Sizing of Spantik
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I am trying to figure out how to size Sportiva Spatnik. I cant find anywhere to try them on, and quite frankly I dont want to spend 650 bucks just to ship back. I have been told that they fit similar to the Nepal Evo. The Trangos Evo GTX I wear in 45.5. Any similarities with those? |
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I have Trango Evos and Nepal Evos and they're both the same size and fit the same. It *might* be a safe bet that the Spantiks will follow in that. They might not though. |
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I have the trango evos and the spantiks in the same size. If you can wear thick socks comfortably in the trangos, the same size of spantiks will work just fine. |
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I could get from backcountry or something like that but I rather get it right the first time. Do they heat mold the foot or anything like that? |
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I own both the Nepal and the Spantik and wear the exact same size. My Spantiks also came with two pairs of insoles, one flat reflective material and one standard contoured, which could be used to adjust internal volume. |
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Hello there, |
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Just as an update for folks looking for sizing help. I use 44.5 in all of LS running shoes and 10.5 (44.5) in Asics runners. In Asics the 11 (45) are too big. I use a 44 Nepal Evo. |
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I wear a 44.5 in my lasportiva hiking boots, and 44.5 in my Nepal Evo single boots (with a green super feet insole). I tried 44.5 in the Spantiks and they were just a little too tight in the toes. I bumped up to a 45 and use a blue super feet insole, with a mountaineering sock and the feet seems to be pretty dialed in. Also, in the past I tried wearing the Trango Evo Extremes and I could not get the fit dialed in with the smaller toe box. If I wore the a size 45 the toes were ok, but my heel would slip, if I went smaller my toes were smashed. Hopefully this helps you. Cheers. |
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Ya, the whole sizing up thing is non sense. Buy a boot that actually fits. That might even involve trying the boots on first :) |
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41.5 Trangos and Batura, 42 Spantik here. 41.5 Spantik had my toes hitting the ends. |
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Last on the Trango is a smaller volume than the Nepal. Batura last is suppose to mimic the Nepal. I find it closer in fit to the Trango last for my feet. |
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Another $0.02, for what it's worth. |
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Dane wrote:Last on the Trango is a smaller volume than the Nepal. Batura last is suppose to mimic the Nepal. I find it closer in fit to the Trango last for my feet. Double boots only come in full shell sizes. There are no half sizes just a slightly different mold/form on the liners..but same liners as well. 45.5 Spantik is also a 46 shell. 41.5 and 42 Spantik are the same shells. "41.5 Trangos and Batura, 42 Spantik here. 41.5 Spantik had my toes hitting the ends" mountainproject.com/v/spant…I know we'd had this conversation before an I can't quite remember what the outcome was?...But I can tell you that my shells (41.5 an 42) were different sizes. They were labeled as different sizes and they were clearly different sizes when placed side by side. I tried all combinations of inner and outer boot and I am 100% sure that regardless of inner boot used, my feet hit the ends of the 41.5 and not the 42's. Now maybe they are supposed to be the same size and there is some variability in the production, but I am 100% sure that these two were not equivalent. I even had to readjust the length of my crampons between the two. I think you said something about Spantik breaking up the shell sizes differently than other doubles maybe (i.e. 41.5 and 42 are the same vs 41 and 41.5 being the same)? Maybe this has something to do with my observed difference? |
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FACT:
There are no half size Spantiks (Baruntse, Oly Mons, Scarpa 6000 or Zamberlan Denali or any other modern dbl boot I have seen recently. 43.5 and 44 are the same size shell in a Spantik 44.5 and 45 are the same size shells in a Spantik. 45.5 and 46 are the same size shells in a Spantik. Scarpa 6000 only comes in full sizes..44/45/46 etc. Half sizes and a perfect fit can easily be accomidated with the appropriate thin sock combos by choosing the right inner boot and heat molding. Liners (Baruntse. Oly Mons and Spantik) can be molded to fit a 1/2 size either way. Best inner boot IMO by a huge margin on fit and warmth for any of the boots listed is the La Sportiva Baruntse liner made by Palau. |
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I spoke with La sportiva this morning and they said that their doubles boots do not share same last sizes from half sizes to full sizes ie: 41.5-42.0. I was told that each half size has a different shell size from the full size. But really who knows. Its the fit that matters, not really the numbers. |
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BC85 wrote:I spoke with La sportiva this morningThanks for sharing some info direct from the manufacturer. Dane has been quite persistent on insisting these boots don't come in half shell sizes. Well, they do and it is our community that can benefit from knowing the real facts. |
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id trust dane over what some la sportiva customer service rep claims. just sayin' |
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I wear a 46 in the Trango and Nepal. Trango is slightly smaller, it seems. |
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Wow, so La Sportiva can't get their facts straight on their own product. I agree with superkick that reps aren't necessarily the best sources for technical details, and that Dane is a respectable source for this type of info. However I stand by my original case that the shells come in half sizes. This is based on 2 years of bootfitting experience with the Spantik, Baruntse, and Olympus Mons, as well as physically measuring boot sole lengths. Believe what you want...just trying to help. |
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Dane wrote:FACT: There are no half size Spantiks 44.5 and 45 are the same size shells in a Spantik.This is not true. I have a 44.5 Spantik and a 45 Spantik The shell of the 44.5 is smaller than that of the 45. The difference is enough that I have to adjust my crampons differently to fit the different boots. I just measured the soles with a tape measure. The 44.5 has a shorter sole than the 45. The 44.5 is not the same size as the 45. The 45 is larger. |
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maybe a touch bigger than your steep ice boots for high altitude stuff. probably same size for the steep and high. try em on to be sure |