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G3 Onyx AT Binding
Can anyone attest to the downhill performance of this binding?...
By Gumba
Ranked #1092 - Alpine Touring Bindings
November 23, 2009
Can anyone attest to the downhill performance of this binding? If I decide to occasionally use the binding at the resort for a few trips... Any thoughts?
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By Mike Traslin
Ranked #14 - Alpine Touring Bindings
April 8, 2010
They feel powerful on the downhill.
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By The Cascade Kid
Ranked #63 - Alpine Touring Bindings
January 17, 2010
I've been skiing on Dynafit FT12s in and out of the resort this season. I've skied them as hard as any other binding, including hitting drops and skiing bumps. I've found no problems with the binding at all. Given this, I'd suggest moving to dynafit, as even the FT12 w/brakes is 540g, while the Onyx is almost three times that much.
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By cad0132227280
Ranked #347 - Alpine Touring Bindings
January 9, 2010
OK well I am Tweaking my old review which is below. I am not a fan. I really tried to like these bindings but have to say go with something else. The risers broke off somehow some where on my 3rd! day using them. Additionally, I still be released spite making the changes below. It is very hard to be confident in these bindings. The heel just releases. The toe piece is great the heel is terrible. its long, looks a hair ghetto, and releases early. To clarify what releases, it switches into touring mode while skiing spite anally checking it several times before using. DO NOT GET THIS BINDING!!! I am a very aggressive skier and had some similar issues with flying out of the binding BUT I think its mostly user error. Check the following 1. Fully lock in you heel when switching to ski mode. It's very easy to not fully lock your heel in. 2. Play with your DIN settings! You can really dial them in.
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By Evan Stevens
Ranked #108 - Alpine Touring Bindings
November 23, 2009
I was extremely unimpressed when i skied these bindings last winter. Blowouts on hard turns, way to sloppy on the downhill, and I even broke the binding off of the mounting plate. Overall, way too complex of a binding, hard to compete with dynafit-dynafit has been making their bindings for almost 20 years, and I think G3 needs a few more before they come close. My advice is to stick with the tried and true on this one, and save weight for touring!
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