Check the bindings?

[gittist]

What am I asking for if I drop my skis off to be tuned and I say “also check the bindings”?

1. Set the DIN numbers, or

2. Ensure that the bindings actually release at the actual number +/- that the bindings are set for (pounds of torque or whatever the measurement is)?

 

[thebigo]

Any good shop will get your height, weight and ability. Set your din accordingly and then put in the machine that tests release pressure. Costs around $25 and takes maybe 10 minutes around here.

I get all my kids race skis tested, all mountain skis I go by feel.

 

[cdskier]

If you ask them to check the bindings, that should be a combination of #1 and #2 as thebigo mentioned.

 

[thetrailboss]

What am I asking for if I drop my skis off to be tuned and I say “also check the bindings”?

1. Set the DIN numbers, or

2. Ensure that the bindings actually release at the actual number +/- that the bindings are set for (pounds of torque or whatever the measurement is)?

Most shops do both.

 

[gittist]

Any good shop will get your height, weight and ability. Set your din accordingly and then put in the machine that tests release pressure. Costs around $25 and takes maybe 10 minutes around here.

That's what I thought but last year I dropped the skis off at a shop on Rt 4 in Rutland last year and somehow we got into a discussion on that. I was told that the testing was widely inaccurate and costs about $100 so they don't have the equipment and don't do it.

I can read the chart or use the online calculator (which I did last night night) and made sure the DINs were set. I have the spec chart for the release specifications but have no idea what a Newton Meter is and don't have the tools.

 

[thetrailboss]

That's what I thought but last year I dropped the skis off at a shop on Rt 4 in Rutland last year and somehow we got into a discussion on that. I was told that the testing was widely inaccurate and costs about $100 so they don't have the equipment and don't do it.

I can read the chart or use the online calculator (which I did last night night) and made sure the DINs were set. I have the spec chart for the release specifications but have no idea what a Newton Meter is and don't have the tools.

Whoever that was doesn’t know what they are talking about. And they’re making excuses about why they don’t offer a basic service.

 

[gittist]

Whoever that was doesn’t know what they are talking about.

I'm somewhat cynical so my money is on that they knew exactly what they were talking about.

And they’re making excuses about why they don’t offer a basic service.

I agree.

Thank you for confirming what I thought should be done.

 

[flakeydog]

Anytime a shop touches a binding (ie mount, remount, or adjustment of any kind) that binding has to be checked and functionally tested by a certified technician before it leaves the shop. The techs are all trained, tested and certified by each binding manufacturer. In exchange, those manufacturers will back up the shop in the event of any legal action if such an event occurs.

This is how it was done when I worked in a shop years ago but as far as I know it’s still generally the same today.

 

[gittist]

This is the reply from the ski shop that I used last year when I asked the other day about a release check: "we can check the din setting and proper setting of the boots but we cannot do technical release check."

Since I have CRS I just wanted to confirm what I thought I was told last year.

I thought they did a fine job on the edges and bottom (which was the priority at the time) but the bindings situation leaves something to be desired.