G3 zed 9 binding skin#

ION behaves this way as well, but has a small inclined area that leads your boot heel down into the binding. For example I noticed that when a skier stomped down to enter alpine mode, if the ski was flexed and thus brought the heel unit closer to the boot heel, the boot could hit the binding rather than snapping down into the pins.

As with all engineering, this has consequences. We stock a huge range of standard ski bindings, touring AT bindings.

As with ION, ZED is mounted with near zero tech gap (space between binding and boot heel). Ski bindings are an important part to anyones set up.

The toe clamps shut with the same reassuring “mousetrap” snap. Overall, the binding felt much like an ION.

G3 zed 9 binding skin#

I’ve been quite a fan of the ION over the past few years, in particular because of its resistance to pre-release. G3 Zed 9 Touring Ski Bindings 609.95 439.95 G3 Ion 10 Touring Ski Bindings 30.95 19.95 G3 Skin Wax Kit 36.95 33.95 G3 Escapist Tip Kit 84.95 55.95 G3 Zed Ski Binding Brakes 489.95 449.95 G3 Zed 12 Touring Ski Bindings 509.95 379.95 G3 Zed 9 Touring Ski Bindings 609.95 439.95 G3 Ion 10 Touring Ski Bindings 30.95 19.The brake worked well, with no icing or sticking during our brief test.As a consequence of the near zero ramp angle ( see our chart and scroll to right), the heel risers on the ZED are noticeably lower than other bindings, particularly the ION.This isn’t an issue as to uphilling (though it does use a miniscule amount of calories), but could cause some wear over many many ski days. Fine-tuned for lighter users, the ZED 9 strikes an ideal balance of a lightweight build, easy-to-use feature set, and uncompromised downhill performance and. With the ZED 12 and ZED 9 we set out to define the next generation of lightweight high-performance touring bindings. This is one of the major functional differences between the ION and the ZED. When using the heel risers, ZED moves slightly backward with each step, due to the flex compensation spring being compressed.ZED’s lightness, especially combined with the lightweight SEEKr skis, is immediately noticeable.