Naxo nx21 Alpine Touring Binding - 2007

Still having a little too much lateral play than I would like to see. I am skiing a stiff long Sugar Daddy charging all types of snow. I see very poor hard pack in resort groom performance. You might be a little disappointed if you are trying to have an all around ski that rips on hard pan in, or out of the resort! They glide so much nicer than their competition however. So if you are planning on a backcountry ski, choose wisely for this binding. Its best for crud, and pow where you get a little more play with floaty turns. High performance carving will disappoint you on this binding so don't expect to get a ripper ski and put these binding on the and expect to look good in your one piece suit at the resort. So you just need to buy two, maybe three pair of skis. Like we all should. Still searching for that binding that I can put on any ski, I just don't think they make one yet.

Pros - Easy to transition to different steepness with the heal risers, good combo with the crampons you can buy, glide better than all the others,

Cons - Heavier, lateral flex too much

these tour great. unfortunately they break while skiing. i had about fifteen days of skiing on my first pair (04/05) when the cocking lever mount snapped. two days into the replacement SECOND pair (05/06) of nx21s the same breakage happened. i did a little research and couldn't find reviews about this problem. i ski fairly aggressive, but i certainly don't huck cliffs, which is what these are built for. fortunately i was at the resort when both breaks happened. i will not order these again. here's some info. cocking lever mentioned under "durability issues": http://www.wildsnow.com/articles/naxo_faq/naxo_faq.html

So far, I have gotten 12 lift-served days and 13 backcountry days on these bindings. No structural problems at all. Operation is quite simple after a day of getting used to releasing/raising touring features with your pole. No unintentional switching to 'tele-mode'. Easy to get into and out of in sticky snow. Kinda heavy but I think these bindings will have many, many more days on them.

I just got into alpine touring this year. I have a couple of days on the Naxos so far, and I love them. I can skin faster then my friend on his Freeriders even though he could beat me in a foot race any day. I have these mounted on Fischer Atua with Black Diamond ascension skins. I am using an Alpine boot and I have not had any discomfort. If I have any problems I will throw them up here, but so far they rock my world.

I like these bindings a lot. Mounted on K2 Public Enemys. They make the ski a lot stiffer underfoot, but that's good, right? Great action on the touring part and good quality/durability.

My boyfriend mounted these on his new public enemys. He noted that they added a lot of stiffness underfoot, something to get used to. I skied them and noticed the same. The actual function of the touring part of the binding is very bomber and looks like it will hold up over time.

This binding is great! I've used it as both a resort and as a backcountry binding and i have had very little problems. Everytime i've needed to pop out of it, I have. I've land 540s in the park and the binding has held up fine. Its a little bit heavy for spinning but its fine for hiking. My ski even fell off of the ski rack at 60 mph and landing straight onto the binding and the binding didn't even break. Its awesome. It's the perfect resort/backcountry binding.

Did half a dozen lift access backside loops on sat in several feet of fresh near Mt. Hood with my new setup. I found out quickly that I had to crank the DIN settings up a couple notches after I double released while laying trench and had to dig my skis out. I had no further problems after that, and scored some great tree skiing that no snowboarder could possibly access.

Only have one day on these so far, but they are MUCH beefier than last year's NX01's that I was using before. A lot less lateral and vertical flex when in locked-heel mode.

Had a problem with the spring for the brakes popping out of the heel plate. I had to take the rest of the run down on one ski. However, it was easy fix with a screw driver and needle nose pliers. It might be a fluke, but it looked like a bit of cost saving went into the design of that area. Main binding functions are perfect!

mounted on K2 Mt. Bakers and trips to Steamboat and Telluride ...not much skin-use yet was mainly interested in supposed ability to handle in-bounds bashing with some big Alpine boots of mine - used a friend's for skin-time and know they feel good for that... bashed bumps, deep pow, icey, spring potatoes, terrain park - handled it all. Also like how they put me up higher on the wider skis - carved well. Not the lightest set-up but will work great for mainly in-bounds & occasional hut trip. Buy 'em!

Had a set of Naxo 21's recently mounted on some twin tip Atomics. All resort skiing so far. No slop anywhere in the bindings, ripping steep tight lines in crud and powder, or rocking the groomers. Only concern is the step in, they are not easy to step into. I reach down and pull up the heal most of time. Can't wait to try 'em skinning and riding in the backcountry.