Picked up for $500nzd for Japan trip. Any recommendations for bindings on a budget?

[u/samcp12]

[u/TheFlatulentBachelor]

Peak atris top sheet. Great buy!

[u/samcp12 → u/TheFlatulentBachelor]

Only had 6/7 days on them! Basically new

[u/leoele → u/TheFlatulentBachelor]

Idk. I'm kinda partial to these.

https://imgur.com/a/DLn2NxF

[u/SkiptomyLoomis → u/leoele]

Been riding these for years now. Absolutely beat to shit but they are my favorite sticks I’ve ever been on. (And the construction is the exact same as OP’s skis - he is in for a treat.)

[u/samcp12 → u/SkiptomyLoomis]

Great to hear! Looking forward to it

[u/0ki7o]

Strive 14/16

[u/samcp12 → u/0ki7o]

Strive 16’s are a bit pricey, found a pair of $300nzd Atomic Strive 14’s but they have a 130mm brake on them. Reckon that would be fine on the 108mm?

[u/Phillyfreak5 → u/samcp12]

Too wide of a brake isn’t good for you. You’ll notice the brake grinding on the ground when you get on an edge. Try finding a 110-115mm brake. 100 is too small or you’ll need to bend it

[u/samcp12 → u/Phillyfreak5]

Yeah 110mm seems to be a little easier to find, will go with that then

[u/0ki7o → u/samcp12]

I'd say get the 100mm brakes for 108

Edit: 115mm might work too but it's gonna be a little wide

[u/mandarb916]

Not sure of price in NZ, but Tyrolia Attack 12s are my go-to budget bindings. I think $115USD or something shit stupid like that.

Attack 11s are cheaper construction, 12 and higher are the better construction if I recall, but there's a significant premium (in price) jump when you go to 13+

[u/PowwowPuffer]

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[u/samcp12 → u/PowwowPuffer]

Reckon the pivot 12’s would be better than the Griffon’s? Been scared off from the griffon’s by spending too much time on this subreddit. For context I’m an advancing intermediate

[u/smhwtflmao → u/samcp12]

Always go pivot

[u/jmsgrime1]

Get good bindings and cheap skis.

[u/RockerElvis]

Love this ski. I have Attack 13s on them. No complaints.

[u/Clubhouse9]

I mounted Attack 14 on my Atris. Love the combination.

I have Pivot 15 on another ski, great binding too. But for the cost savings and weight savings of Attacks I don’t think I’ll be buying new pivots anytime soon.

[u/Upper_Doughnut5010]

Duct tape

[u/mediaocrity24]

Look Pivot all day

[u/PowwowPuffer → u/mediaocrity24]

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[u/samcp12 → u/mediaocrity24]

I said I was on a budget Brodie 😭

[u/Src248]

Whatever 13/14 din is cheapest

[u/nameitbisquit → u/Src248]

That is the tyrol attack but this person seems to be going to New Zealand to Japan. Prices might differ

[u/AnyTerm3442]

Where are you going to ski them?

[u/AnyTerm3442 → u/AnyTerm3442]

Park In bounds Out bounds?

[u/samcp12 → u/AnyTerm3442]

Mix of in bounds and off-piste. For Japan the focus would be on as much out bounds as possible. I have resort boots but wouldn’t mind the option of being able to get into touring eventually - just limited by money at the moment

[u/snowman-nz]

Torpedo7 has a decent sale on now

[u/samcp12 → u/snowman-nz]

They do yeah but the whole Griffon stigma has scared me a bit. Unfortunately the Salomon’s are all 100mm brake sizes too

[u/sabarocks]

I have Shifts on my old pair of Atris and am mounting the newer Shifts on my new pair of Atris. I have maybe 250 days on the first pair and the Shifts only disappointed me maybe 10 times - early ejections due either to slip in forward pressure or snow under heel. Love the Atris! Ski pretty well and tour well enough knowing they aren’t a touring-first binding. I stuck with Shifts because I still think they are best for my purposes - occasional side country tours and I am pretty light and don’t huck huge cliffs (have a dedicated backcountry setup that is much lighter so these are more side county setup). Salomon apparently fixed the issues with the gen 1 Shifts. That being said, on a budget, I bet you could get 1 Shifts on a great deal (I got some at a local shop clearance last year for $150 for some Blizzards I am selling to go back to Atris).

[u/DV_Zero_One]

I've just picked up a couple of pairs of Tyrolia Attack 14 GW for 89 euros. (177 nzd) Mine came from (Austrian indy maker of insanely good skis) Down Skis and I dunno about shipping but the Attack is an amazing quality binding and you may find some good deals locally TYROLIA Attack² 14 GW YELLOW - DOWN SKIS // O+ GMBH https://share.google/jY677FDF7FM9fUiR8

[u/samcp12 → u/DV_Zero_One]

Insane deal, I’ve got the Salomon version of these on my Mirus Cor’s dude. Good binding

[u/saazbaru]

Shifts