Originally Posted by
Just Looking
WRG Sounds like atleast someone else at the shop may have more knowledge? or try with zipfit direct.
couple things I've learned:
heating the liner is only to help the cork move from place to place, it won't compress like intuitions (ever?), and will take forever to move from wearing. Warm the liner and move the cork in a pinching motion between the inside and outside. Dont start from the bottom of where you want to move the cork from, start from the top and work your way down, create room for movement this way. There are a lot of good zipfit videos showing the moving, and the removal of the cork if necessary.
When I put on the liner, I was really cranking the lacing really tight and the top strap super tight, like you would normally reef on the powerstrap. It was cutting off my foots circulation and making them really cold and uncomfortable. I've changed to gently snugging the lacing, and lightly closing the top strap, mostly just to contain the lace length. Made a huge difference in my foot / lower leg comfort.
Lastly, my buckles at the ankle went from the last rung on the ladder, to the first, sometimes the second. A drastic change from using the intuitions. Seemd weird initially, but works fine.
Good Luck, sucks to hear your issues.
fwiw, I originally had new shells I was going to use with the zipfits, but decided to use the old ones as I knew those shells worked, even though the new ones were an updated similar model. I havent used the new shells yet as the old ones have a new life now. Maybe try your previous shells as mentioned.
