Wow, just wow. Its nice to know that you just mindlessly follow everyone else in hating all marker products. Good work, and great research. Many pro's rock the 16's and 20's, including Andy, Pep on some skis, Grete, McKonkey, and thats just off of the top of my head.
Marker's low end bindings, as in the 12 DIN models have some issues for park skiing, but their race bindings are some of the best and toughest out there.