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Vasque M-Possible Mountaineering Boot - Men's

Vasque M-Possible Mountaineering Boot - Men's description

The Vasque M-Possible Mountaineering Boot's nimble cut excels at technical ice and mixed climbing, and the BOA lace system lets you easily adjust the fit when needed.

Bottom Line: BOA lacing meets fast-and-light alpine climbing.

Sure the twisting wheel cable locking system (BOA) appealed to me because it seemed cool and sexy and I bought off on the idea that it must secure the boot to my foot much better than traditional laces because these boots were a bit more expensive and advertised as a mountaineering/crampon ready boots. Now that I have these boots though I am not sure that there is any advantage to the cable locking system. They fit no worst or better than the many other boots I already own. Micro adjustments are just as easy with traditional laces, in fact there are less options when tightening as the whole boot tightens evenly with the BOA and you cannot skip lace or so on. They are, though, not nearly as warm as I had hoped. One friend pointed out that in the back country the wheel could foul w/ grit/dirt or the cable could break and there is no way of "rigging" up something temporary to get off the mountain - good point. So the only advantage I can think of is that they can be tightened/loosened while wearing gloves, even mitts while mobile..okay, but is that worth the disadvantage of no "back up" way to secure the boot to my foot if the system fails or fouls? Then I risk a far more dangerous situation of a completely loose boot w/ no options. To me I think that risk far outweighs the convenience of mid-stride boot tightening.