I have just replaced my Pulse. I use it for work, and the way that the Pulse used to tell me to STOP did not fill me with confidence that it would be as fast as I would want it to be if I was using...

I would highly recommend the Volkl 90Eight. They are much cheaper than the VWerks Mantra, and I have found them to be amazingly versatile.

I have found the Volkl 90eight to be really versatile, though it may not be as playful as you are looking for. On paper the Mantra V-Werks also could work, but I have no idea how they ski.

Thank you very much for your help. Unfortunately I did have a version of this boot (admittedly when it was 95mm last) and it came up very short. It was a 330mm bsl compared to 335mm on the Atomic...

Rather than start a new thread I thought that it would be best to add questions here. I hope that's ok. My problem is that I have a very long, and very narrow foot. I can get into a size 29, but...

I have mine on the line. They are fantastic for the weight. It is quite a traditional mount and it feels quite balanced to me, so I would personally be quite wary of moving back.

From my experiences I would say henrik mitt is good down to some pretty low temperatures. Kaj and sverre glove is nowhere near as warm, but works really well over quite a wide range of temperatures....

Just for a different point of view I struggle with my standard zebra lenses. I find them good for certain conditions, but when things get bright I find that they just don't go dark enough for my...

I had a few runs on the 191cm version and this is exactly how I felt.

For what it's worth I have skied the Anima 194cm for a few runs. Due to the conditions we had I managed to ski it in some fairly messy conditions, as well as a few pitches of pretty nice snow. For...

I have the old Agent 100, and I have skied the Ten, though it was only for a few runs. I think that the newer Agent 100 is a lighter construction than mine, as well as having more tail taper, and...

I have one of the older versions for touring and I love them. A friend who is a very good skier had the older version and recently got the new version and he says that they are significantly better...

I have skied for between 5 weeks, and a season in each place, and I would echo most of what Twann74 has said. There are some good runs in paradiski, but not many that you can justify leaving Espace...

I finally got to ski these today. I am 193cm, and about 85kgs. I am a good, solid, technical skier, though I would not claim to be the most hard charging of people. I was really impressed with...

http://www.skipass.com/guide-matos/faction/chapter.html

http://www.epicski.com/t/125682/stratton-demo-my-take-on-the-90-100s

It's the second post in the second link.

Not to take things off topic, but I am very interested to hear about the Chapters as well. I have only managed to find 2 mini-reviews, both of which were very positive, but it would be great to read...

Thanks a lot for the advice guys. I had been looking at the new Faction Chapter, which sound good from the few reviews I've found (and I should be able to test). The extra 10% stiffness just...

Does anybody have any experience with the 2015 model? I have heard that it is 10% stiffer, and I just wondered whether anybody could comment on whether this had helped address some of the...

I wear a 29 in both my Atomic Ti130s and my Mercuries (I've only skied them for 1 day so far, but they seem ok). I would say that the internal length of them both is similar, though there is the...

I am a pretty similar size to you, and the new Faction stuff may be worth a look. I have just bought a Darwin jacket, and the large fits me really well. The fabric is certainly heavier, and tougher...

How will it work with the Guardian hole pattern? I was wondering whether swapping Guardians for inserts to swap between Dynafits and these would work. 3 lots of holes to try and combine, but could...

Those Salomon boots seem to be the new Ghost. There are pictures of the catalogue here:

http://www.freeride.se/forum/thread.php?t=92831&p=2

This does show how subjective some of these things are. I tried them on side by side with a TLT6, a Solomon Quest 120 BC and a Scapra Freedom SL, and I felt like they were as stiff as any of them. ...

Has anybody played with the tongue adjustment on these? I have read a few comments about the fact that you can adjust them, but I would be interested to hear how it changes the fit, and whether it...

How did you find the fit of the Spectres compared to the other boots?

I don't think that it is a case that people are not getting the idea that there is meant to be a deeper meaning, but that is what makes it pretentious when it fails to achieve that level of grandeur....

Wow I have never been angry at a ski film before. I just felt like so much of it was so pretentious, and not involving or engaging at all.

I appreciate that some of the visual effects looked...

This is how I feel as well. I have never owned Dukes, but I have skied them (admittedly the pair I skied were old), and I found them sloppy. With my Guardians I do feel like I am in an Alpine...

What I don't understand is that the Soul 7 got 3.78 out of 5 and got a gold medal, but the Volkl Bridge got 179.00 out of 5 and got nothing. That just does not seem fair.

They have been the first touring capable binding that I have felt skied like a standard alpine binding. I only have about 15 days on mine, but no issues apart from the weight.

As I have said I have read both the TLT thread, and the Vulcan thread, as well as reading many different opinions elsewhere. I started this thread to get help with 2 very specific questions, which...

Well I got back to try the boots on again, and after spending a while in the TLT5 I suspect it is not really the boot I am looking for, though the fit is by far the best. Trouble is that the...

I will try on a 29 as well as the 30 and see how it feels. My reservation with that is that I tried to go for a slightly smaller plug boot this winter, and it really messed up my season as I was in...

Wow, thank you all, lots of good information, and food for thought. My main concern with the feeling of the TLT5 in the shop was the cuff height. Being very tall I just felt a lack of security, but...

I have the Cochise in the 193cm size and they certainly need speed to come alive. I am afraid I cannot compare them to the Katana, but Blister have reviews of both, so that would be a good place to...

Thanks Greg.

I tried on the One PX, and the TLT5 Performance today, but there were no TLT5 Mountain in my size. On paper the Mercury was the boot I was hoping would work, but the fit of the One...

Thanks for the replies. Good to know that if I need to punch them it should work.

I read somewhere that the softer of the 2 tongues with the TLT6 was comparable to the current TLT5 tongue, and...

I have finally managed to try these on today, and they are by far the best fit I have ever found in a touring boot for my freakishly narrow feet. Before I buy them I have just a few questions if...

Thank you very much for that. Makes decisions even more complicated, but in a good way.

Thanks for the review. I am starting to think that there are too many good skis in the 115mm waist category for anybody to make a decision over which to buy without going slightly mad.

Just for...

Thanks for that. Sorry my short hand was obviously too short. I was talking about the Salomon Rocker2 115.

My reservation with the Automatic is that they sound like they get knocked about a...

Thanks for the review.

Have you skied the Automatic, or the R115? It would be really interesting to hear a comparison, as they all seem quite similar on paper.

How did you find the 2 compared (Q115 and Automatic)? Obviously you did not like either, but did you find them equally weak for what you wanted, or did one have a bit more backbone than the other?

The rating scale is just a way of ranking which of the skis attributes were most important when you bought the skis (I think). As such it does not matter which specific rocker profile you wanted,...

I am pretty sure they are the same ski. I may be wrong, but I have heard it from a number of people. My understanding is that the Quest range is all based on the rocker profile of the R115 from...

When I skied the Rocker 115 I really enjoyed it. I am a touch taller, but a similar weight. I think it was a good compromise between being solid enough to track through choppy snow, but soft enough...

I recently skied these, and found them great fun. I was expecting them to feel a bit short, but I was actually very happy with the length. I am 6'3" and about 185lbs.

That said my friend who's...

So I managed to borrow my friends Rocker 115s (188cm) today. The pistes were that soapy, waxy snow that you get when wet snow has been ski pisted, and the off-piste was heavy, and generally pretty...

From what I understand the mount width of the binding is not guaranteed to work on all skis, as it is wider than the standard norm. I think you therefore need to be careful as on some skis it will...

I completely understand about the Cochise, as the reason I am not convinced by them is the fact that I do not find them at all playful.

When I have been looking around for something similar to...