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4frnt Adrenaline vs Salomon Guardian

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Kreech
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Hey NS. I know there probably wont be a ton of reviews on these two bindings, but I've been thinking of investing in a touring setup in the near future, and have been considering the 4frnt adrenaline and Salomon guardian. Specifically, which one is lighter, which one has greater retention/elasticity, which one has a lower stack height, and yeah just general reviews on each of them (downhill performance vs uphill performance, etc). I'm 5'11" 140 lbs and plan on throwing these on either a pair of hojis, renegades, or billy goats, but you probably wont need to know that to tell me the stats on each of them. I've been able to find a good deal of info on the guardian, but there isn't too much around on the adrenaline....

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Isak
Feb 27 2012 11:05PM
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Kreech
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Feb 28 2012 2:14AM
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Ghini
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From the design point of view; I like the feautres of the 4FRNT/Tyrolia better; Touring and normal ski boot, up to 7 ski boot sizes, climbing aid wich you can switch with your pole + 2 heigts instead of 1.. But I've heard it looks like a piece of plastic crap..

I am fan of the MFD alltimes. Why? In my opinion the bindings like Duke/Tyrolia/Salomon is an compromise.. For hard resort and side country riding the little extra weight of the MFD is negligible. You wont skin 5 hours with it anyway + you can use any binding you want (wich is safe and you use the bindings you trust) + its fucking bombproof. For longer touring the Duke/Tyrolia/Salomon is also to heavy, just go Dynafit/Plum if you really are going to make big tours.
Feb 28 2012 9:52AM
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.RYAN66
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The guardian/tracker is by far the better binding. It seemed so damn solid. Now I have never skied in either of them. But just from playing with them the head/tyrolia bindings is a plastic pile of crap. It is definitely lighter. I believe the guardian has a lower stack height. And onenerdykid has the elasticy info posted in the atomic thread I think. I will post them here when I get home.
Feb 28 2012 10:04AM
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