How much better are these than the Threat?

the threats are basicly just a yonger version of the suspects so its depends on your hight weight etc. hi. The guy above me doesnt really no what hes talking about. the threats are not the same or even very similar to these skis. The suspects have edge armor and are just a more solid built skis. They will stand up in the park better and will also hold their own all mountain. The threats are made to with stand less stress and are truly a junior ski, just like salomons web site says. they are taking the place of the flyers which were salomons kid freestyle ski. so if ur six and think ur dope get the threats if you plan to ski park and you are actually decent, go with the suspects. if you just cruise groomers it doesnt really matter... also groomercrusiers r not really skiiers. there just rich people who fly in from some rich city and pretend they can ski for 5 minutes then go inside and get a glass of champane and a 5 course dinner. im a weinerHope this helps... except for the groomer cruiser part..true dat bro. This isn't exactly an answer, but worthwhile. The guy at my local shop says these are actually the same as the dumont, except the stringers that go between the edges don't form an x pattern (like shoelaces), but instead simply go back and forth. but even so they are more than enough to keep the edge on the ski; I've never seen anyone tear their edge out. but it does help with the torsional rigidity and edge power; bottom line is don't worry if you can't spend an extra hundred dollars for a pro model and most of all im a weiner