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K2 poacher or armada arv96 ?

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Drewt63
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I now decide to buy k2 poacher (look pivot 14) or armada arv96 (Griffon 13) - what should I choose ???
Mar 17 2018 6:33AM
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RodeoMan5
Posts: 10 - Karma: 26
It depends on if you want a stiff or soft ski
Mar 17 2018 12:41PM
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Drewt63
Posts: 12 - Karma: 28
for the whole mountain, what is best?
Mar 17 2018 4:43PM
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plugs
Posts: 107 - Karma: 419
In guessing you're buying them used? I'd stay away from the marker and armada combo if you're going used. I love Armadas but this season I know 4 guys that had warranty issues and my 96s have become stupidly soft with one season on them. Also marker bindings get play pretty quick in my experience
Mar 17 2018 5:14PM
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Cade2
Posts: 2124 - Karma: 2,704
Been on the same poachers with fks 15s for 2 seasons and they are so baller. Highly recommend it as a ski that rips fast
Mar 17 2018 8:46PM
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FruitBootPro
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Poacher’s gotten rave reviews, if it were me it’d be poacher all da way but if you really need something that is softer then take the armadas.
Mar 18 2018 5:50PM
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Nicholas.Suchy
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ARV's are a really sick ski but I've seen far to many delam within a month underfoot and at both tips to tell you to buy em. Haven't heard any complaints with the poacher so I'm guessing thats your best bet. Also Pivots by far. Griffins are decent binging which will hold you in your ski but pivots will save your knees and last longer (if you can get your hands on an old pair of 14's). The new toe pieces on the 14's are very flawed. Had a pair my self and the pressure plate breaks far to easily. It's worth it to fork over the extra bit of money and buy the 18's and run em at lowest din settings. I have a pair of the old 14's that are on their 4th season and still going strong.
Mar 19 2018 4:11AM
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Cade2
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Don't buy pivot 18s, you don't need them, attack 13s is a no brainer
Mar 19 2018 12:18PM
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Drewt63
Posts: 12 - Karma: 28
I have ordered them with pivot 14, hope it's okay :)
Mar 19 2018 12:23PM
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tomPietrowski
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Nicholas.SuchyARV's are a really sick ski but I've seen far to many delam within a month underfoot and at both tips to tell you to buy em. Haven't heard any complaints with the poacher so I'm guessing thats your best bet. Also Pivots by far. Griffins are decent binging which will hold you in your ski but pivots will save your knees and last longer (if you can get your hands on an old pair of 14's). The new toe pieces on the 14's are very flawed. Had a pair my self and the pressure plate breaks far to easily. It's worth it to fork over the extra bit of money and buy the 18's and run em at lowest din settings. I have a pair of the old 14's that are on their 4th season and still going strong.

Running them on the lowest setting really is not ideal. If you run them as low as they go they can back out really easily and then sudenly you have no hold on the boot. Get a binding where you are in the middle of the range. Don't get a binding where you need to run it on the extremes.
Mar 20 2018 2:53PM
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Djundje
Posts: 5 - Karma: 27
Armada (:
Mar 21 2018 5:04AM
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matt_720
Posts: 345 - Karma: 515
Seriously, what type of skiing do you do? Also there's tons of threads on this already, look for a thread before you post one.
Apr 10 2018 9:16PM
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