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09-14-2020, 10:59 AM #26Registered User
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I am a pivot guy and always make sure in deep snow I pull up on the dildo to make sure I’m in if they come off in deep snow. We also do a ton of boot packing in power and again I’m anal about making sure the bottoms of my boots are cleaned off.
The big take away here is about being anal about getting into your bindings correctly. Every piece of equipment has tolerances they work best in, your car, a fork, your ski bindings. Just because we don’t have to think twice about our bindings 95% of ski days, we can just step in and go, doesn’t mean can always, and that 5% scares me enough to where I’m always double checking every day to make sure I’m good
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09-15-2020, 03:34 AM #27
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09-17-2020, 03:36 PM #28Registered User
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Don't crucify me but... I ended up going with the Knee Binding.
Purchased from REI. If I experience prerelease or any other issues I can return em and snatch up a pair of Pivot's
What pushed me over the edge:
1. Spoke to an experienced user at REI in Denver who rides the Knee Binding. Asked extensively about prerelease, stack height experience, how it effected his overall skiing, etc. He (seemed to be) very honest and realistic with his experience.
2. I am convinced that this binding suffers heavily from negative review bias (concept where 6 people with negative experiences are louder than 100 people with positive experiences)
3. There was an update to the binding 2 years ago that fixed the hard step-in that many people complained about
4. Lots of the issues are around getting them mounted/set up properly. Going to make sure I go to someone who knows absolutely how to set up these.
5. Reasonably large range of adjustability at 26mm
6. Purchased it with a coupon to which made the price similar to others in the market.
Thank you all for the advice and guidance.
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09-17-2020, 04:24 PM #29Registered User
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An experienced user at REI. And unverifiable negative review bias.
Cool story buddy.
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09-17-2020, 04:29 PM #30
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09-17-2020, 04:43 PM #31
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09-17-2020, 05:17 PM #32Registered User
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I think I at one point posted about Spot devices and ended up buying an inReach.
True story: Lost it this weekend on a trail run. Some dude found it, sent me a text then dropped it off at my house--60mi from where he found it. World is good sometimes.
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09-17-2020, 05:33 PM #33Rod9301
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09-17-2020, 05:43 PM #34Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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09-17-2020, 06:30 PM #35
Get safe.
Make turns.
Ski hard.
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09-17-2020, 07:56 PM #36Registered User
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You made a mistake. Good luck.
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09-17-2020, 08:01 PM #37Registered User
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So you ignored a bunch of user’s experience and believed some beater at an REI in denver? REI isn’t even a real ski store, and denvers not a real ski town, sounds like a super reliable source to me. Good luck finding your ski when it ejects on the first 5 foot drop you hit and rocket ships away because the brakes don’t work.
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09-17-2020, 09:27 PM #38Registered User
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09-17-2020, 10:11 PM #39
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09-17-2020, 10:14 PM #40
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09-17-2020, 10:17 PM #41
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09-18-2020, 12:01 AM #42Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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09-18-2020, 12:24 AM #43
I honestly think you'll be reasonably happy. IMO, KB isn't trash.
Would love to hear your opinion after a few months, so drop a line when you've got some time on them.
I have a pair or two I've intended to mount myself, but I'm mostly skiing Attack/Warden Demos. [Also decent bindings.]
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09-18-2020, 02:29 PM #44
KB is a good choice for someone who wants to be able to tell themselves they did everything they could to be safe. (Whether they actually did that is irrelevant.)
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