Hello everybody!
Very interesting boots and new bindings!
Thank you, Jonny, for such a passionate revew )
My BC background:
1) Madshus Annum, Fischer S-Bound 112 with 3-pin Crispy boots for long tours (up to one month);
2) Fischer Excursion 88 with Alpina Alaska BC for one-day walks.
This new system looks quite attractive, but I'm agree with Woodserson:
Woodserson wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:00 pm
Definitely a worry for dependability. Moving things placed on high-impact areas are asking for trouble.
Conditions in wilderness may be very different.
Here, in Russia, travelling through the eastern Syberia in winter is rather popular.
Sometimes, it is need to walk in water over the ice, that is arising due to the very low temperatures and low amount of snow.
What will happen with the springs after that?
Another point is the range of application. It is seen that the sole of Alaska XP is much better for hiking then BC sole. But there are still no welts for crampons.
Of course there are crampons for boots without welts and it is ok for the sleep slopes. But it is totally uncufficient for climbing frozen waterfall wich is the pretty common obstruction during ski travelling in mountaines.
It seems to me, the Vibram sole with its heel welt (like on Alpina Alaska 3-pin) may be the good choice for Alpna XP, making these boots more expeditionary ones.
(Sorry for my english - it's not my native)