ColoradoMan

Bought this on SAC for $60. Used it on a nice August evening in Colorado the night before climbing Culebra. It is as advertised and pretty awesome for less than $100. Great features, nothing uber fancy, but nothing lacking.The last post about "not freestanding"...are you kidding? Did you set it up wrong? Yes, you did. This tent is free-standing...like 99.9 percent of tents out there.

Yo,

So I dropped the 700 bones and bought these bad boys. They live up to the hype that is for sure. 6'2", 190lbs, I ski Abasin/Vail/Beav mostly. Took these out 3 times to date. Once on a 2 inch day at Basin. The 2 inches of pow felt like 6. These puppies can carve!!! Unless it is solid solid ice (in which case you are spinning like a top), these hold an edge really well and you can really carve some turns on 'em. Day 2 - groomer day at Basin. Results - fun, except for super hard pack, then you are kinda effed on the control but all reverse/reverse skis are like that.

Day 3 - Snowcat day at Monarch. Super sick! Rockered skis are the bomb! Makes turning effortless. Tight tree pow is now my friend. Plus these things throw a sweet "stay the hell off my ass" tail of snow everywhere.

MOUNTING - I read every thread on here and tgr forums about mounting these and everyone said anywhere from 0 to +3. Do not listen to the posers on this site (JFe) that don't have this ski, haven't ridden it, and are posting mounting advice!! Go back to bed losers! Get a job and buy some skis! Anyways, +3 is ridiculous. It is so far forward you have no tip in front of you (you are already limited by the huge rocker) and your tail is long. Don't get me wrong, you could rip them, but unless you've skied true park ski center mounts, +3 is whack. I mounted at +1.5. That seemed to hit the spot real nice. Not too much tail, effortless float. +1.5 BABY!!!

ps Mounting at 0 would rock too but if you're an inboundser like me, and your pow days fall apart at 1pm when all the pow has been chewed up...you will love the +1.5 mount. +1.5!!!!!!!

So I have bought 6 pairs of pants the last 3 years after ALL the cheapskate zippers on my Fate pants broke off. I ski 30+ days a year in early season/dead of winter/spring skiing backcountry/in-bounds/snow cat skiing so I demand rugged, versatile, and intelligently designed pants.
Finally, I found the pants. Highlights include: A) roomy articulated fit, because who skis standing straight up with knee's locked? (texans) B)Suspenders! Suspenders are the bomb. Keep snow out of your ass on those wipeouts. C) Hardcore tough lining on the inside bottom of the pant leg (where your boots may rub together or where you may catch a ski edge. FINALLY, a pant with durable lower legs...most pants just reinforce the cuff and that is useless. This reinforces the whole area...nice. D) Waterproofness has been solid.
These pants are sweet. It took me $900 to find them but it was well worth it. Hope you can use my advice and not have to suffer through pairs and pairs of inferior pants.