^^^^ I agree with this. Hated the brakes on my comforts so on my Drifters I didn't put on brakes and went with BnD ski leash. Seemed like the perfect solution with break away connection for avy terrain. I had a couple of falls( I know, I know.... don't fall) and in both cases( one was on hardpack and the the ski went for a 1000 ft ride, the other in deep pow and ski was left buried and took a long time to find) the leashes could not resist the forces of the fall and broke. I tired strengthening the breakable connection until I was sure it could withstand a fall in deep pow( ski tip buried and skier exerting a force on the tie/ring by falling forwards) and with help from an engineer buddy we worked out that the connection would have to be so strong that release in avalanche could not be guaranteed. In the end I gave up on them and went back to brakes and to my joy have had no problems with the brakes on my Verticals and FT-12's and from my experience, the brake problem was on my comforts. I'm now back to brakes and gave my leashes away and am much happier as I spent a lot of time in the resort and the sidecountry/BC on the same day. The weight of the brakes is negligable for me. Still know a lot of friends who dig the leashes and swear by them though so to each his own.
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