Gara HV - 26.5 Reviews

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Designed for the all mountain skier seeking performance, the Gara HV (high volume) ski boot liners offer uncompromising edge control, with an engaging forward leaning design, keeping you balanced through bumps, steeps, powder, and chunder. Recognized as Best of 2021/2022 by Blister Magazine, the award winning Gara is the signature liner in our fleet and is now offered in low volume and high volume models to accommodate more skiers.

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Shobith Alva

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“Can’t believe how good these liners are, best fit ever!! Some tips to make them feel the great on your first day in the mountain: wear them at home and clip into your skis and flex them a for a while, experiment with the buckle pressure etc., as they’ll be different from your previous liner (I did this for a couple of days, it was somewhat painful), if you have boot warmers, warm the liners on the way to the mountain on the first day. At first I was not sure about the trouble of “world cupping”, but I think it’s totally worth it! I carry a mat in my car now, will do it until I get good at this process.”

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Posted 11 months ago

“I’m more than pleased. I have very low volume feet, so low that all of my liners have been heavily modified, even when new. The high volume Gara took up the space perfectly without mods. It’s a little stiffer too, but in a nice progressive way. They’re spendy, but worth it. Thanks!”

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Posted 11 months ago

Christopher Slabinski

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“Well I got the liner a few weeks ago after taking with the zip fit rep. Couldn’t break the liner on the slopes due of lack of snow. Worked on them at home spending several hours in them walking heating the boots in the stove .I did it all I could! Now I am skiing in Niseko Japan in awesome powder snow.Liners work miracle!Just to mention I have been ski pro for years and I taught I try all. I was wrong .Zipfits do it all comfortable adjustable to your feet warm and hope everlasting! Thanks Highly recommended for all.”

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Posted 11 months ago

“I bought these to replace my original liners which had packed out in a season. The fit is great and provides much better support than the original liners. I really liked the customizations I could do by adding additional cork, I added 3 tubes in all to achieve my desired fit. The big bonus that I hadn't known about is these liners are much warmer than my original liners. I've used boot heaters for years but with these liners I haven't yet needed to add the heater back into my boot.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Timothy Hone

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Posted 1 year ago

“Plain and simple, these liners are the answer. I have a ridiculously skinny lower leg/ankle/foot, and this liner solved all the problems I was having with my boots. Instant thought when putting the boot on with these liners was "holy hell my heel will never move again." Absolutely crazy heel hold. Only took a few days of skiing for the fit to be fully realized, and now they are insanely comfortable. Thanks Zipfit!”

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Posted 1 year ago

Mark Reynolds

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“Great comfort. Did not use boot heaters all winter. Held my heel in place.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Jason Tardiff

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“I'm in a 26.5 FTO shell + 26.5 ZF and longest foot measures 276mm I could write a short novel on how I ended up in ZipFits but I'll make a long story short: I'm a fool for not purchasing a pair ages ago. ZF's allow me to ski a less than 10mm shellfit all day, every day (I wish), comfortably. Any other liner in my 26 shell and both big toes are bruised badly and the left surely loses the nail. This speaks to how firmly the ZF holds your foot/ankle in the shell: it does not move. They are heavy (compared to foam). They are cold. That is also on me as my extremities do run very cold, but compared to a hugely popular foam liner, they are cold. They can be a bear to get into your overlap shell and it takes some use/practice to get a process down. It took quite a few ski days to get the instep aspect dialed in, both in terms of the OMFit placement in the tongue and how tightly I did up my instep buckle. I have a high instep and a moldable foam liner easily accommodated for that from the start. I wish I could give 4.5 stars but a whole star off for the lower eyelets + round laces did not seem warranted. I found I would get pressure points from the stock laces at those eyelets. I simply removed the lace routing from those eyelets to solve that issue. I later replaced those stock round laces with some old flat cotton hockey skate laces: now I can use the lower eyelets and no pressure points on lower instep. I assume the metal eyelets are a cost saving measure over the sewn in lace loops on earlier versions of ZF liners. Clearly the metal eyelets can work, but the sewn in lace loops were ideal.”

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Posted 2 years ago