Replying to Jester 16s vs Jester Pro 18s?

I've been riding the Jester Pro 18s for years and never had any issues with them. After about 6 season on my last ones (primarily skiing park) I finally busted the tail track and had to get some new bindings.

I was on a time crunch to get something new mounted and had to go with the Jester 16s. I would have gotten 18s, but they weren't available locally and had a long shipping time. I have a trip coming up very soon to whistler and needed something ASAP.

Are the Jester 16s as reliable? For context, my level of skiing is aggressive park (dub 12s, large rail hits, etc.).

I should add that my primary concern is premature release on the binding when landing larger tricks. Especially switch. I know the Jester 18 AFD plate is fixed whereas the Jester 16 slides side to side. I do not want to come out of the ski from just landing too hard.

Thanks in advance!

**This thread was edited on Mar 22nd 2024 at 2:56:39pm