Comments on: La Sportiva Tech Binding — The Review

By: Lou

Lou — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:57:57 +0000

I’ve never been that impressed with it. The concept seemed interesting and we gave it a nod in a first look, but overall it seemed primitive and we never tested it extensively enough for a durability check (if I did that with everything, I’d spend too much time in the hospital). We also don’t get that excited about ski bindings that are just re-badged versions of another manufacturer. What’s sad is that virtually all the tech bindings out there have a history of durability problems. Probably has to do with the lack of any accountability to any sort of industry standard… Lou

By: Holly W

Holly W — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:54:58 +0000

I only weigh 125 pounds and I do not Ski Aggressively. This binding broke today, by shearing at the pin, when I was skiing down the groomed cat track, after skiing up to about 8500 feet on Mt Hood. My ski shop in Bellevue, WA, advised me against this binding, which they stopped selling, because so many of them broke by shearing at the pin. I had already purchased this when they were telling me their advise. But, I went forward with mounting it, hoping that being light and not jumping off stuff or skiing aggressively at all would make me safe from the problem. Well, I caught an edge, fell onto my hip when turning, binding broken. It was also at the most “releaseable” setting. I wouldn’t have normally even had it at that setting, but my shop wouldn’t adjust it and so it was still on super-release mode. So, I think this binding is totally unreliable.

I am planning a ski summit of Mt Whitney in two weeks and I am SO GLAD that it broke today. This was my first time skiing downhill on the binding, as I had only done really mellow mostly flat tours before today.

By: Johng

Johng — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:32:09 +0000

Since some time has passed, I’m wondering about experiences with these. I bit the bullet and got a set, mounted on Movement X-Series Bonds for an extremely light but (for me) high performance setup. Only 6 days so far, and flawless performance so far, other than operator error aligning boots with bindings. I’m only 150 lbs and don”t subject gear to unusual abuse, so I’m hoping to avoid breakage due to lightweight construction. I fully accept compromising some durability for weight and I’m not going to huck these off cliffs (… I only do that in my dreams, anyway),

Any suggestions for where to attach a lease? The obvious place is the hole in the end of the toe lever, but I’m concerned about the torque this could place on the binding.

By: Colin Lantz

Colin Lantz — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:35:31 +0000

Joe – just thought I’d address what you wrote about the toe pieces for the RT binding. The RT is a great product but it is definitely a super-lightweight design and as such there is realistically a lower tolerance for heavy-duty use and abuse. Yes, we’ve had some returns but as Lou noted anything sold has returns. So far the return rate has been well under our acceptable return rate threshold but we’re keeping a close eye on it. Of course, La Sportiva fully stands behind anything we put our name on and we continue to honor and support the warranty issued with each and every pair that is sold. We support MEC’s decision and understand their reasons for doing so. MEC is a great partner for La Sportiva in Canada we love working with them.