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Shreddit·/u/Particular_Feature52·3 days ago
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Hi all, I've designed a silicone cap that stretches over the BOA dial on your boots. First samples just landed- some photos attached. A few reasons I made it: Make your boots your own. The dial's the one bit of your boots that's always staring back at you -a bit of colour and it actually feels like yours instead of the same black boot as everyone else in the rental line. Second image is a render of a design direction- not a real product yet. Honestly this is the main one for me. Grip- yet to test this, but silicone catches on gloves better than the slick plastic dial, so it might be easier to turn and crank tighter with thick gloves on, so you're not forever re-tightening. I might add textured edges too. What I actually want to know: do you find the BOA dial fiddly with gloves, or is that just me? Protection- it also might keep snow, ice and grit out of the dial, and take the odd chairlift knock. So: would you, or anyone you know, put these on your boots?…

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