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Well i weant to my shop and told the tehch to mount my bindings without the lifters, they are look nova 10's ( shitty but i got them BN for $50 and im light so i dont need a high DIN) and he said that you have to mount them.
so now my skis have the lifters on and im wondering if its worth it to get them taken off.
what are the cons of lifters and why are they even there?
The benefit of lifters is that you're higher up off the ski, thus better for carving.
Unfortunately, you apparently get less feel for the flex of the ski with the lifters. You don't flex it as well (similarly to having track/demo bindings) and that supposedly affects the way you ski. I have lifters under my P12s on 2 of my pairs of skis and I haven't noticed anything; not that I've tried both ways, but its really not a big deal.
The reason they can't mount them with the risers is because the binding is what holds you into the ski, and tampering with it could make them liable to a lawsuit if anything ever happened. Plus grinding down the screws/finding new ones is a pain in the ass.
meh, i guess ill just keep them.
