The problem isnt the people riding them, alot of the problem is how they are set, alot of the problem is just lack of durability...not to the point of not trusting them on a big landing though, I actualy trust them more than p12s. As for being suckered into buying them, i was starting to believe all the hype about these bindings sucking so i went out and bought some to test them for myself, turns out for me all that hype was bullshit because they are holding up pretty damn good so far. Set them right, blow them up, then bitch about them. Don't bitch about them because someone doesn't like them or because a friend broke them. Try them for yourself, when set properly, for more than 30 seconds (like ive heard some people do, and then come on this board and complain about them) then come and bitch about them with something that makes them seem worse than p12s to me, until then ill continue to ride and trust my reactors.