Vans Luna Ventana Professional Snowboard Boots Evaluate

Hi there and welcome to my Vans Luna Ventana Professional snowboard boots overview.

On this overview I’ll check out the Luna Ventana Professional as all-mountain snowboard boots.

As per custom right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I’ll give the Luna Ventana Professional a rating out of 100 (based mostly on a number of components) and see how they examine with different girls’s all-mountain boots.

Total Ranking

Boots: Vans Luna Ventana Professional

Value: $269 (USD really helpful retail)

Fashion: All-Mountain 

Flex Ranking: Medium (5-7/10)

Flex Really feel: Medium (5.5/10)

Ranking Rating: 86.7/100

In comparison with different Girls’s All-Mountain Boots

Out of the 14 girls’s all-mountain boots that we rated:

* notice that the mondopoint sizing for these boots just isn’t typical. e.g. a US Girls’s 8 would normally translate to a 25cm mondopoint, however within the case of Vans, it is a 24.5cm mondopoint.

Who’re the Luna Ventana Professional Most Suited to?

The Luna Ventana Professional are greatest suited to somebody who needs boots that can give them good efficiency by way of each assist for bombing/aggressive carving and for gradual pace response in tight areas. Barely higher for slow-to-medium pace efficiency, however respectable at pace too. 

Greatest matched to boards within the 4/10 to 7/10 flex vary and most excellent in that 5/10 to six/10 vary. 

Not fairly delicate sufficient for many novices, IMO, however a stronger/extra athletic or bigger bodied newbie may use these as newbie boots. For everybody else, they’re greatest for intermediate to superior riders on the lookout for mid-flex boots which are versatile sufficient to do a little bit of all the things. 

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Board Demoed With: Experience Saturday

Bindings Demoed With: Experience DVA

Rider Peak: 5’7″ (170cm)

Rider Weight: 125lbs (56kg)

Rider Boot Measurement: Girls’s US8.0 (Experience Hera Management Boot)

Outersole Size:  28.3cm (mondo 25cm)

Distinction between Mondo & Outersole: 3.3cm

Backstay Peak: 10.8″ (27.3cm)

Weight: 2lb 5oz (1060 grams)*

* Common of a pattern of  girls’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). So the Luna Ventana Professional got here in as one of many heavier boots we have weighed, however on snow they did not really feel overly heavy. Felt fairly regular. 

Foot Match

Size match: 

On first strive on my huge toe simply touching the top however not uncomfortable or a stress level or something. The remainder of my toes weren’t touching the top. Additionally very comfy on the highest of my toes. Some wiggle room with out being too roomy or feeling too massive. 

When driving there was a bit little bit of stress on my huge toe to begin with however that dissipated rapidly after which disappeared altogether over time. In any other case the size felt excellent.  

Width: 

When first making an attempt on, the perimeters of my toes have been touching however not uncomfortable. There was extra stress on the lateral aspect (outdoors) than the medial aspect (inside). Acquired barely uncomfortable after sporting for round quarter-hour, however nothing too dangerous. 

When driving, they felt comfortable and agency on the perimeters of my toes and a bit tighter on lateral aspect vs medial aspect of toes. However no stress factors. There was a bit house across the widest a part of my foot, however nothing huge – however this made them comfy there.

In-Step: 

The boots felt comfortable on prime of my in-step however there have been no stress factors and nothing uncomfortable about it. This was each at first strive on and when driving in them. 

Round Ankles:

At first strive on, there was zero stress. Felt good and comfortable round ankles, however comfy. 

When driving, there was some stress across the ankles, however nothing that was uncomfortable and I solely observed it after I was specializing in it.

True to Measurement?:

Sure and no.

I rode these in an 8.5 and I might normally be an 8. These have been the proper match for me within the 8.5 the place Vans boots previously have been too tight within the 8. So this is able to indicate that they run 1/2 a dimension small.

Nevertheless, in addition they have a special mondopoint to US Girls’s dimension translation. Most US Girls’s 8s have a 25cm mondopoint, however for Vans it is a 24.5cm mondopoint and the 8.5 is a 25cm mondopoint. So when taking a look at mondopoint, I might say they’re true to dimension. 

Binding Match

I needed to loosen the ankle strap by 2 notches to have it match correctly across the Luna Ventana’s, so they’re a bit bulkier across the ankle space than my management boots. 

The toe strap match properly the place it was already, indicating that they have been an identical size to my management boots. 

The heel of the boot was a bit tight within the heel cup of my bindings. Tighter in there than my management boots are. However may nonetheless get the boots to the again of the heel cup pretty simply.

Nate additionally put these boots into some Medium Burton Lexa bindings and it was even tighter within the heel cup there. To a degree the place it might be annoying. When strapping in with ankle strap it might be pulled again into heel cup, but it surely was an actual tight squeeze and could be annoying when strapping in an opportunity that boot may take some injury there as when pulling boot out it rubs. 

This additionally makes getting boot out of binding tougher, particularly should you wished to do it on the transfer. Nevertheless Burton M is sized 6-8, with the L being 8+, so this 8.5 could be higher off in an L burton binding anyway. And that has a wider heel cup, so would probably match effectively. Lengthy story brief, these boots are wider within the heel than most.

Traction/Sole High quality

The Luna Ventana’s sole has deeper than common tread, however there is not a number of tread selection. Total high quality of the only is respectable with out being excessive finish. 

Carving and Gradual Pace Response

Gradual pace was response was excellent. It was similar to my management boots which even have excellent gradual pace response. 

It matches that with some respectable excessive pace assist for larger carves. Not epic for aggressive carves, however nonetheless actually respectable, particularly contemplating how good they really feel at slower speeds. A very good steadiness between each. 

Heel Maintain

When first making an attempt on the heel raise felt like just about like zero. When driving and actually placing them below stress there was some heel raise however not lots. Similar to my management boots. 

Adjustability

It would not get significantly better than this, actually. You get that superior higher/decrease adjustability than solely comes from conventional lacing, however then you have got a BOA that you could crank to extend heel maintain and lock your ankle in additional securely. One thing you may modify on the fly, with out opening up the shell of the boot. 

Then on prime of that you’ve the ability strap on the prime of the shin, which you should use to get a extremely agency match across the shins – or hold it looser to have a freer, extra informal really feel. And you then nonetheless have a typical lacing harness across the liner as effectively. 

All this adjustability does make issues slower for getting them on, however makes it actually probably that you’ll get a great match each time and largely reduces the possibilities of getting stress factors. Assuming you get a great dimension to your toes. 

Consolation

That adjustability additionally helps make sure the boots are comfy.

I discovered general that I had no actual stress factors and something that was barely bothering have been gone fairly rapidly after driving in them for some time. I’ve since purchased a pair and might fortunately put on all of them day with none discomfort. 

Shock Absorption

I discovered the Luna Ventana’s to soak up shock a bit higher than my management boots – each in our in-house stomp take a look at and when getting them on the mountain. I did not discover them epically shock absorbing, however a bit above common. 

Entry/Exit

I discovered it good and simple to get my toes into these boots, however when in issues felt good and comfortable. 

You do should spend a little bit of time getting them setup, with the normal lace being the slower lacing system after which having to crank the BOA and tighten the ability strap. However, IMO, it is price it for the additional adjustability and assist that these components present. 

The Luna Ventana Professional are probably the most worth for cash girls’s snowboard boots going round in my view. A lot so, that these have been a no brainer for my new boots. Even at the next value I am unlikely to have been in a position to withstand getting them.