She had the ‘brake getting stuck’ problem. G3 sent me a new piece that fixed it (it was kind of a pain to replace the piece, though).

The binding is occasionally very hard to get back into ski mode from walk mode. The rear lever resists pulling up, to the point where it will snap a ski pole if you keep trying. It took me about five minutes of pulling and fiddling (with bare hands) to finally get the lever up into ski mode the other day. It seems to be worse on one binding than the other. I think there must be some icing happening under the heel unit or brake or something, although it’s possible it’s a defect in this particular heel.

Anyone else have this problem?

Otherwise we like them.

If others can produce a binding that moves from ski to ski with ease and no performance compromises, you will have a market winning product that many of us will buy. PLEASE FOCUS ON THIS. Onyx, you have things to fix but kudo’s to you guys for getting this first generation product out with the mobility feature.

Many of us with quivers of narrow and fat boards have a small fortune tied up in duplicate bindings. Make this go away and you will have our undying support.

1) Front binding mount started pulling out of my ski – a new Head Monster ski with metal laminate and wood core.
2) Plastic part that holds one of the heel pins secure broke.
3) While waxing ski, noticed that the brake is not smoothly retracting anymore.
4) The toe piece collects snow under it, and I live in the East, so that is cold dry snow that is accumulating.
5) Still an art form to open the toe while inserting boot – too much pressure.
6) I had pre-releases of the heel at a DIN 8.5 setting, while at moderate speeds on-piste. This is unusual.

I asked my local dealer to mount my REPLACEMENT Onyx on my REPLACEMENT ski using longer screws than the ones provided in the Onyx box, G3 advised against it citing ‘reliability’ concerns of using other screws that might void the warranty. Pray tell, the ski warranty, or the binding warranty?

Previously, I used Naxo’s Nx21. It was heavy but reliable and I never had pre-releases or problems of any kind. I switched to Onyx so I could swap my binding to different skis and save some weight on the uphill.

Anyway, that was the last straw. I am returning my unused Onyx binding to the store, returning my used but now defective brakes, and selling my extra mounting plates.

In a few days, I hope to get my Dynaduke swap plates and see if that is a better way to swap a Dynafit FT12 binding on my touring quiver.

I have heard that the Onyx is a better than Dynafit FT 12 on such a wide ski. (145-115-123) What is the reason for this?

Duke and Baron is not an option since S7, Dynafit Titan (the boots i have), Duke/Baron setup will just be to heavy. I have tried the Fritschi and I thought it felt to wiggly.

So my final question is: Do you think the Onyx is a good option for me?
I am 170 lbs, not the most aggressive skier, not dropping of huge cliffs, but i like to pull the throttle a little and ski steeps. (a few smaller jumps and drops)

I come from Norway and there is very little info on the Onyx here so I would really appreciate some advice.