Gear Review
Black Diamond O2 Telemark Binding
Crappy
By Jack Wizo
Ranked #1 - Telemark Bindings
December 29, 2009
I had a pair of these on some park skis with Ridiculous stiff cartridges. I skied low angle groomers all day and couldn't get them to respond well at all. The cartridges kept coming loose, so I'd have to take the skis off and mess with that all the time. Plus, I couldn't get them to carve hard or make snappy switch moves, or stomp a landing without a beaver tail smack. Rocker launch and lateral movement are not things I look for in a telemark binding. Long story short, I put some Hammerheads on them, and that made a night and day difference. Thank god I managed to sell the 02's for $60. Screw BD, too, for being a giant company that's suing 22 Designs over a Bull $#%! patent. If they made a quality binding, I'd maybe side with them, but they're just pissed because the Axl is so far superior!
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Helpful Votes: 3 Yes
Change me.
2 Comments Last Reply: December 23, 2011 By: teleride7
I also spend half of my day messing around with the cartridges in an attempt to make them tighter and more snappy. And you're right. Even on low angle groomers they suck.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
Thank you for the insight. BD has HORRIBLE customer service and I heard HH is fabulous.
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