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WTR boots in regular STH12 bindings
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Poster: A snowHead

I have Salomon STH12 bindings on a couple of pairs of skis and a Fritchi Freerides on my touring skis.

I'm pondering getting some boots with WTR soles. Given the STH bindings have auto-adjust toe height can I use WTR boots in the STH bindings?

FYI, My reasoning for WTR boots is that I basically want full-on alpine boots that will make the odd skin-up bearable and make boot packing a tad easier. I have no plans to do any serious touring in the near future, if I did I would almost certainly go for a properly touring focused boot.

I know a lot of folks are keen on tech bindings, and I've considered switching over to something like a Beast or Kingpin. These would do the job, but it's a lot of extra cost and I'm actually happy touring on the Fritchis and prefer an alpine binding for day to day use. Maybe I'll go for a full overhaul and QK all my skis and just have one binding one day, but not right now.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

The clue to this is in the self-adjusting toe.....
You really need a manual height adjust to give clearance to the AFD for true WTR compatibility afaik hence the WTR designation on some bindings
It MAY work ok........
But you could have too much downward pressure on the AFD, maybe Spyderjon will chip in!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

@KenX, I suspect you're right about the auto adjust. I wonder if the toe piece can be modified to lift it higher above the AFD? Failing that maybe I can just buy a WTR toe piece?
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Probably just as cheap to get a set on offer from Sportconrad, Ekosport or Glisshop........
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

From another thread, it sounds like some WTR boots will be OK in these bindings. I've seen plenty of marketing info that says you should use specific bindings with WTR boots, but I've not (yet) seen anything officially advising against using in regular bindings.
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