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Originally Posted by Tipsy
It's comfort I'm going for. Being a bit of a fat bastard the 'normal' toe strap causes pain across the top of the foot - sometimes bad pain. Different boots etc etc help little as does loosening the toe strap. I'm figuring flows or the new burtons will help stop this as there's no strap pressure on that part of the foot.
The main worry is loosing response as I've heard people complain that flows can cause that for them.
And then others like kiana say they're not comfy either 
I'm taking my boots to the shop to try both but it's tough to get a true feel for them until you use them on the mountain. |
I have used the FLow Carbon Pro the last 3 seasons. They are great, if you have adjusted them right, if not - they hurt even more than regular strap bindings.
In Flows you are attached to the board like you have glued it to your feet - that gives you really control, but if they are too tight then it fucking hurts like hell.
It usually takes at least 1 full day to adjust them that they are tight but not hurting. Also I have Salomon Malamute boots which can be tied really tight and that caused also sometimes problems with the flows, since the binding has to be constantly adjusted depending how you are tying your shoes that day.
However, I was last week in Val Thorens (2300 meters high resort) and bought the Burton P1 Carbon toe strap bindings and they are AWESOME - even more control and no ! absolutely no hurting ... never ... gone ... with the Salomons they are the perfect combination. Tried everything, offpist, freestyle ... no problem.
Loving it ... going next saturday to Austria for a week
