 Poster: A snowHead
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Bit out of touch on latest tech bindings - things have changed a bit since I last bought any, with stuff like the vipec having lateral toe release etc.
They’ll be going on some Salomon QST 106 Echos which will be for fresh snow days and some lift-accessed day tours. They will end up with a fair bit of time on the piste but having skied Dynafit Beasts exclusively for the last 5 years or so I’m very happy to go with a full tech binding and not something like the shift. Middle of the road weight-wise is fine though - not chasing a few grams here and there for uphill performance.
Anything standing out in the market at the minute? Current thinking is the Atomic / Salomon Summit.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Dashed wrote: |
They’ll be going on some Salomon QST 106 Echos which will be for fresh snow days and some lift-accessed day tours. They will end up with a fair bit of time on the piste but having skied Dynafit Beasts exclusively for the last 5 years or so I’m very happy to go with a full tech binding and not something like the shift. Middle of the road weight-wise is fine though - not chasing a few grams here and there for uphill performance.
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Any reason why not the Shift? It's lighter than the Beast and designed for pretty much exactly your use case (and does it very well). If grams don't matter it seems like the obvious choice?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| clarky999 wrote: |
Any reason why not the Shift? It's lighter than the Beast and designed for pretty much exactly your use case (and does it very well). If grams don't matter it seems like the obvious choice? |
Sorry, grams don’t matter within the context of tech bindings - don’t need to go crazy light as I’m not doing multi-day hut to hut etc but do want to go significantly lighter than the Beasts as I’ve got dedicated all mountain piste skis with alpine bindings as a “daily driver” (I think that’s the current term  ).
The shifts are 1700g a pair so pretty chunky. I was thinking more around the 800-900g stuff like the MTN Summit.
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Dashed, ATK Raider/C-Raider/Raider Evo fitted with their Freeride Spacer Kit. No other full tech binding skis as well, especially on a wide ski. Bomber construction, loads of elasticity, removable brakes, independently adjustable vertical and lateral release, 5 climbing heights. Evo model also has auto lock-up brake in skinning mode and adjustable toe release. All at well under 400g per ski.
The Summit binding would be at the bottom of my shopping list.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@spyderjon - thanks. May well be popping over to see you nearer winter. Wasn’t familiar with ATK stuff but just had a look at their bindings and look very impressive
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| spyderjon wrote: |
Dashed, ATK Raider/C-Raider/Raider Evo fitted with their Freeride Spacer Kit. No other full tech binding skis as well, especially on a wide ski. Bomber construction, loads of elasticity, removable brakes, independently adjustable vertical and lateral release, 5 climbing heights. Evo model also has auto lock-up brake in skinning mode and adjustable toe release. All at well under 400g per ski.
The Summit binding would be at the bottom of my shopping list. |
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