Comments on: Plum Tech Bindings 2012/2013 First Look — Stomp Blocks & Alu

By: Steve Schneider

Steve Schneider — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:41:23 +0000

FYI, I purchased a pro deal pair Guide bindings a couple weeks ago directly from the factory in France – Felisaz Sas – Fixation-Plum. No VAT, no customs costs to the US, just $51 US for packing and shipping through FED EX.
The folks at Felisaz Sas were very helpful in communicating by email and answering my questions. Their R&D person, Mathieu Fritsch (spelling?) said that brakes are being tested this winter, and expect to see them available for next season. They can be retrofitted on the Guides that I purchased.
Now the website has been down for about a week, so I don’t know what is going on with it?
I have not yet skied these bad boys- but they sure look clean and well engineered.

Steve on Mt Baker Ski Patrol

By: kenton peters

kenton peters — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:03:23 +0000

Thanks for all the info on the Plum bindings!

I’m putting a pair of Plum Guides on my new BD Aspects (90 mm waist) and need to purchase a pair of ski crampons. Which B&D crampon style fits the Plum? Do Dynafit crampons work with the Guide binding?

Thanks

By: Skian

Skian — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:31:04 +0000

@Dustin

The difference between the Yak and the Phat boy is the Yak is a 50mm ctr to ctr and the Phat Boy is 70mm ctr to ctr on the mounting hole pattern. Other than that they are exactly the same system. Both have the added toe elevation and the additional integrated touring pad in the heel.

By: Dustin Curtis

Dustin Curtis — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:34:41 +0000

Right on Lou thanks. Your opinion is widely respected around here, and I’ve been using Wildsnow for most of my research lately. Plum bindings are brand new thought for me. The more I’m looking at them the more I’m diggin em. I’m in north west Montana, and so far havn’t met anyone skiing them. Don’t mean to sound like a dip s*** here but what exactly is the difference between the yak’s and the J’ envoise du gros? Din’s look to be the same, and like I was saying this is all new to me. Also wondering if you have any thoughts on the on3p pillowfights, other than the most beautifull top sheets on the planet….lol

By: Lou Dawson

Lou Dawson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:16:03 +0000

Hi Dustin, thanks for dropping by! If I were you, I’d go ahead and get the latest Plum binding if that’s what’s looking good to you. Be sure whoever mounts them does an excellent job using epoxy, and so forth. You’ll have to make a decision whether to lock out lateral release or not while skiing… experiment and start out easy. Only problem that’s tough to solve with any tech binding is if you come out vertically at the heel when landing air or skiing bumps.

Tech 2.0 might be a while… it might be up to us gear modders to make it happen.

Lou