Xplore Roller skiing bindings broken

[Wenay]

Two failures in two days? Yikes! Glad you're getting new ones. Sounds like a design flaw.

[Theme]

Happy new year! To kick 2025 off it's time to get rid of some 2022 bindings. Just noticed a crack on the nylon cover near the pin step in. Does make it quite hard to kick the pins in, but does not affect skiing

This pair of bindings has only seen 200 km of skiing

[Stephen]

I wonder what would make the plastic crack like that?
The metal socket should be taking all the force?

Cold, sideways pressure from the boot twisting sideways, ice buildup causing a wedge to pressure the plastic, …?

Good that it doesn’t compromise the core functionality of the binding (should not strand one in a remote location).

[Theme]

I wonder what would make the plastic crack like that?
The metal socket should be taking all the force?

Cold, sideways pressure from the boot twisting sideways, ice buildup causing a wedge to pressure the plastic, …?

Good that it doesn’t compromise the core functionality of the binding (should not strand one in a remote location).

Honestly, no idea why this happened. There was no sign of cracking prior to this happening when I checked at home (been keeping an eye on the older generation XP bindings I have since I had wear on my most used pair). Maybe there was some slack in the construction to begin with. They have now added some wider metal around the pin, maybe to reduce the pressure off the nylon cover, when twisting in?

Could have happened in transport (slightly doubtful about this, I am careful), or when stepping in. I was using NNNBC and my partner used these. She had some trouble stepping in but it was dark out, could have missed this. Only skied 5km to a cabin, where I noticed this - no step in/out during, no ice buildup.