I'm waiting a bit longer and then will give them one more chance to reply before totally writing them off though. Very long story slightly shortened is they still sent me the bindings and charged me for them and have been a pain in the ass to get ahold of to return. They replied that it was out of stock/backordered so I tried to cancel the order and just bought a pair from a local shop and got them mounted. I was getting the second pair to mount this year and initially ordered from G3. G3 apparently fixed that and I have had no durability issues yet (both pairs were made since the design was changed).ĮDIT: I will say their customer service seems less than ideal. The first generation had issues with the heel turret breaking. Haven't used crampons with them so I can't speak to that but I'm pretty sure, like the other commenter said, that there is a decent bit of room under my Scarpas. I'm pretty sure it's a function of the gapless binding tech. I guess it would depend on what you're used to though. I don't personally feel that any movement that may occur with the heel risers makes much of a difference. I ski one pair without brakes and one with but I have been meaning to take the brakes off those as well If I were you I’d get a lighter ski than the Atris and I’d go with a full featured binding like Zed or ATK R12, knowing I might have a ceiling to how hard I can send, but that’s me.I have ~50-60 days between two pairs of the bindings (on different pairs of skis) and they seem like great bindings. I’d say the majority of people would be fine with the Zed, but it seems like you might be better off with a burly setup and a lightweight setup depending on the day. Another friend stomps even bigger features, and throws backies on the Zeds without a second thought. When things are firmer, I pretty much dial it all the way back. I have felt very comfortable and confident in the Zeds with small to medium cliffs/features in the bc, say 5-15 footer range, but only when landing in soft snow. For example, Marker alpinist claimed weight with brakes is over 300g, Zed is well under 500g with brakes, including mounting screws (unsure if that’s included in the Alpinist measurement). I find your rounding very strange on the weights. If you think you’ll potentially have some inbounds days, I don’t think any of those bindings are ideal, but with that said the Ion will stand up better than the Zed, which will be better than the Alpinist IMO (particularly because of the U bar - I have seen these break inbounds). At only 358 grams, its the lightest fully featured tech binding. The ZED is the definition of the next generation of lightweight high-performance touring bindings. Personally it sounds like you should have a burlier setup for huck days and a light setup for non huck days, but I find this pretty interesting. Starting with the proven platform of the ION, G3 looked at every part, every mechanism, and every screw to evolve the idea of a fully featured binding at the lightest weight possible. Bit heavier than I wanted, but hey it seems like a good choice. Update: I went with the Marker Kingpin M-Werks! 630g. Anybody have any thoughts?Įdit: I’m happy to ski without brakes to save weight I don’t want to put on bindings that will be a big performance compromise. That being said, I bought them to do some drops and be a little more wild in the backcountry. The atris skis are quite a bit heavier than my blizzards (800 g heavier each), so it would be great to save some weight on the bindings. I’m a bit torn about which bindings to put on the new atris skis. In the past I’ve just been touring with a pair of blizzard zero gs with tecton 12 bindings. I just bought a pair of Black Crows Atris skis that I am hoping to use for more hard charging days, sometimes inbounds but lots of backcountry. Hey I just wanted to post a question here to get some opinions on new bindings.
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