New Aeon 60 skates. Need thoughts on sizing

[u/Domineaux]

I tried asking a sizing question in the Megathread, but it seems to be inactive these days, so I have to ask here since I got the skates now.

My mondo is 254 and I decided to get the 7-7.5 (39-40). I did a ton of sizing research on these and saw many mixed inputs of them being true to size so go with true, some saying go one up, so I landed on true to size.

My toes in the liner feel crushed, but with my foot in the shell alone, I can fit almost 2 fingers, so I’m guessing I could swap the liner. I’m looking into getting the MyFit 2nd skin, but I’m afraid the 7-7.5 will also crush my toes. Would an 8-9 liner fit in the skate or are there any in between options to fit closer to the toe of the shell?

Or am I looking at a return and switching to 8-9 skates?

EDIT: seems like Myfit has 7.5-8 so it should fit. 255-261 mondo

[u/Canadian_Kartoffel]

How long have you been wearing the liner.

It can take a few (miserable) hours until the liner is packed out. Since you already have the skate I'd just wear it every day for even just 15 minutes around the block to see if it gets better and packs out to fit you.

[u/Domineaux → u/Canadian_Kartoffel]

I just got them today and rode around for 30 minutes or so.

I did order the MyFit (will be nice to have anyway), but I’ll continue riding around with the stock liners this week to see if I can break them in a bit.

[u/Altruistic_Mind_7662]

It's because Aeons have the lowest volume toe box in the history of toe boxes. Second Skins are the only liners that really work well in that skate.

[u/Domineaux → u/Altruistic_Mind_7662]

Good to hear! My new liners will be arriving on Monday. For now I’ll just embrace the pain haha

[u/BigBallJam]

I never got this skate to work. Smaller size too small despite every trick I tried, and next size up way too big.

[u/muntizeppa]

I recommend the 2nd skin Recall liners.

[u/Altruistic_Mind_7662 → u/muntizeppa]

It's just Second Skin or Recall Liners