I appreciate the style of this review; touching on many of the important points like weight and the power strap. The advice on how to manage expectations regarding the stiffness of a new boot in the shop is spot on. And I have to applaud Mark for encouraging potential buyers to shop local! I've been anticipating this boot for a very long time and I can hardly wait to get a pair on my feet!
Really valuable info for me. Thanks. And yes, props to Scarpa for their continued support of free-heel skiing. Also thanks to Voile for doing the same. I am a 76 year old who never got burned out on skiing. I think it's because of the freedom I feel skiing free-heel. Free your heel - free your mind is more than a slogan. Love to throw in the teles.
Agree it's a great leap forward. However it's missing the ability to adjust the can't of the upper cuff. Previous versions of the TX pro had this functionality. I'm one who needs this capability and I'm sure there are many others. Scarpa doesn't even offer a kit to do this.
I just received a pair of these in a 26.5. Each boot is 260 grams lighter than my pre-2024 boot in the same size. They seem to fit the same, but I have yet to thermofit them. The tech fitting and duck butt positions are such that they will put the boot center mark in the same exact spot, with the reduction in sole length being from the duck butt back (that was tested on the Meidjo and on the Outlaw X). NO WORRIES on relative location on old mount. If you mounted boot center on recommended on the old Tx Pro, it's still there. Forward lean can still be adjusted. The thing I disliked - intensely! - about the old boot was the #2 buckle from the bottom. Big improvement here. The idiot who engineered that was brought out of retirement to mess up the power strap! That is a new thing for me to hate. Overly involved compared to the old strap and harder to get the leverage to get the strap as tight. I'll probably be trading the old strap onto the new boot. Measuring inside the boot, the height on both to the top of the back is 27cm and to the top of the side is 23cm. Interior length is shorter (one and a half fingers vs 2 for boot sizing in the same 26.5 size.
Be great to understand the fit of the boot around the mid foot for those with wider feet. I have the old TX pro and have had to have these blown (carefully) as at the end of a long day they were painful.
Any beta on what Scarpa may have changed from the prototype to the production model? Also the 27 sole is now 299mm vs 307mm. 8mm doesn't sound like much but it is almost 1cm. Moves you almost 1cm forward if you have ski/binding mounted on a recommended manufacture mark. There were some different tongues on some of the prototypes. I found the boot put the skier more on the toes vs ball of foot. Flexing the production model it seems like they may have made a change in that area? I found the 3 buckle system with the booster strap to be superior to the 4 buckle on the comp and pro.
Is the sole replaceable? I wonder how it will do walking on scree and talus and if the "duck butt' and pin holes would hold up to the abuse. That is one concern for a 75 mm skier who sometimes hikes to the snowline or climbs talus to bag a peak.
Yes, the boot size in relation to NTN binding size remains the same but the BSL (boot sole length) is different between pairs of the new TX Pro and the old one. Feel free to reach out with any additional questions you may have!
Mark is the man! Could listen to him talk about boots and skis for hours!
I appreciate the style of this review; touching on many of the important points like weight and the power strap. The advice on how to manage expectations regarding the stiffness of a new boot in the shop is spot on. And I have to applaud Mark for encouraging potential buyers to shop local!
I've been anticipating this boot for a very long time and I can hardly wait to get a pair on my feet!
Really valuable info for me. Thanks. And yes, props to Scarpa for their continued support of free-heel skiing. Also thanks to Voile for doing the same. I am a 76 year old who never got burned out on skiing. I think it's because of the freedom I feel skiing free-heel. Free your heel - free your mind is more than a slogan. Love to throw in the teles.
No mention of the new middle instep strap! Looks like a huge improvement 🤜🏼🤜🏼
Agree it's a great leap forward. However it's missing the ability to adjust the can't of the upper cuff. Previous versions of the TX pro had this functionality. I'm one who needs this capability and I'm sure there are many others. Scarpa doesn't even offer a kit to do this.
I just received a pair of these in a 26.5. Each boot is 260 grams lighter than my pre-2024 boot in the same size. They seem to fit the same, but I have yet to thermofit them.
The tech fitting and duck butt positions are such that they will put the boot center mark in the same exact spot, with the reduction in sole length being from the duck butt back (that was tested on the Meidjo and on the Outlaw X). NO WORRIES on relative location on old mount. If you mounted boot center on recommended on the old Tx Pro, it's still there.
Forward lean can still be adjusted.
The thing I disliked - intensely! - about the old boot was the #2 buckle from the bottom. Big improvement here. The idiot who engineered that was brought out of retirement to mess up the power strap! That is a new thing for me to hate. Overly involved compared to the old strap and harder to get the leverage to get the strap as tight. I'll probably be trading the old strap onto the new boot.
Measuring inside the boot, the height on both to the top of the back is 27cm and to the top of the side is 23cm. Interior length is shorter (one and a half fingers vs 2 for boot sizing in the same 26.5 size.
Be great to understand the fit of the boot around the mid foot for those with wider feet. I have the old TX pro and have had to have these blown (carefully) as at the end of a long day they were painful.
Expect cold feet ,and adjust cuff to max forward lean setting
Any beta on what Scarpa may have changed from the prototype to the production model? Also the 27 sole is now 299mm vs 307mm. 8mm doesn't sound like much but it is almost 1cm. Moves you almost 1cm forward if you have ski/binding mounted on a recommended manufacture mark. There were some different tongues on some of the prototypes. I found the boot put the skier more on the toes vs ball of foot. Flexing the production model it seems like they may have made a change in that area?
I found the 3 buckle system with the booster strap to be superior to the 4 buckle on the comp and pro.
Someone please make NTN boots up to 32 Mondo.... I would love to get out of my 75MMs.
Is the sole replaceable? I wonder how it will do walking on scree and talus and if the "duck butt' and pin holes would hold up to the abuse. That is one concern for a 75 mm skier who sometimes hikes to the snowline or climbs talus to bag a peak.
Has the boot size stayed the same for small and large bindings
Has the size stayed the same for small and large bindings
Yes, the boot size in relation to NTN binding size remains the same but the BSL (boot sole length) is different between pairs of the new TX Pro and the old one. Feel free to reach out with any additional questions you may have!
Thanks really important information. Great reviews keep up the good work.
i hear they fall apart pretty quick the baffles crack within a few weeks