TRUE Goalie Skates Durability-- What You Need to Know!!

Here are some of the durability issues I have experienced with TRUE custom goalie skates over the years. While some seem to have been alleviated, others still persist. It is useful to know about both before making such a large investment in custom skates.

[@swneighbours]

My player skates were too small when I first got them. Sent an email to True and they sent me a new pair. Then that pair didn't have enough space around my bunions and they paid to have them shipped backed and they did their voodoo and they came back much more comfortable. In my experience, True will make things right.

[@GoalieGuy94]

Thank you for your comment. I have experienced the same thing. They will work to make things right. I sent mine in and they fixed them for free. When the skates came back, they had missed a couple spots. I contacted them again letting them know, and they fixed them again for free. That is great they sent you a new pair and managed to fix the second set of skates they gave you. I had no idea they could do things like adjusting the boot to fit around bunions and other irregularities of the foot.

[@anthonypeak2125]

Eyelets are horrible. Brand new skates on new 2 piece model. My laces were getting shredded and upon inspection I noticed the many imperfections on the brass inserts of the eyelets. I polished out one of the inserts with super fine 0000 steel wool and it was drastically improved. Not sure if the assembler was having a bad day? But the eyelets in general were a piss poor job. Within a couple of skates I even found one retaining/backing ring of eyelet pop off. This was at the toe cap. Backing of eyelet never secured properly and popped off on inside of skate. Not enough rivet/ eyelet to grab toe cap and skate side plate. I am just a beer league player and I realize many pro's use the True goal skates. There are many strengths of the skate, like the power transfer. But I think they need to work on some things. Eyelets are a huge weak point. Top edge near ankle is not very comfortable either. Sticking to my Pro custom Bauer. Gonna pick up a couple more pairs tomorrow. Probably grab Pro custom and Konekt 2 since they have been revised. Did not care for original fit on first edition. Thanks for your videos Hayden.

[@GoalieGuy94]

Hey there Anthony thank you so much for the comment. I have to agree with all you are saying, especially with the eyelets. The eyelets towards my toe cap in my skates have popped out, and for my goalie partner, the eyelets towards the top of his two-piece skates have popped out multiple times. He had them fixed, but the eyelets popped out anyway. They are a great skate but they do need to be improved. It's easier for NHLers to deal with this since if something happens to their skates, they have a few backup pairs anyways (must be nice :). Nice thing about Konekt 2's is that they don't have eyelets that can go bad. Another goalie I played with this season wore them and loves them. They look like a phenomenal skate as well, and the idea they came up with to eliminate having to tie your skates is awesome.