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Marker VS. Look

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Hoshino
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I am getting new skis. They will be used for skiing park and I was wondering what type of bindings I should get.
Apr 27 2011 5:44PM
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Balto
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neither
Apr 27 2011 5:54PM
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Skiingsnow
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currently use jesters and love em, will buy pivot 14s for my next binding jst coz theres so much hype about  them and i wanna see why
Apr 27 2011 6:16PM
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Deviate
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I've had good experience with look bindings. Even their more reasonable selection (mainly px12 series) have held up well for me over the past few years. Can definitely recommend px12 to a lighter skier, pivot series for heavier folks.
Apr 27 2011 6:26PM
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Chompo.
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get look's pivot series, they are so bomber.
Apr 27 2011 8:12PM
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mr.k2
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Jesters
Apr 27 2011 8:52PM
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@tlas
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then what?
Apr 27 2011 9:12PM
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Funnel
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I have Jesters on my JJs and Halos and they are a sweet binding. I had some Look PX12s and found that the brakes didn't seem to bend as easy, but the fucking thing ended up snapping off. I'm sure the Pivots are more solid. You'll probably be stoked either way.
Apr 27 2011 9:19PM
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Kreech
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from now on I only fuxx wit pivot/fks and sth driver. But if you have the chance, get pivots or fks, cuz after a couple weeks of SUPER hard riding on the driver toe of the sth, they tend to get a bit loose on the toe height, which could maybe possibly result in a prerelease fit of death. At least I wouldn't put them on a BC rig unless I was really on top of tightening them, which I'm not. Long story short, pivots if you have money, sth if you dont
Apr 27 2011 9:35PM
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rickroller
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this
Apr 28 2011 1:51AM
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wintersway
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this. used to prerelease from my salomons all the time, even after putting the din up higher than recommended.

last two pairs of bindings were looks, i think ive had one occasion where i felt like i shouldnt have popped out over 5 seasons.
Apr 28 2011 10:44AM
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monkatizer
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look pivots are the shit
Apr 28 2011 10:49AM
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hjb
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May 1 2011 2:20PM
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BWalmer
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To be honest, you're kinda comparing apples to oranges on this one.

Marker tends to focus on lightweight bindings, but they tend to have durability issues (Jesters seem to be ok, but the others have issues). While, Look tends to focus on durability, but they tend to have heavier bindings (and in my opinion...and I know people will fight me on this on...most of the PX series is crap, they're heavy and not very durable, other than the PX18 which is still not that great in my opinion).

Take a look at these two threads, they'll probably help you with your binding decision:
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/481906/
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/619519/
May 1 2011 2:29PM
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