strengths: LIGHT !

weaknesses: 1. can be a little tricky to step in the toe piece with snow/ice covered shoes...just a little annoying
2. the heel piece occasionally (in wet snow conditions) spontaneously switches from climbing to skiing mode...this sucks,it always happens in the most tricky part of the climb, you have to REMOVE the ski, turn the heel back to climbing position and step back into the toe piece
and now the worst: 3. the plastic plate of the toe piece is hollow, concave when looking from the bottom. With extreme forward lean of the boot and the toe piece lock in climbing position it breaks easily. I had to replace one of them a couple of months ago and today it happened again! With the plate broken the toe piece releases with the slightest twist of the boot, means YOU CAN'T CLIMB...I had to bootpack 1000 vertical feet uphill in thighs deep snow. I felt like you might want to know about this.

N.B.: my bindings are 3 years old model. I had a quick (not a close) look at some other guy's dynafits and those plastic plates looked different. maybe they fixed this problem

So you want an AT binding that is lightweight, super strong and can handle your steep and deep skiing. This is it. I can take these anywhere (minus 25 foot drops) and they perform excellent. They are more torsionally rigid than any other AT binding I have used and weigh a 3rd of what the others do also. Not to mention how great of a stride is given when using these with a Dynafit compatible boot. May not look as sweet and burly as others but it is, trust me. I will never go back.

If you’re looking for light weight touring you found your bindings. Even though the classics are lighter these give you the option of adding breaks and easier riser adjustment. They will keep you on your skis but I wouldn’t recommend hucking anything big but people seem to push the limits on them without any problems. Make sure your boots are compatible!!