Burton Mint Snowboard Boots Overview

Hi there and welcome to my Burton Mint snowboard boot evaluate.

On this evaluate I’ll check out the Mint as all-mountain-freestyle snowboard boots.

As per custom right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I’ll give the Mint a rating out of 100 (primarily based on a number of elements) and see how they evaluate with different ladies’s all-mountain-freestyle boots.

General Ranking

Boots: Burton Mint 

Value: $229 (USD really useful retail)

Type: All-Mountain-Freestyle/Newbie

Flex Ranking: Comfortable-Medium (1-4/10)

Flex Really feel: Comfortable (3/10)

Ranking Rating: 78.2/100

In comparison with different Ladies’s All-Mountain-Freestyle Boots

Overview of the Mint’s Specs

Take a look at the tables for the Mint’s specs and out there sizes.

Specs

Who’re the Mint Most Suited to?

The Mint are finest suited to newbie riders or those that are new to the park and need a forgiving boot that provides them numerous freedom to flex and tweak. 

One of many higher starter boots however for seasoned park riders and all-mountain-freestyle riders you could discover them a bit missing. 

Finest matched to softer flexing boards within the 1/10 to 4/10 flex vary. 

Setup 

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Board Demoed With: Experience Saturday

Bindings Demoed With: Experience DVA

Rider Top: 5’7″ (170cm)

Rider Weight: 125lbs (56kg)

Rider Boot Dimension: Ladies’s US8.0 (Experience Hera Management Boot)

Outersole Size:  28.1cm (mondo 25cm)

Distinction between Mondo & Outersole: 3.1cm

Backstay Top: 11.0″ (27.9cm)

Ahead Lean: 6.5° 

Weight: 1lb 7oz (640 grams)*

* Common of a pattern of  ladies’s boots I’ve weighed was 1lbs 15oz (883g). Heaviest I’ve weighed have been 2lbs 10oz (1200g) and lightest have been 1lb 7oz (640g). 

Match

True to Dimension?: 

My toes have been positively all the way in which to the top of the boot. I used to be stunned that there was actually no stress right here. I used to be additionally stunned that because the day progressed, and the warmth molding began to take impact, my toes have been nonetheless touching. It wasn’t uncomfortable, however these boots are positively on the shorter aspect.

Width: 

After a while in them, I can affirm, the Mints should not made for the wide-footed. These boots have been feeling tight round my ft from the bounce, and my toes felt particularly crammed. There was noticeable stress on the edges of my toes as quickly as I used to be within the boots. This did open up a bit of, however not sufficient to alleviate the discomfort. The realm across the center of my ft appeared to mildew out extra. It was nonetheless feeling fairly tight, however not as uncomfortable because the toebox.

High of Foot (instep): 

I might say these are simply pretty low-volume boots throughout. For each the toe space and the center of the foot, they left lots to be desired by way of vertical wiggle room. They weren’t tight sufficient that I felt stress throughout the highest of my foot once I initially put them on. After some journey time although, I started to note some, and it appeared to extend all through the day.

Ankle:

I had the same problem round my ankles as that of the in-step. There was no actual stress level to begin, however after some journey time, I might really feel a bit. It wasn’t essentially uncomfortable, however it was noticeably tighter on this space than the typical snowboard boot.

Shock Absorption

For the way mild they have been and felt like they did not actually have a lot to them, the shock absorption and impression resistance was higher than I might’ve thought with the Mints. Definitely not one of the best ever, however respectable sufficient, particularly for this price-point. 

Board Really feel

The board really feel was fairly good, too. The boots have been well-balanced. Regardless that the shock-absorbing qualities have been respectable, it didn’t restrict the board really feel a lot that it felt misplaced from beneath me.

Traction/Sole High quality

The traction/high quality on these boots’ sole was considerably lower than the boot I journey day by day. Sufficient in order that I seen. I might say this isn’t terribly stunning with the Mints being on the decrease finish of Burton’s line-up. 

Carving

Not really useful. These boots felt pretty stiff once I first put them on, however as quickly as I used to be on the slopes, I knew that wasn’t the case. They simply felt tremendous tender and playful, and I basically had no assist going into higher-angle carves…particularly at increased speeds.

Sluggish Velocity Response

That is the place these boots felt way more at dwelling.  The Mints carried out extraordinarily effectively right here. They’re tremendous versatile, resulting in nice response when slowed down. These would make an excellent park boot or newbie boot.

Adjustability

The benefit of going with the Velocity Lace model of those boots, over the BOA model (which is only a single BOA), is that you just do get impartial adjustability for the decrease and higher sections of the boot. 

I nonetheless do not feel like I can get fairly as dialed in with pace zone vs a double boa or conventional lacing, however positively a bonus over single boa. 

Consolation

I do know, I do know, I mentioned these have been tight, however on the whole, the boots have been truly pretty comfy. Outdoors of the small toe field and the sense of tightness, they didn’t really feel unhealthy. I feel sizing up a half measurement would have been nice, and I might have discovered them to offer a extremely good degree of consolation.

Heel Maintain

My heel felt fairly safe once I was first within the boot and out strolling round. After a number of laps, I wasn’t feeling so safe! My heel ended up slipping a number of instances, which added to the shortage of stability. I used to be stunned by this given the tight match. Retightening helped, however the heel maintain was by no means superb. 

Entry/Exit

Regardless that these boots had a cosy really feel when laced in, they weren’t so tight that I struggled to get them on or off. They opened up lots, and it was tremendous straightforward to slip into them.

Lacing them again up as soon as my foot was in was the one space of issue.

Full transparency: for those who haven’t spent a lot time across the Speedzone lacing system, it may be considerably awkward. It could require a bit of further instruction, however it does work effectively upon getting it found out. Getting these plastic issues to remain of their pouches however, that is a distinct story. 

Rating Breakdown and Closing Verdict

Take a look at the breakdown of the rating within the desk beneath.