There are number of pros and cons to the latest lacing technology that is being used on snowboarding boots. Lets take a look at some of the ones that are popular and what is good and what is not about them.

Boa Technology

They are used a lot now days on boots you actually can find them on various sport related boot for hockey and horse boots. The system behind them is  stainless steel cable that is wound on to a lace reel which replaces regular shoelaces. The reel controls the cable and as you rotate it the cable tightens up the boot making it fit right.

Pros -  Super easy to use and makes for getting your foot in and out convenient.

Cons - Trying to customize the fit can get a bit tricky as its pretty straight forward way of tightening them.

Zone Lacing

Most boots actually use one regular set of laces and so you will be spend more time doing these up than the boa ones. Now days a lot of manufactuers have come out with with a integrated zone lacing system how this works is you have two seperate lace handles which let you tighten your upper and lower areas of the boot this is so you can customize how tight to have your boot

Pros - Nice a quick for making small changes with pull handles

Cons -  You have to find a place for your dangling laces

Lace Handles

We've all messed up our hands on frozon laces, they  have tried to prevent this nowdays by using softer laces but some companies have gone to lace handles. The way this works is it lets you connect both the lace ends in one plastic handle which then really helps you when it comes to pulling your laces tight.

Pros - If you wear your boots tight the handle makes it nice and simple

Cons - You can over tighten and well it requires a bit more thought than turning a dial like on some of the other boots. So unless your into reading manuals.. you might look for another solution.

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