molding?

[robot]

Does the heat molding simply mold the boot to the foot in the same way that just using the boot regularly would, but in less time? Or does heat molding generate a fit you otherwise wouldn't achieve with time?

Since in the past it's always been the skates without heat molding that lasted the longest, felt the safest, and were my favorites since they molded to my foot the best with significantly less breakdown over time.

I have new skates arriving in the mail this Monday, so I just need someone to remind me that it's okay not to heat mold my skates if I don't want to.

 

[tstop4me]

I have new skates arriving in the mail this Monday, so I just need someone to remind me that it's okay not to heat mold my skates if I don't want to.

It's OK not to heat mold your skates, if you don't want to. Jackson used to have some informative videos [ETA: More detailed than what they currently have on their website.]. One was dedicated to heat molding. In one segment, the tech said something along the lines of: "Just because there's a hang tag on the boots that read 'heat moldable', doesn't mean you need to insist on having the boots heat molded. If they fit fine as-is, you don't need to get them heat molded."

 

[robot]

It's OK not to heat mold your skates, if you don't want to. Jackson used to have some informative videos [ETA: More detailed than what they currently have on their website.]. One was dedicated to heat molding. In one segment, the tech said something along the lines of: "Just because there's a hang tag on the boots that read 'heat moldable', doesn't mean you need to insist on having the boots heat molded. If they fit fine as-is, you don't need to get them heat molded."

Thank you! My dad jokingly calls it feet molding instead of heat molding since im molding my feet with the boot.

 

[tstop4me]

Thank you! My dad jokingly calls it feet molding instead of heat molding since im molding my feet with the boot.

Actually, depending on your feet, your boots, your skating level, and the amount of time you spend skating ... he's absolutely right.

 

[sk8dreamzzzz]

If you have compressible/hypermobile feet, the boot may never mold to them and your feet contort to fit the boot shape. For normal people with normal feet, a leather boot will eventually mold to your feet. I'm not sure about synthetic or hard boots.

I have had more luck with leather roller skates molding to my feet because of the heat skating outdoors. No such luck on ice, but then I have compressible feet which are always freezing on the ice. So many factors...

 

[robot]

If you have compressible/hypermobile feet, the boot may never mold to them and your feet contort to fit the boot shape. For normal people with normal feet, a leather boot will eventually mold to your feet. I'm not sure about synthetic or hard boots.

I have had more luck with leather roller skates molding to my feet because of the heat skating outdoors. No such luck on ice, but then I have compressible feet which are always freezing on the ice. So many factors...

What exactly do you mean by compressible hypermobile feet? Since I'm hypermobile in general, but really don't think my feet are since I've never thought about it. Like how can you tell?

I remember being in agony trying on skates when I first started, but now, nothing. I think the freestyle are wider and have a higher arch though than the Elle's, but I wonder if at this point I've just learned how to contort my foot effectively to match the stock boot.

 

[sk8dreamzzzz]

What exactly do you mean by compressible hypermobile feet? Since I'm hypermobile in general, but really don't think my feet are since I've never thought about it. Like how can you tell?

I remember being in agony trying on skates when I first started, but now, nothing. I think the freestyle are wider and have a higher arch though than the Elle's, but I wonder if at this point I've just learned how to contort my foot effectively to match the stock boot.

A foot doctor told me. He gently squeezed different parts of my foot and the shape completely changed. If I use tape around the ball of my foot, it will compress and be much narrower. Pressure on the top will collapse the arch. Maybe you can have a doctor look at yours?