Excellent binding! - Dynafit TLT Speed Turn

Before getting these bindings I owned the Dynafit Radical TLT mounted on a pair of K2 Coombacks. I liked the light weight paired with having a ski brake on the binding; all was good till a ski popped out on a ski run at the resort (my mistake) and shot down the slightly hard-packed snow like a missile. The brake did not stopped the ski from gliding like I thought it would.
I was incredibly lucky the ski didn't hit anybody and that some nice fellow skiers who were stopped way down the slope saw the ski coming and got a hold of it for me.

An incident like this in the backcountry means a lost ski. Not a pretty situation to be in. That's why I switched to the TLT Speed Turn bindings (lighter, no brakes) which use the Dynafit Guide Leash (included in the box).

Not only I don't worry about losing a ski in case of a release (I like my bindings on low DIN settings) but I also shaved off 360 grams by doing so. It does take a bit of practice to step in the TLT Speed Turn compared to the Radical TLT (the later has a stopper piece which helps aligning the boot toe with the tech pins perfectly).

I love this binding so far!

This review was written in the old system and had content requirements that are different than reviews written today.