I hear the keys rattling over this thread.
there is no need or place for this kind of rhetoric on this site. If advice can`t be given without the inflammatory comments and insults, the post will be deleted. This site has remained friendly and helpful and we want everyone to feel at ease with asking for advice without fear of attack or ridicule. The great advice and experience is a welcome and valuable addition to the site, but this rhetoric will stop as of right now.
As to the topic about the 390`s....I own several pairs of these an couple sets of Arsenals based originally upon BA`s recommendation and I have never looked back. With every product, there can be an occasional defective part. I had one ladder strap break on the 390`s and it was really a fluke. I rode these bindings in Fairbanks, Alaska this winter at -38F and never broke a strap. Don`t give up on the 390`s; just order a couple of spares from Rome directly or your local dealer and chances are they will lay around the house for eternity and you will never need them.
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