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ski binding switch

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I have a switch knob at the top of the toe end of my bindings on my skis, which has always been set at the side. It looks like it slides up to a position which there is writing which says "on". Anyone know what this knob does? (I have never touched it)

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=173699&d=1450676878

From searching the internet it looks like it was the piston technology button which allows the ski to reduce vibrations when it unloads. I have no idea about this, and people are very scathing of this old technology on other forums.
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@Bigtipper, what are the bindings? Link doesn’t work?

Photo?
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https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/298225-Worth-mounting-old-marker-comp-1400-piston-bindings-on-free-ride-skis

Marker 1400 piston, comments on this forum are pretty poor for the 2001 version.

Link works fine for me, it is a photo!
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Are they marker titanium piston control? If it actually has the piston it changes the flex of the binding plate, some have the switch but no piston actually fitted. They weigh quite a bit as far I remember, had them on a pair of volkl piste skis I once had, it did make the ski feel different but that is all I can remember about them sorry

edit:

cross post and my browser didn't refresh.....so didn't see your other post
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I'm getting the message "Forbidden" for the first link now. The second link seems to work. My bindings are exactly the same as these, so I have no close up photo. They have a piston there, so the button probably does something. (I never had an instruction manual, or never read it)



This is the best image I have currently uploaded. I use a DIN setting of 7, so I guess I am in a different league to the guys on the other forum who are probably racers.
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Here is a close up of the switch, I still have not tested what happens when I turn it on! Laughing
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OK, I turned the piston switch on yesterday when skiing Glencoe. The difference seems to be a bigger shove when you come out of a carved turn. Obviously this innovation in the bindings did not catch on, otherwise all ski bindings would have a piston these days.
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