Park Bindings?

I've been looking into the tyrolia peaks. can anyone back me up on if they are good or not? i just heard about them last night and they seem pretty legit.
 
Jester Pro's, couldn't be happier with my pair. If I decided to try something else, prolly the Rossignol FKS 180/185's.
 
dont really want to make a new thread not trying to thread jack, is it necessary to buy nicer bindings that have a higher din setting if you are not out of the dins on your current bindings. i just bought the marker griffons run a 7 and im pretty sure the din range is 4-13(not for sure on that). besides higher din settings what is better about the bindings?
 
Durability and weight is the major player when you look at binding. Honestly ride the griffins until they blow up
 
Griffons are great unless you like to realllllllllly butttterrr. the toe piece get wobble and loose. getting new fks or pivots for sure now.

Andy parry even agreed with me on the wobble fact and hes been riding the griffons for years. the jester pros qont do that though
 
if you're over 150 lbs and know what you're doing get 16 dins or higher so they won't break if you set them around 12, and not marker. salomon's are easy to pop into, pivots are annoying when the heals backwards but an 18 din metal pivot is the hardest to break.
 
I had FKS last year, and they worked great. My only complaint is that they were a bit annoying because you sometimes had to re-position the heel piece if it swiveled sideways.

I'm liking the Marker griffons on my new setup this year. they feel solid, and release very predictably. Not to mention they a a bit lighter than the beastly FKS. I only weigh 150 lbs though so Griffons work fine for my 9 DIN setting. I'd say if you're over 170lbs though, and charge hard, get some quality binders like the Jesters, Jester Pros, FKS 180, or salomon 9-16 (Atomic FFG team 16s)
 
I'm 6'2, 165lbs and I have Tyrolia Peak 12s. They're fantastic, I ride park with a din setting of 8 and I've never had them prerelease on me. Getting an 18 Din binding is stupid in my opinion unless you're actually gonna crank it up to 14+. My belief is that you want to stay in the mid range of your bindings din settings as that's where it's designed to be.
 
this makes sense, but i've also heard that DIN is DIN, so no matter how burly a binding is, if its set up right, an FKS 180 should release the same as a Marker Squire if they're both set to 9 DIN.

I think another important reason to invest in good bindings is for their durability. If you're hard on your equipment, it might be a good idea to get some bindings that can take a beating and still work fine. For example, the FKS brakes are pretty good for surviving ejections while landing switch, while other bindings brakes tend to sometimes shear off when I land switch and pop out.

 
IF you want bindings that look like they could have been bought out of a gumball machine theyr so NOT durable.
 
"I had FKS last year, and they worked great. My only complaint is that they were a bit annoying because you sometimes had to re-position the heel piece if it swiveled sideways."

I dont find that annoying the slightest bit, thats the point of the binding.
 
FKS/Pivot and STH 12/16 depending on what DIN you ride. The STH 12 and 16 are the two best that Salomon make because they both have the driver toe. Also, the Atomic FFG 16 is the same binding as the STH 16.
 
FKS's or look pivots are the only way to go. Park is gnarly on bindings and fks's hold up the best of any bindings, plus they work better.
 
A buddy of mine has had the same pair of Salomon STH 9-16 drivers through three pairs of park skis and 3 pairs of brakes over 4 years. They still work perfectly, despite being scratched to hell. He argues they are the most durable bindings on the market.

IDK because I've never used them, but they sound pretty damn good.

And like someone has mentioned, they are the same bindings as the atomic FFG 16s
 
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