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Wrap liner vs. normal tongued liner

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FruitBootPro
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What's the difference in performance and feel?

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Cade2
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U want the wrap
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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Liner
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animator
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Are you touring? I’ve had both and they each have their upsides and downsides. The wrap is stiffer so it adds to the flex of your boot, and it also hugs your lower leg a bit better. If you have skinny legs/calfs/ankles it’ll take up more space and reduce shin bang. The tongue is a little more comfortable and is better if you happen to have a high instep, it’s not as tight of a fit as the wrap. Tongue will obviously tour better, but there is a tour wrap now and I’ve used that and it’s a great liner if you’re touring but still want stiffness. Depends on what boot you’re putting the liner in!
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elm.
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If you have a tongue style boot like full tilts then you're supposed to have a wrap. If you have four buckle you're supposed to have the tongue. This helps with torsional stiffness I've heard.
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a_burger
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Tongue is honestly better for a snug fit IMO, especially if they have laces. Yeah they will have less material to take up space but in my experience the wrap liners don’t actually fit snugly around your shin. When I had FTs I replaced the liner with a tongue one asap
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Kevski
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I was actually put in a tongue liner in my lupos (tongue style boot) by the fitter at intuition HQ.

I have skinny calves and he said that the wraps actually can get a weird bulge on the sides of the liner if they’re overlapping too much at the front. Suggested that the tongue liners would have better hold for me if I was good with the stiffness of my boots (and that they would definitely tour better).
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FruitBootPro
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BLandzLiner


Ok
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OhJay
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Tongue liner hugs my shin/calf area better, but I like the way wrap liners flex. Don’t like that you end up w a super thick amount of liner in front of your shin with the wrap liner taking away the feel of the cuff. Also, wrap liners can be finicky when heat molding (competent boot fitters should know what to do, but alas I’ve had some bad luck in the past)
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Quaggy
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KevskiI was actually put in a tongue liner in my lupos (tongue style boot) by the fitter at intuition HQ.

I have skinny calves and he said that the wraps actually can get a weird bulge on the sides of the liner if they’re overlapping too much at the front. Suggested that the tongue liners would have better hold for me if I was good with the stiffness of my boots (and that they would definitely tour better).

Can agree with the skinny calf overlap bulge except with Full Tilts... Purchased Booster Straps and never looked back!
5 years ago
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weastcoat
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I and a lot of others personally have a strong disliking for the tongue liners in full tilts. just a weird fit that was super uncomfortable. Go for the wrap it’s much nicer.
5 years ago
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Chunderface
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No liner crew.
5 years ago
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FruitBootPro
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skeirmanNo liner crew.


I hope this is a joke?
5 years ago
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HypeBeast
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FruitBootProI hope this is a joke?

Nah dude. You wear enough socks and you don't need a liner. Math.
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animator
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Trumpkin2020Nah dude. You wear enough socks and you don't need a liner. Math.


This is true
5 years ago
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cultrara
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elm.If you have a tongue style boot like full tilts then you're supposed to have a wrap. If you have four buckle you're supposed to have the tongue. This helps with torsional stiffness I've heard.

Full Tilt's don't need a wrap, it's personal preference — many boot fitters requested that a tongue liner be added to the First Chair series.
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animator
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cultraraFull Tilt's don't need a wrap, it's personal preference — many boot fitters requested that a tongue liner be added to the First Chair series.


The first chairs are tongue liner this year aren’t they?
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animator
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Yeah sorry for poor quality but they’re tongues this year. B&E, Ascendant SC, Tommy Walnuts, DK Pro and Classic Pro are still wraps
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