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BCA Trekkers or Tyrolia Adrenalin

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logange
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Hello NS!

I created a thread a couple weeks back trying to figure out my very first touring setup and I've narrowed it down greatly, and now i'm just looking for feedback and personal reviews between my two remaining options.

I live in CO and am about 5' 9" weighing about 150 lbs. I come from the east coast and love to ski park but am looking to add a second pair of skis to my quiver. A pair for powder days and the occasional back country/ touring days.

I am set on getting the 182 Liberty Origins but cant figure out what bindings to put on them. I would probably ride about 80%-85% resort with them and the rest would be back country. My two binding options I'm looking into are:

1. http://www.backcountryaccess.com/product/trekker/ - BCA Alpine trekkers. I would get these with some alpine bindings, not really sure which ones yet tho. PROS: overall better riding experience, lighter weight setup, being on the skis as opposed to raised ~36mm off of my skis. CONS: not as great as a touring experience.

2. http://libertyskis.com/bindings/adrenalin-a-t-binding - Adrenalin A/T binding. Im not totally set on these A/T bindings but when comparing to the marker A/T bindings I feel like theres not a big difference and I can just order them with my skis and the ability to go from touring to downhill without taking off your skis is nice. Pros and Cons are pretty much the opposite of what I put for the trekkers.

Right now I think I'm leaning towards the A/T bindings a bit more. I feel like having the A/T binding wont make that big of a difference on downhill riding as opposed to normal alpine bindings but I have no idea, like I said, this is my very first pair of powder/touring skis.

So help me decide NS! +K for any help!
Aug 15 2015 9:51PM
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logange
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i just did the math, and the adrenalins dont seem all that heavy.

my current setup that I ride is 2014 Liberty LTE's with Rossi FKS Pivot bindings. The bindings, according to backcountry.com weight 5 lbs 6 oz or 2438 g. On the liberty website, the adrenalin 16's are listed at 2420 g.

Im leaning towards the A/T bindings more and more!
Aug 15 2015 10:40PM
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logange
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Also, looking at the Marker Tour F12's instead of the Adrenalines.
Aug 16 2015 1:19AM
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Don't get alpine trekkers, they suck for touring, especially with a pivot heel.

I've put 150+ days on some Adrenalins for resort pow & slackcountry and have really liked them, so much so I'd have no hesitation getting another pair. They ski and tour much better than a pair of Dukes I had and are the lightest out of the burlier frame bindings. I've also rarely have icing issues and when they have iced up a bit they've been much quicker and easier to clear than the Dukes, they also haven't developed any slop.

They'll never ski as well a proper alpine binding but that's the compromise with a frame binding. Having said that they have put up with being skied aggressively in all conditions, dropping cliffs etc and I've had hardly any pre-release issues with them compared to Dukes (I weigh 180lbs).

Whatever you do don't get Guardians - they're the heaviest and I have seen way too many friends have theirs just snap in half.
Aug 16 2015 1:58AM
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thanks for your input minihef!

yeah the more and more ive been thinking about it, i definitely want to go with an A/T binding over the trekkers. I think I would definitely get the adrenalines over something like the dukes, barons or the guardians. But I'm also looking at the Marker Tour F12's.

Stats on the 2:

Tyrolia Adrenalins:
2420 g
39 mm Stand Height
5-16 DIN

Marker Tour F12's
2150 g
36 mm Stand Height
4-12 DIN

But with the adrenalines I get the perks of being able to switch from tour mode to alpine mode without leaving my ski, and they advertise that the heelplate "floats" on the base plate allowing the ski to maintain its natural flex.
Aug 16 2015 10:14AM
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logange
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after reading through reviews and especially these 2:

http://backcountryskiingcanada.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=Tyrolia%20Adrenalin%20AT%20Binding

http://backcountryskiingcanada.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=Marker%20Tour%20F12%20Alpine%20Touring%20Binding

i think im going to go with the marker tour f12's. lighter weight, shorter stack weight, cleaner look. And reading through these 2 very detailed reviews, the guy rated the f12's higher overall and in particular for their ski/hike performance. That right there is a big deciding factor for me. I though the adrenalines would have a better ski/hike performance as the back heel piece isnt attacked to the ski allowing for natural flex.
Aug 16 2015 1:10PM
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