have bindings changed that much?

A snowHead

Buying some new skis, prob liberty helix but just wondered have bindings changed that much in the last 10 years? I have a brand new pair of salomon s810 teneighty bindings that I have had for years but never used as well as the bindings off my old 1080's and was going to use them on my new skis. I know I will need wider brakes but apart from that should there be any other problems?

A snowHead

None whatsoever. One kind thing Salomon has done for the past few years is make the brakes compatible with nearly all of their bindings, so finding a wider pair should be pretty easy - if you can't bend the arms wide enough to fit your new skis.

It *might* be worth getting them tested if they have been abused - long car journeys on roof racks across Europe, lived in a cow barn etc etc - otherwise you're good to go.

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cheers, I did wonder and was thinking if i'm spending a fortune on new skis I can't afford the bindings as well. The bindings are like brand new and still on the plastic display plates. Just been looking as I will need wider brakes, where is the best place to get them?

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Definitely get them tested, as the internal grease may have dried out.

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Test them cant hurt

but....
do the adjustments in and out a half dozen times, then set on low and flex it / etc.

plastics can go brittle over time in the wrong conditions - not sure about the newer composites they are using though but my old bindings have taken loads of abuse and live in the garage and work fine

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Cheers appreciate your help. Will get the shop to give them a check over when I take them in to get them mounted on my skis. Just hope I can get hold of some wider brakes for them

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I've read on a number of occasions in other fora that bindings have been the much neglected area of ski companies' R&D in recent years, and that the wider skies now more commonly found provide both an opportunity for a larger footprint binding which may allow for some new developments, and could perhaps do with technology that might provide a better experience with wider skis than using the approaches inherited for narrower skis.

After all it is free

There are not many active binding machines in the UK that test bindings (I think there are only 3 or 4, really should be more but they cost £££££), but if you want to be certain we use a Wintersteiger binding test machine, which precisely checks the forces regardless of what is on the DIN indicator to make sure they are working within tolerance. We can then accurately adjust bindings based on the testing, if they are a little out or a little worn. The machine will fail bindings that are outside tolerance, and as someone who got into this whole business because of a binding failure, if in doubt, even if you don't do it with us, get them tested! It is good piece of mind, and you get a copy of the report, which has also come in handy for some customers for insurance claims.

It is an awesome machine, my accountant still shakes her head at me buying it as it will never make us any money, but if it helps prevent even one stack due to a binding issue, then it has paid for itself in my view. More about it here: http://www.edgeandwax.co.uk/servicing.aspx

Hope this helps,

ScottyDog

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have bindings changed that much?

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