Jackson Softec is what I used as rental skates for the past 6 weeks. Brand new they were fine for Adult 1 and part of Adult 2. I didn't feel strong on forward outside edges and could not get on backward outside edges at all (see my post about my new skates) but I was able to do forward and backward 1/2 swizzles on a circle with no problem. They were fine for stroking, forward crossovers, long 1 foot glides, 2 foot turns, backwards swizzles and backward 2 foot glides.