Tim F

I had these professionally mounted and adjusted for my boots. After less than one day of skiing the beaver tail clamp broke off and sent the tail clamp flying. I was happy I was at the resort base and not touring with these "durable" and "indestructable" bindings.

For the few runs they made it through before breaking they were great. Very active even in the least active pin position.

I'm hoping this is a freak occurance, but if you're touring buy some tails from the 22Designs website for your repair kit, you will need the right size hex wrench to change out the piece.

These pants are described as a slim-fit pant by the patagonia website and they truly are a slim fitting pant. I intended to use them for telemark skiing, but found that even in a size 38 they were too tight for my liking. If you have large thighs or posterior, you may want to save yourself the pain of returning and look for a more relaxed fit. Despite the fitting issues the shell itself was exaclty what I was looking for, it is strechy while maintaining good thickness, which I was hoping would stand up to my edges.

The length of these pants is very generous, I would guess they are a 33.75" inseam. I normally wear a 36" x 35", but felt that the length of these pants would do the trick. In my search I also tried on some Fly Low gear which had a solid toughness to the fabric and a generous length and little more relaxed fit.

In the end I opted for a pair of Stoic Tour pants, and I have been pleased with them. They breathe very well, are nice and thick without being too warm and have a good length for me without being super tight in the thighs or rear and backcountry rountinely puts them on sale for which is great.

I have only 6 days in these pants so far, three days snowboarding, three days skiing, and there are numerous holes through the bottom of the pant leg, which is annoying. I haven't had a problem with protection yet but if it rips through the second layer i'm sending them back.

the pants are obviously awesome, i'm 6'4" and bought the XL/Talls but i can't believe how easily the pants ripped at the bottom.

I went with a 168cm, I'm 6'4" 230lbs. I have Cartel bindings from two years ago and they're super easy to put in the ICS slot. It's east to adjust you stance width, which is great. The board is infinitely stiffer than my older burton and the width works well for my size 14 boots. I rode early and chunked out a few piece of the base which was a bummer, and i ripped up the edges so it'll be interestnig to see how it repairs but the stainless steel is ideal. very light, as light as my old 160. I think if I could do it all over again I'd probably go with the 164cm, plus the blue looks better. my biggest concern was how well not ICS bindings would work and it is truly a non-issue, I would definitely buy this board again.

mostly plastic, which could be an issue. large size is still a snug fit with a size 14 boot.

hi-back is, very high, even at the most upright stance you have a relatively forward, forward-lean, it took some getting used to but i now enjoy it, i believe burton makes a lower back which you could swap out if you needed to

ratchets are high quality, don't get jammed up with snow. the toe cap stays on well with burton boots, but my friend borrowed the board and had trouble with his non-burton boots.