Daymakers?

conchetler

conchetler

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I'm looking to finally begin building a backcountry setup, and I'm curious as to how daymakers do. I wouldn't be doing crazy long trips or anything like that, mainly just some side country and eventually shorter day trips. Obviously tech bindings or a true dedicated AT binding would be ideal, but I really like skiing my bentchetlers/fks combo, and if I could I'd like to potentially be able to use them for touring and not remount them. Does anyone have any experience using daymakers or know someone who does?
 
I've been looking at them too. Looks like they'd be good for short sidecountry tours but a pain in the ass on anything that involves changing from touring to bootpacking multiple times.
 
Used them quite a bit this season. Did short tours, did over-nighters. I have them mated to some Look Pivot 18's on some Rossignol Black Ops. If you don't mind the weight they are the shit. I would recommend them if you like your alpine setup. I'm more often than not looking for hits while tour, or stopping to build them. The Daymakers are a great addition to anyone's setup. I used Salomon Guardians for several season before switching to the Daymakers. The Guardians were a clunky sketch of plastic and cheap metal.
 
This is just my opinion, but given the history of BCA's alpine trekkers I'd be wary of these. I'm not a huge fan of frame bindings by any stretch - but I do feel more inclined to trust their history over a newly offered adapter. I've skied dukes and guardians, and yeah - the stack height isn't ideal, but I'm never worried about them on the up or down. Generally speaking, the more moving parts in a design, the greater chance of experiencing a failure - these adapters cost damn near the same as a pair of AT Frame bindings so that would be my first choice.
 
13825449:Bamski said:
This is just my opinion, but given the history of BCA's alpine trekkers I'd be wary of these. I'm not a huge fan of frame bindings by any stretch - but I do feel more inclined to trust their history over a newly offered adapter. I've skied dukes and guardians, and yeah - the stack height isn't ideal, but I'm never worried about them on the up or down. Generally speaking, the more moving parts in a design, the greater chance of experiencing a failure - these adapters cost damn near the same as a pair of AT Frame bindings so that would be my first choice.
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BCA's trekkers were a joke at best, hence the moniker "daywreckers". The DayMakers are not the same flimsy plastic on metal bullshit BCA brought into the world.

The DayMakers creators are engineers man, there's a credible amount of science that helped improve this design.

I was on the Salomon Guardian for 4 years, broke two pair right under the pivot point, grated I was doing far more than going up and turn farming down. I beat the shit out of my gear, and I expect it to hold up. I've put the DayMakers through the ringer and at the end of the day I want my Pivot18's on my feet and not some sub par touring binding offering.

Matter of opinions of course, I ski heavy, giant shit. Therefore an extra 800 grams in my backpack isn't really anything of a bother.
 
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