Are faction skis any good?

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Are faction skis any good?

dolanslebensraum

Posts: 5959 - Karma: -13,100

Nov 6 2019 10:03PM

I wouldnt trust factions products unless they syphoned off some good ski engineers from companies like volkl head rossi fischer etc.

otherwise its a meme ski.

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animator

Posts: 4547 - Karma: 26,207

Nov 6 2019 10:22PM

Why did you post this as a question if you don’t have a question? Regardless, I’ve had great experiences with their products. I have a pair of CT 1.0s from 3 years ago that have withstood abuse and keep coming back for more

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jps2.0

Posts: 473 - Karma: 2,407

Nov 7 2019 12:28AM

has anyone here skied the faction dictator 1.0 or 2.0s

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LukeTheWaffle

Posts: 1842 - Karma: 8,829

Nov 7 2019 1:41AM

They're amazing skis but the durability is hit or miss. my candide 2s are 80 days with not much damage, meanwhile some people's break in 5 days. But all the 19 ones and up seem to be better

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Brayblade

Posts: 333 - Karma: 2,634

Nov 7 2019 11:39AM

As far as I know Faction changed where they make their skis so durability should be better

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1uka

Posts: 68 - Karma: 328

Nov 7 2019 12:00PM

i had 2.0s from 2017 and they got pretty destroyed over a season as a daily ski... their new ones are a lot more durable though

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B.Quincy

Posts: 1074 - Karma: 963

Nov 7 2019 12:46PM

BraybladeAs far as I know Faction changed where they make their skis so durability should be better

Yep, they are phasing into being made in the Atomic/Salomon factory this year and a good amount of them were made there for this years batch I believe as well.

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BigTexas

Posts: 78 - Karma: 523

Nov 7 2019 1:58PM

To be fair, even though some of the old skis may have not been super durable.... they always were awesome with warranty. I rode some candides in the park and hit rails and they broke after a few days and they sent me a new pair no questions asked

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