These are my top four off-road and motocross boots there's a $700 difference between my entry-level and premium choices today so buckle up first up is the Thor blitzie emx boot and 49 can normally do this guy for around 170 bucks it's a very basic price tag but I still expect a few things from any motocross boot a steel shank sole and a hard cockpit and those are non-negotiable in my opinion if I'm
Going to be planning my foot number I also liked how the shifter panel is just an extension of that hard cockpit anytime you can avoid stitching two separate pieces together the boot gets stronger for it moving up on the inside we have a big heat shield in case I brush up against the exhaust pipe it's also rubberized which is nice to have a grippy contact area for pinching the sides of my bike I also really love this brown accent I just wish that Thor was
Able to use two different dies on one piece of rubber because this is actually a separate panel here that's stitched underneath the lower one on the front we have a shin plate also non-negotiable for me and then on the inside we have a mesh liner in this elasticated gator the Blitz isn't waterproof motocross boots almost never are but this Gator does help to keep me dry and more to the point it prevents sand and mud from dropping in so that's all the stuff I
Would expect from a motocross boot even a cheap one like this but I chose the Blitz because it blew away my expectations in a few other areas the sole is unidirectional so it's meant to slide forwards if I put my foot down while riding but it also is meant to grip backwards while I'm walking moving up there's this metal abrasion plate on the toe I'm skeptical about how much this does because unless I'm taking people this
Part of my boob just doesn't see that much action but the metal looks cool so I like it this lower buckle has a raised impact guard in front of it and that prevents it from getting knocked open while I'm riding I was surprised that Thor thought to offer that well I'm talking about buckles there's only three of them they're made of plastic pretty much what you'd expect from 160 dollars boot but Thor did think to give us two different
Contact points on the lower one so it fits just about as precise as a four buckle fitment wise it sizes the same as my regular shoes and it feels shockingly light at 16 hundred and ninety grams this boot is a few hundred grams lighter than any of the other ones on my list which is awesome because it's also much cheaper than any other to my list I will say that it's probably not the most technical fit I feel like my range of movement is not controlled
As much as it could be so that probably sacrifices some safety of course I don't worry about the build quality or the durability of this boot at all now my favorite middle price boot would be Alpinestars tech 7 which is just shy of $400 when the price jumps on me I expected a lot more technicality and I'll show you what I mean the moving parts on the tech 7 blow away the floor blitz the four buckles are mounted on these circular spinners which frees up a
Little bit of movement to improve comfort the buckles are also replaceable and they're made from aluminum and they have this funny Arrowhead design I mean yeah maybe slimming down the buckle prevents it from kicking up with mud a bit but primarily I think they just look cool on the underside I have a replaceable panel where my foot peg makes contact I like that because my pegs are sharp and they tend to chew my soles really fast on the upper we have a
Lot of moving parts too you can see here that this shin plate is going to be totally independent from the softer upper underneath it and so that's just going to free up movement and increase comfort there but the big difference between something like the tech 7 and something like the Thor blitz is going to be biomechanical pivots so on the ankles here you see that we have this hinge that allows movement but it gets progressively stiffer and stiffer as you
Bend towards that limit and of course that's going to prevent hyperextension similar deal on the back the Blitz didn't have this armour paneling at all and I can see again here that it's a technical piece this lower tongue slides into the upper portion and so it allows your ankle to flex while not allowing for those torsional movements that tend to break bones one big safety upgrade which is not a moving part is going to be the foot cockpit and you can see this
Is one single piece of hard plastic all the way around the boot and so you get 100% coverage there where the Blitz only had about 70 percent fitment wise this boot size is just like my regular shoes I'd say that it's probably one notch more comfortable than the third blitz probably because of that extra buckle and the hinges the tech 7 is heavy though just under 2 kilos for each of these size 12s which is less than the tech 10 but still chunkier than I'd like
The calves are also really wide I'm not able to get a tight seal around my leg and that's a shame because the chassis on this boot is polyurethane coated synthetic leather and it would be water resistant if it weren't for those big gaps around my cat now let's pretend that I have way more money to spend like eight hundred and fifty dollars worth then I buy these CD crossfire two SRS s that I've always wanted
I know 850 is a whole lot of loonies but you're investing in something that's going to last forever the chassis is CDs own techno micro which is kind of like leather except it doesn't cracker too great over time of course yeah the exoskeleton is still going to take a beating which is why CD designed this boot like mr. Potato Head replaceable buckles replaceable ankle armor replaceable calf armor replaceable hinge system
Replaceable straps with traceable inner plate parts of the heat shield are replaceable and then on the bottom this is CDs SR sole which you guessed it is replaceable you can take it off throw a whole new one on or put on CDs and duro or supermoto soles to give a whole new purpose to the boot you can literally rebuild the crossfire season by season and while I'm keeping it alive I'm reaping the benefits of a top-of-the-line boot I mean this Teflon
Mesh liner is going to be more breathable and moisture wicking than anything else we've seen and the crossfire actually has the side vents and the rear exhaust to back it up you can see here while we're at the heel that it has these ridges that's going to help with kick shifting when I'm coming off the line I'm personally saving a few milliseconds by kick shifting is not going to be enough to bring me to the front of the pack but the option is
There fitment wise the length size is like a regular shoe but the width is narrow I'd caution people with wide feet away from this boot of course the nice thing about a narrow boot if you can fit it is that it tends to be generally slim on the outside and a CD is the lowest profile option on my list so it looks great and shifting is really easy with the toe box that load down it's also the most adjustable I mean this boot can
Have the widest or the narrowest calf out of any of the options on my list depending on how you set it up even the inner gator has two different velcro adjustment straps of course my only complaint is with all the velcro and the buckles and layers it basically takes three hands to put this thing on but once I do I feel more protected and more comfortable in the CDs than anywhere else that's a really difficult trick to pull off yes it cost twice as much as
The a stars but they last twice as long they feel five times as good and I get three uses out of them by swapping the soles if I had the money it'd be worth it to me that was a lot of media info to chew through so let's have some dessert this is the Thor blitz at last shorty boot and it's just fun I mean it has all the goodies of a motocross boot up to eight inches and I love that idea I grew up putting around the trails and messing with pit bikes and doing some
Light dual sporting and for that I rock hard MX boot just seemed like overkill so I wore my hikers and I ended up shattering my toe on trail side stump but with the blitz LS that wouldn't have happened I mean it's got plenty of ankle heel and toe protection while still being lightweight it's easy to walk in it's not totally unacceptable to weigh around town no paternity test required on this one the Blitz LS is obviously the child of the Blitz EE same brown
Accent same buckles same hard part's and shifter panels they have the same interior mesh liner and more or less they have the same soul someone that Thor must have had a sense of humor though because they've added a kick shifting knob to the back of the shorty version has anyone ever kick shifted their way into a hole shot while wearing a shorty boot no but apparently Thor wants you to try a couple of things I don't like the chassis is split grain
Leather which you might know is fashioned leather I mean that's great for slinking down the runway but it's absolutely useless for sliding down the highway and so if you want to use this shoe for a bunch of payment riding don't the other thing is the cost 160 bucks on 49 CA might seem pretty cheap but Thor is also selling their full height blitz EE for basically the same price so I can't help but feel like I'm getting ripped off a little bit on the shorty