Mel M

That doesn't make any sense. I have a buddy that has an Atlas on a Heritage and I put in on my SL. We don't have any problems with heelside initiation at all. Did you rotate your highbacks? They flex laterally, but are very stiff longitudinally.

The SL's have a very similar highback.

IvanoftheNorth

Hi, first post here, long time lurker.


You know, I've been looking at some of the reviews here and I find it quite hilarious that certain people here are trashing Union bindings. You know the ones. It seems like they are trying to establish a quasi-guru like reputation for themselves. (Don't you think there are better ways to seek validation than the internet?).

When you cut the bull, it remains that Union bindings are good value for the price.

Just recently, I bought a pair of Union Force for me and a pair of Union Milan for my wife. Why? Good reviews, they look like they won't be out of style in a season or two, and my son's coach, a formerly internationally ranked snowboarder and one of just a handful of people in the country where we reside that is qualified to judge international competitions, told me they'd be a great buy when I asked (and he uses Flow NXT-AT bindings). If someone who knows so much about the sport thinks so highly of them, they aren't crap despite what the pseudo-gurus will have you believe.

snowklinger

How about K2 Evers?

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kpd2003

+1 on the targas

Nivek

Rotate? Doesnt matter. Go push straight back into even like Raiden Zeros or K2 Indys. Straight back they're just as stiff as anything else. That's easy to do. But when you drive through a heelside on anything except full center reverse you drive pretty heavily on the outside of the highback, if you know how to really push through a turn. If they arent torsionally as well as straight back then you get nothing back there to push on. It isn't the initiation where you'll feel it, its the apex where you snap through. I've had the same problem on Flux highbacks like on the DS30 and the new highback on the DMCC light 2013. I'll still back Flux cause they're light as shit and the ratchets work and dont break.

I couldn't give a rats ass how good someone is. I know people that can double cork but cant feel the difference between a 7.4 and 8.0 sidecut. Ability does not transfer into gear quality knowledge.

I love that us "hatred" get called out, all I did was say that the SL's werent fucking gold unicorn hair and the fanboys flip there shit. These Union debate threads normally get their kickstart fram a fanboy freaking shit casue someone said a bad thing about his favorite colorful bindings.

Why am I qualified? I ride more shit than you ever will. I have felt what everyone puts out. I can compare everything to everything. I kno when a board claims biax and is actually triax. I know when the rep tells me its flat then I true it and they for sure were confused cause it was Gullwing (happened last year). Union is sub par.

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linvillegorge

I grabbed some Burton Triads for my NS Heritage yesterday. They were dirt cheap and in like-new condition. All smiles here.

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Grasschopper

I may have been seen trashing Union bindings recently. I wouldn't consider myself a guru wizard or anything of the sort...just a long time snowboarder. I bought Union Contacts for my 9 yr old (now 10) son and in less than 30 days of use they are falling apart. To me they feel like cheap plastic department store bindings. Now Union is replacing several broken parts at no cost so good on them for their customer service but that's about all I will give them.

Also +1 on the Rome Targa. I run them on my Heritage having moved them over from a Lib Tech T.Rice. Great hard charging all mountain binding. I wish my local shop was still a dealer but they dropped them last year for some reason.

ShredLife

lmfao - good thing you came out of lurking to tell us all that.

personally i have no use for a company that continually puts out a product year after year with out addressing problems that the community that they serve have discovered. toecaps have been standard for what, a decade now? and they still can't - and refuse to - get them right.

some more news for you - lots of pros actually don't really know too much or give a shit about gear or gear tech. they ride what they get for free or have the opportunity to get paid to ride. end of story. i've kicked it with enough of these dudes to know that most of them have a natural ability that is just much higher than you or i, and they would ride better than us on much shittier equipment then the industry as a whole uses now.

i don't hate union. i simply pity the fool who spends their money on them when there are much better options that will fit any snowboard boot well, instead of only fitting 15% of them right.

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hikeswithdogs

I would say K2 Formulas if your looking for conventional 2 strap binding.

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