Max S

If you own a pair of ski boots, buy these. Warm, comfortable, supportive. A perfect shoe to defrost numb toes, take out trash, shovel a driveway, sip a tailgate beer. Not recommended for temperatures warmer than 30-ish. Probably the best thing Dynafit makes.

Ski slightly stiffer, walk a whole lot better. Scarpa cares that I tele. Cuff rotation resistance is similar to a modern 3-4 buckle AT boot. The liner seems lower volume than the old version, but plenty adequate for my brick shaped feet. Museums have younger things than the old Tx-Pro. This is a modern free ride boot, for those who tele.

How durable are the lens from scratches? Are these delicate lab equipment that will get gauged the first time I walk into a branch, or will these still look brand new after I wipe grit across the lens?

My previous sunglasses, in humid days when I'd stop to fiddle with my pack they'd fog up as if hit by spray paint. which is fine because once I bent down to open my pack the glasses fall off and I could see again. These are the exact opposite of that.

Best tele ski ever! I'm 5'8, about 160lb, ski the 178cm size, tele bindings (voile TTS), boot center at factory boot center. I ski in Montana, anything from -20 pow to +60 slush/water, long rolling approaches (~2000ft up over 6ish miles out), slow speeds on descents (I ski alone). The tip is long and broad, the tail long and not so broad, these turn themselves. Soft, forgiving, predictable. Ideal backcountry ski. The fish scales (in my experience): Work at about 1/5th of skin stickiness in soft snow and...