Ok, I've been posting my story over NS for the last 2 years. Nobody's been listening. So, here I go again.
I bought a pair of 175 Darksides + Line R12's two seasons ago, and have been riding them hard ever since. This thread details my personal experience with the bindings, and the weight breakdown.
First, I'd like to say that I like the bindings. They're solid. I've had a limited set of problems over the last 2 years. Which I'll run through chronologically.
First, the heelpiece on one binding randomly moved while I was eating lunch. I believe I may have hit the release when I put the skis on the rack, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I came out from lunch, and went to click in. One ski clicked in fine, but the other didn't. I look down, and the heel is all the way at the back of the heel's travel. Open the heel release, move back into place, close release, click in, go skiing. No big deal.
Next, the mid-air ski release. Big hit at Stratton (i think it was). Not fun. But, it was mostly my fault. It was one of those days when ice sticks to your boots like lateralis to 12 year old girls, and I forgot to get all of it off. Hit the jump, look down, no right ski. Bail. Enough said. No big deal though, grabbed the ski, got the ice off, clicked in, no more problems.
The big one was actually a few hours ago. I did a small 180 saftey, leaning a little too far forward, and STOMPED down. Click, click, FUCK. Switch double eject. The natural enemy of ski brakes. This one fucked my last run up, and sent me boot-skiing the rest of the way down. Mangled brakes, moved heelpieces, no fun. Just got finished with an hour of ski brake bending and re-shaping, not to mention readjusting the location of the heel piece on one of them. But, they're fine now. I've actually got to give pivogy credit, I think it saved my knees on this one. I bounced from leaning forwards to falling out while twisting backwards. Both the heel pieces were still up when I picked the skis up, which means I pulled off a rear-twisting fall. Which is the ACL killer.
I've heard people bitching about the plate and how it lifts you up too far. That's bullshit in my personal opinion. The plate is fine.
And, now for the weight breakdown. When I was bending my brakes back, I took one binding off and threw it on the bathroom scale (digital, very inaccurate). 4lbs, which equals slighly more than line's original statement of 1800 grams. The inconsistancy is, i think, my scale.
Keep in mind my R12's are the old school ones, I'm not sure if the newer ones are lighter. All weights are in grams.
Line R12's: 1800 g
Salomon S810 Ti: 1070 g
Salomon S912 Ti: 990 g
I couldn't find weights on any of the marker, look, rossi, tyrolia or other bindings, so feel free to post those IF THEY ARE CORRECT. I wasn't exactly looking TOO hard though.
So, in short, yes, the reactors are heavier. Get over it.
I like them, and I've just purchased a pair of chronics to ride as well. I'll be quickmounting them back and forth a bit this season, so I'll keep you updated.
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