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TijmenDal
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Hello people,

I read something lately about different kind of bindings. Now, I'm not the most advanced skier but I figured I knew a fair bit about skiing equipment.

Here's my question, I read something about different kind of toe pieces on bindings, I think they were called Z-binding (or something like that?) and Driver toe's or something like that?

Anyway, there was a guy that said that one type of binding is good, and the other one just plain sucks...Could someone enlighten me here?

Regards
Oct 17 2010 5:58AM
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TijmenDal
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It might be that normally I hear everything in German and what not, so maybe I know about it, without knowing...khekeke
Oct 17 2010 5:58AM
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Mr_pretzel
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Salomon bindings have the z toe and the driver toe. The Z toe is terrible dont buy a binding with the z toe. The driver toe is good.
Oct 17 2010 6:46AM
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TijmenDal
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Thansk for the reply, but what is the actual difference? And is it only salomon that has this difference in different toe-pieces?
Oct 17 2010 7:21AM
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Mr_pretzel
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The z toe has self adjusting wing adjustment and vertical release where the driver has manual adjusting wings and horizontal release. The z toe is all plastic where the driver has some metal.

All companies have different toe pieces, but salomon is the only one with the driver and z toe.
Oct 17 2010 7:31AM
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TijmenDal
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Cheers bro, thanks!
Oct 17 2010 10:01AM
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squibble
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The z toe is better, but made of plastic
Oct 22 2010 4:30PM
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Mr_pretzel
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I really hated the z toe. Felt super unsafe in them.
Oct 22 2010 4:36PM
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arandomname
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Falso, true (which is a bad thing).  The Z toe is nowhere near as good.  It prereleases like no other binding I've ever been in.
Oct 22 2010 4:41PM
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