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Thread: The 300g Touring Binding Thread
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02-22-2019, 01:58 PM #176
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02-22-2019, 02:11 PM #177
I haven't tried any of those you mentioned. I'm actually ok with U Springs having had positive experiences with the Salomon MTN over the past 2 seasons so that mental barrier is not a factor. What surprised me is how much better the Alpinist skied downhill vs say a Comfort/Vertical setup (I did some groomers with chopped up deathcookies from sloppy grooming just the other day to compare). I'd even go as far to say that in the smooth snow the Alpinists felt as good as say a Vipec (obv that's heavier). Sorry I can't really give more than subjective impression. There's not the vagueness of the old Tech 1.0 with the heel gap where as soon as you get ski chatter you feel like you'll explode and pre-release so you back off
I am but 78kgs 160lbs and a small sample size. There aren't many out there. Plus because they're Marker's I am very loathe to do anything but meadowskip touring pow in them. Please keep all that in mind. The toepieces are finicky. Having to go from ski to tour mode and vice-versa by bending down to twist the heel is such a throwback to last century. The brakes are pretty useless. But like I said they ski fine.
The price on these things keep dropping.
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02-22-2019, 03:11 PM #178
I’ve been very happy with my Alpinists, so much so I sold my kingpins and vipecs. Had a few resort days in Japan as well as about 20 BC days and they feel really solid and light. Agree with LL that the vague Dynafit heel feeling is nonexistent.
I have a pair of HR 2.0s and really like them as well. Only have a few days on them so hard to throw up a strong comparison. I did mount without the adjustment plate because I am a little sensitive to stack height. Probably just a psychological issue.
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02-22-2019, 03:52 PM #179Dad core
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02-22-2019, 04:10 PM #180Registered User
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02-22-2019, 05:27 PM #181
I would rather stick my dick into a bees nest than buy another marker product. At least with the bees i know I'll get stung immediately and then it'll more or less be over.
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02-22-2019, 07:04 PM #182
Thanks! I guess the mental barrier for me with the u-spring comes from the wear and tear aspect, which is easily remedied by vigilance/having an extra set of springs. It shouldn't be that big of a deal, I'm definitely over analyzing here. However, I feel like if there's a better design in a comparable product, I should go with that. Enter the over analysis....
The details are much appreciated. I might wait and see what the internet jury decides on these before I grab a pair, but it's tempting considering they're very close to what I'm currently in the market for....
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02-22-2019, 07:06 PM #183
Good info, thanks for sharing!
Nickel's comment is the shirt version of why I'm nervous... Although I don't have any absolute horror stories first hand, I have found all the Marker products I've used to be underwhelming. They're fine but I always wish I would have bought something else.
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02-22-2019, 07:48 PM #184Registered User
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02-22-2019, 08:28 PM #185
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02-22-2019, 08:33 PM #186
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02-22-2019, 09:28 PM #187Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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02-23-2019, 08:27 AM #189Registered User
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one failure early in the product life but it was so obviously badly designed that Salomon must have let the mail room kid design the toe fitting
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02-23-2019, 08:29 AM #190
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02-23-2019, 08:44 AM #191Registered User
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02-24-2019, 05:47 PM #192
What is this so called "Salomon saga"? I must have missed the memo. Did they have something shit the bed recently?
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02-24-2019, 05:59 PM #193
Years ago a mag got seriously mangled due to inept design on Salomon's initial entry into the tech boot market. It was not so much a one off error, but a flaw in design that shouldn't have made it past rev1.
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02-24-2019, 05:59 PM #194
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02-24-2019, 06:05 PM #195Registered User
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https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/.../t-191256.html
Think they paid out to thincover. A simply dangerous design.
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02-24-2019, 06:45 PM #196Registered User
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there are millions of tech toe fittings out there that work fine but a pict of the Salomon toe fitting showed that it was missing a ridge of solid metal that a dynafit toe fitting would usually have and there were a couple of big holes drilled towards the toe sockets that significantly weakened the structure ... bad engineering if any
A real good reason to breathe a sigh of relief if your boots use real dynafit fittingsLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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02-24-2019, 10:36 PM #197Registered User
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03-03-2019, 04:48 PM #198
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03-04-2019, 08:53 PM #199Registered User
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Blister review with them skiing them back to back inbounds puts them at exceptionally similar with the slightest of edge in smoothness to to the alpinist.
Alpinist can be had cheap from Europe which is why I got a pair. MTN now cheap from PTEX1.
I’m digging the alpinist riser heights but rotating the heel sucks.
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03-06-2019, 06:11 PM #200
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