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STH 14 or FKS 120

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Legoman
Posts: 533 - Karma: 13
What is the better binding? Im a light guy so I don't really need the 14 din and I'v heard nothing but good things about the FKS.

My dilemma at the minute is I have a pair of Kung Fujas with STH 12 on them and a pair of Anthems with no bindings. I was thinking buy the STH14s and move them to the Fujas and put the 12s on my Anthems. Or leave the STH12s on the Fujas and put FKS on the Anthems.

What would you guys do, and give me some reasons not just FKS R TEH BEST.
Mar 24 2009 5:30PM
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huge-go
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 33
FKS>almost all other bindings in almost all cases
Mar 24 2009 5:57PM
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zackblain
Posts: 2322 - Karma: 22
avoid unnecessary remounts. Put the fks's on the anthems and keep the other ones on the fujas's
Mar 24 2009 6:22PM
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pjbauer
Posts: 2145 - Karma: 480
get the fks for sure... such a good binder and hard to come across, i love mine
Mar 24 2009 6:45PM
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steezyme
Posts: 212 - Karma: 10

STH all the way.

5 year warranty vs 1 year warranty FKS.

Mar 24 2009 11:45PM
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Caveman.
Posts: 9067 - Karma: 330
False, there is no need to even have a 1 day warranty on the FKS's, other than the brakes, these things are bomb proof.
Mar 25 2009 12:26AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
Depends if you care about the upward release on the FKS

Personally I think the TT heel and upward release on the toe is money

If you compared the STH16 and FKS120 then i'd say go the STH16, but comparing the FKS120 and the STH14, i'm going to say the FKS for sure.
Mar 25 2009 12:43AM
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gnarrr
Posts: 823 - Karma: 12
the first time i used fks bindings i said to myself i will never use any other binding again.
Mar 25 2009 1:25AM
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ShredtillURdead
Posts: 2024 - Karma: 93
i dont understand why people like STHs at all....its not a good binding, especially when you compare it to ANY level of FKS.  I would take an FKJ 10 over a STH16 anyday, and im a big guy...i coach at woodward and stand next to the foam pit a lot, and SEVERAL STHs have released with skiers mid air, and i have NEVER seen a ski mounted with an STH stay on someones foot when they hit the foam.  yeah sure its light, but actual weight isnt a huge concern, swing weight is what matters, and when a binding is clamped to your foot you dont feel much of its swing weight  anyway
Mar 25 2009 1:55AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24703 - Karma: 29,680
I have a frankenstien'd pair of fks 155 heels, with some px14ti toepieces on a pair of skis i have.

Gives me the higher din, and still has upward release. such a money setup, no lie.
Mar 25 2009 2:16AM
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gnarrr
Posts: 823 - Karma: 12
do you ski at whistler, i saw a guy with frakenstein'd heels.
Mar 25 2009 2:26AM
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