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The skates The Lab has covered, side by side: holder, steel, boot and list price.
Top-end skates now differ most in the boot's stiffness and the holder and steel underneath. These are the player skates our stories have covered, with the specs those stories report.
| Product | List price | Holder | Steel | Boot | Weight | Our story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCM Vizion Player Skate | $1,229.99 | PRO Spec oversized holder | — | CORE Boot technology | 922 g (size 8) | Read › |
| Warrior Alpha Pro | $1,199.99 | XCL with quick release | XCL-D, DLC coated | Minimus Carbon 3 one piece shell | — | Read › |
| Bauer Supreme Shadow | $989.99 | PowerFly, stiff front post, flexible back post | — | 40 percent stiffer than Supreme Mach | — | Read › |
| True Catalyst Nitro skates | $969.99 | SpeedShift | SpeedShift Hyper-Polish DLC | 1-Piece Polyfusion PWRCORE | 904 g (9.0R) | Read › |
| Bauer Vapor Flylite Limited Edition | — | POWERFLY quick-release | FLY-TI titanium-coated, included | FUSION CURV composite | — | Read › |
- CCM Vizion Player Skate$1,229.99
- Holder
- PRO Spec oversized holder
- Steel
- —
- Boot
- CORE Boot technology
- Weight
- 922 g (size 8)
- Warrior Alpha Pro$1,199.99
- Holder
- XCL with quick release
- Steel
- XCL-D, DLC coated
- Boot
- Minimus Carbon 3 one piece shell
- Weight
- —
- Bauer Supreme Shadow$989.99
- Holder
- PowerFly, stiff front post, flexible back post
- Steel
- —
- Boot
- 40 percent stiffer than Supreme Mach
- Weight
- —
- True Catalyst Nitro skates$969.99
- Holder
- SpeedShift
- Steel
- SpeedShift Hyper-Polish DLC
- Boot
- 1-Piece Polyfusion PWRCORE
- Weight
- 904 g (9.0R)
- Holder
- POWERFLY quick-release
- Steel
- FLY-TI titanium-coated, included
- Boot
- FUSION CURV composite
- Weight
- —
List prices are senior US prices as our stories report them; specs come from the manufacturer or a retailer, as each story cites them. The Lab compares the reported specs; it has not tested this gear. A dash is a spec our coverage has not reported.
