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Thank you for a superb review covering every aspect one would want to know about. I have a question about the small plastic piece that moves at the toe - it is above the bump with green tape that helps position the toe on entry. This piece on my binding broke off after a few runs in deep snow. As far as I can tell the loss of that piece does not affect the lateral release of the toe binding. It might affect a 100% front movement that would cause a release by pushing the lever down into step-in mode. Have you seen this piece break? AM I correct that lateral release is not affected? Thanks for any advice you can give. I live in a remote area of Canada and do not have access to a shop or certified dealer.

2022, still being watched. Good level of information and details. Thanks.

you look like Peter Fonda in his Easy Rider days. And you pronounced TÜV correctly!

C'est énervant de voir cette démo faite avec un modèle ancien qui n'est plus en vente et faisait très bien mon affaire

It's the gold standard

Thanks for a great review. Having trouble deciding whether to pull the trigger on these. I am looking for a 100% touring / mountaineering binding. Not for skimo racing, not for inbounds. I plan to put them on a pair of La Sportiva Vapor Svelte's. I am 6'4" 205lbs, very experienced but not looking to drop big cliffs or charge full speed in the backcountry. This seems like an ideal binding in many ways, but I'm just not quite sold on the weight. Do you have any thoughts on whether it would be logical to put this binding on such a light ski?

Thank you for the incredible review. I'm curious if you'd think that these bindings would fit my needs in a binding. Currently, I'm looking for a new binding after breaking my heel piece on my dyanfit radical FTF. Too many years of hucking cliffs and riding in bounds as well as out of bounds. I'm looking for a binding that I can huck cliffs on in bounds days as well as ski no fall zone terrain in the mountains. I liked the ability to lockout my toes on the downhill when I entered consequential terrain on a big mountain descent, but hated the pre release I'd get when trying to get after it in the resort or on powder day cliff hucks when I didn't want to lock it out for either avy concerns or just not ripping my knee out falling off cliff jumps. My question is, would you trust your life to this binding not pre releasing in consequential terrain in variable snow condtions when a fall would be fatal, but be psyched to ride it in bounds and push the terrain? In a way I'd rather have a binding that pre released on me in bounds but that I could lockout on big ski descents with exposure. What's your take on my needs and would you recommend this binding?

Thank you. Well done review. Concise even at 12 minutes long.

Fantastic in depth review, thanks so much for it! It has been a long time since I bought my last pair of touring skies and bindings and one can be overwhelmed with all the developments in recent years. But this gives me a pretty decent impression of the Tecton 12 binding. I think I will give it a go!

Is this binding the same as the Black Diamond Tecton? I'm in the market for backcountry camping skis and have been looking at Nordic and Telemark, but I want a ski and binding that will tour and work for downhill; do recommend this binding over any other for this purpose?

Hi all; I want to address the topic of incompatibility of the Fritschi Tecton and Vipec toepiece with certain boots. First off let me explain the function of the toe bumper really quick. It is there so that the nose of the boot can actually open up the toe piece if you were to go "over the handle bars. Fritschi made the conscious decision to create a point of boot/ binding contact early enough during the forward fall progression, so that you actually come out of the toe piece before your head is in the snow (or on the ice). Dynafit does not have a toe bumper per say, but the boot will eventually open up the binding. It just comes a lot later, meaning you will not inhibit stride length, but it may come at a certain cost of safety in case of a forward fall. How quickly the boot contacts, depends on the size of the toe lip and shape of the boot nose. Here are some stats of different boots that show the different ranges of motion before the various boots contact the toe bumper in walk mode. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RANGE OF MOTION IS NOT THE ONLY CRITERIA FOR COMPATIBILITY. HERE IS A GOOD VIDEO WORTH WATCHING THAT EXPLAINS FRITSCHI'S 4 POINT SAFETY CHECK AND COMPATIBILITY SYSTEM. CHECK IT OUT: ua-cam.com/video/RwdtUHJtp_E/v-deo.html

Just a heads up, these are bindings are not compatible with a lot of boots that have dynafit inserts. I have some salomon x alp boots and the bumper that engages the toe piece essentially blocks the mobility of the boot in touring mood. I was only able to move the boot about 20 degrees in tour mood before the bumper blocked toe.

I'm interested in the written long term review montioned in the video - but unfortunately the link in the description doesn't get me there... Anyone have a working link to the review?

I suppose i respectfully disagree. The Shift will way almost 900 grams, which puts it into a different league...

Great looking engineering. Pity it’s about to come up against the Salomon S/Lab shift. It and the Kingpin unfortunately look to be history.

Can it not be used at low speed to telemark. Why not?

I am after a binding that can be used on green blue slope in telemark mode and switch to alpine when on red black or off piste. With the option to tour...is there such a binding.?

Can this binding be used as a telemark binding,

Best Tecton Review on UA-cam. Just bought these at ProSki and took them for a little test drive this morning.... very impressive 👍 I was a bit worried because I don’t want to give up any downhill performance, but Fritschi did an amazing job...

Fantastic review! You mention the toe binding does not lock in walking mode, it only adds 20% or so resistance. Is there a risk of popping out at the toe when climbing, say traversing something hard or icy where you have to kick to get an edge in?

I have Line Sick Day skis with 110 mm underfoot. So Tecton with 110 brakes would be a better fit than 100? Do you guys mount?

Thank u for great review with a load of arguments and facts, not just feelings. Keep bar high

I’ve read that nominal brake widths on the Tecton tend to be larger than normal. Can you verify this?

Great video

Would you say. That it would be able to use this binding for both touring and resort skiing.

Very concise review. Thanks for posting!

Thanks - very nice review. It would be interesting to see some charts like in this link that show if the binding plays nice. www.wildsnow.com/15123/tech-binding-release-testing-acl-broken-leg/ I had hoped this binding would allow me to go from ski to walk mode with the flick of a pole, but looks like you had to put some muscle into that heel piece to change modes? Plenty of height in the climbing aids for steep skin tracks? I find the G3 ION 12 to be a little low compared to Dynafits. Safety release of the toe, and power transfer from the heel make this binding appear to be at the top of the pack for now.

Awesome review guys!

Best review so far on the Tecton. But also a really good review in general covering the most important areas. I'm considering upgrading before this season to a binding with touring capabilities. I'm going for a Black Crows Atris skiing mostly off-piste 80% of the time. And 20 % on piste. I will be a one-ski-quiver that I bring when traveling. But I haven't toured that much and I'm not sure how often I will. Probably mostly taking the skilift up and walk 30-60 minutes or so from there to get to where I want. Would this be a binding I should consider although I'm mostly not using its touring capabilities? I'm also considering frame bindings, but the weight of those scares me to be honest. I'm an advanced skier and ski most terrains. I don't butter or spin when jumping etc, but I do jump small cliffs off-piste.