So I'm just getting back into skiing after snowboarding for the last 15 years, and picked up a cheap pair of Line Chronics with some old Marker M8.1's on them. After doing some research, it seems like these bindings might have a bad rep, but I'm not positive if I have the exact model that's no good.

I found these pages:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...?t-108533.html
http://www.outdoorreview.com/cat/pro...4_6495crx.aspx

Here are a couple of pics of my bindings:






My question is; will these be OK to mess around on and re-learn some technique? Don't plan on hucking much yet, just want to cruise around the moguls/trees/groomers until I get a bit better on 2 planks. Or should I just toss them and pick up another cheap set of better bindings? I'm more concerned about not releasing early enough rather than pre-releasing, knees are kind of iffy.