With regard to the release lever, I have broken this off on two toe pieces. To reiterate though, I may be doing them a disservice here and this has been resolved. At the time I understand that Fritschi did list some boots that they recommended not be used with the Vipecs. This may have been resolved now but a few years ago there was an issue with some brands of boots where, when in locked-out walk mode, if you took a knee fall straight over the front end of your skis the toe of the boot would be deformed by the "bumper" release lever (google to see photos of resultant damage). I can't speak too much about performance on piste as not skied them that much on piste but never had an unexpected release on or off piste with Vipecs. ![]() The caveat is, I've yet to try out the rig, given the thaw up here in Scotland, so there is still the opportunity to regret it. Many people I asked just said "go for the shifts, you'll not regret it" I've toured in frame bindings, so frankly anything would be better. I was looking at fitting bindings to hybrid, heavier skis (BC orb freebirds) - if I wanted to mainly tour I would go for a dedicated lightweight plank & pins setup The ability to hard-charge in an alpine style binding with DIN release far outweighed any perceived weight saving in pins. Someone made the point there is a difference between multi-day touring and *long* touring - in reality you may daily schlepp up 1000m and cruse back down to the next hut - and in this scenario I wasn't convinced that shaving 600g off my bindings (cf. I opted for the Shifts on the following basis: Hi - I had a similar conundrum late last year, and posted on this very topic: Though I will still be spending some days in resort! To clarify I do want to get a set of light-ish AT bindings, hoping to do more touring and less resort skiing now that I know a few people. I've also been wondering about the Dynafit Beast which seem great with the extra 'heel clamp', but I like the idea of the releasable toe on the Vipecs. A few reviews mentioned unexpected releases and don't want this to hold back my confidence for speedy skiing on moguls and icy pistes - will I notice much difference compared to the frame bindings (or even the Alpine bindings that I am more used to)? I've been thinking of getting a pair of Diamir Vipec Bindings which seem to get pretty good reviews but just wondering if anyone can share their experience of using them in resort. ![]() I used frame bindings which were great but looking to get something a bit lighter weight for my own set up. ![]() I've done a fair bit of resort skiing and recently got to do a few days of touring which I absolutely loved.
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