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  1. 01-26-2013, 10:43 AM #1
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    Atomic Tracker 16 snapped in half...

    Did a quick search and didnt find anything so...

    Went out 'touring' last night. I only put quotes around it because we didnt make it out of the parking lot.

    All geared up and ready to go, my buddy steps into his '>10 days on them' Tracker 16's, takes three steps and the binding snapped in half just after the toe piece. Never seen anything like it. Anyone else have heard anything similar?
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  2. 01-26-2013, 10:48 AM #2
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    So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....


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  3. 01-26-2013, 11:47 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by whyturn View Post
    Pictures or it didn't happen
    yeah really hoping so
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    And so it starts.....
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    I had a dream that my Dukes were better than the Trackers.
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  6. 01-26-2013, 01:49 PM #6
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    Ill get some photos up tonight.
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    Wait.. are you saying the first generation of a new product is having some durability issues?

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  9. 01-26-2013, 03:54 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by JayPowHound View Post
    Wait.. are you saying the first generation of a new product is having some durability issues?

    Durability? I think that would imply that there was more than about 100 days on there. These things were practically brand new. This is more like defective.
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  10. 01-26-2013, 04:35 PM #10
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    The heel piece is at home...
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    Quote Originally Posted by nicolaib211v View Post
    All geared up and ready to go, my buddy steps into his '>10 days on them' Tracker 16's, takes three steps and the binding snapped in half just after the toe piece. Never seen anything like it. Anyone else have heard anything similar?
    Assume you mean <10 days?

    Looks pretty fucking bad though! Not had any impacts (shit rolling around them in the car, maybe)?
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  13. 01-26-2013, 05:09 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by rob stokes View Post
    And so it starts.....
    Ha, ha. My thoughts exactly.
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  14. 01-26-2013, 05:26 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by coldwater View Post
    Assume you mean <10 days?

    Looks pretty fucking bad though! Not had any impacts (shit rolling around them in the car, maybe)?
    Yeah, less than 10...
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  15. 01-26-2013, 05:29 PM #15
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    Damn, that sheered right off. That is the first time I've seen that and I haven't seen to many of them come back for warranty.

    No complaints on my Maker F12's this year
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    I hope Thin Cover is not skiing this binding!
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    He he, I mean lol, I mean huh?

    so what aren't you telling us?
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    The Atomic Tracker is a re-branded Salomon Guardian, right? Identical binding besides color and branding?
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  19. 01-26-2013, 08:57 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by neck beard View Post
    The Atomic Tracker is a re-branded Salomon Guardian, right? Identical binding besides color and branding?
    Yes, the Atomic Tracker is the exact same binder as the Salomon Guardian. Just the paint and company logos...

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  20. 01-27-2013, 12:10 PM #20
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    1st year product buyer = product tester

    Warranty should cover that no questions asked. Hopefully he didn't buy from that spanish website.
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  21. 01-27-2013, 01:52 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by powder11 View Post
    1st year product buyer = product tester

    Warranty should cover that no questions asked. Hopefully he didn't buy from that spanish website.
    Nah, He'll get them warrantied, just kind of crazy to see that in the first place.
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    Another touring binding vulnerable to catastrophic failure via a knee fall?

    Viva la Dynafit
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  23. 01-27-2013, 05:10 PM #23
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    I have seen this exact issue on other people's first uses as well. It's caused by something, usually snow but maybe not in this case, getting wedged under the toe and levering the thing in half when the user inevitably tries to push through the obstruction. Really the only major structural flaw I've seen in the binding and something Salomon/Atomic should really be warning people about.

    Either that or your buddy has a horribly, horribly defective binding and is very lucky not to have made it out of the parking lot.
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  24. 01-27-2013, 05:16 PM #24
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    I'd just be glad he wasn't skiing when that happened. Wonder what caused it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by m-ruta View Post
    I have seen this exact issue on other people's first uses as well. It's caused by something, usually snow but maybe not in this case, getting wedged under the toe and levering the thing in half when the user inevitably tries to push through the obstruction.
    You'd think, hope, that just maybe, all their pro skier gear testers might have identified this problem when testing the binding over 100's of miles of backcountry ski touring in a range of conditions.
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