I hate the "gas pedal" on Cartels. 390's are soft, but great fit for me. Never been on Deltas.

 

Are the 390's softer than the Delta's?

 

yes, they make huge difference in fatigue, especially if you ride a wider than normal stance

 

Agreed. You won't notice a difference after a few runs of trying them, but over the course of a day they make a huge difference. I'm selling my Unions to get Delta's...love em.

 

I have a set of older Ride SPi's without the Wedgie footbed while my buddy has the LX's with the Wedgie. We swapped boards the other day and I honestly couldn't tell a difference.

My bindings are a lot more comfortable and secure. However, you gotta realize that comparing LX's to SPi's is like comparing an entry level Toyota to a well equipped Lexus. I'd like to try a pair of new SPi's with the Wedgie to have a more accurate feel of what they bring to the table.

 

I just bought a pair of the Delta MVMNT's with the wedgie footbeds, and I love them. From originally riding flows, these were day and night. I thought that they were extremely comfortable, as well as riding for 6 hours straight I felt leaps and bounds better than what I would have if I was in my Flows. the pad in the Delta's s a 2.5 In regards to set up, I believe and they were easy to get up and get going. I ride a little bit of everything and some thngs I liked were the wedgie pads since I ride a little wider stance, it made my legs feel a lot more comfortable since it makes your legs more ergonomically correct compared to riding a wide stance without the wedge pads. There is also a thin pad that separated the board and the binding, just made a overall comfortable ride. All the bindings your looking at have the same price range. The deciding factor was the warranty for the rides. There is a limited lifetime warranty on the rides, which means if the baseplate or the heel cup crack, break or bend, yo get them replaced for free. For having to spend $240 and the chance of breakage, I went with the Rides. My $0.02

 

Agreed. Like I said prior what got me more was the warranty, cuz otherwise it was neck and neck between Cartels, 390's and the Deltas

 

I've used the Cartels and 390's personally I like the 390's a lot better than the cartels.

 

What makes you like the 390's over the cartel's?

 

I find that canted footbeds allow me to ride without developing pain at the 5th metatarsal head (ball of foot behind pinkie toe) over the course of the day. I have SPi's and also K2 Auto evers, both of which have canted beds.

 

I think canted footbeds are going to be the new thing, seems like the design is gaining momentum. On burtons website today there was a RnD part about terje's new bindings... missions that had a specially designed canted footbed, and shaved toe and heeled boots.

 

After trying out a set of NRc's for a couple days on a couple diff boards of mine, I'd have to say the canted footbed wasn't really noticeable at a mild setting, only when I maxed out the setting. That's a good thing imo.

 

Same here. I rode a day on the 2.5 wedgies and didn't notice a thing. I switched out to the red 4.0s and it felt alot better. I don't have a super wide stance, but my ollies felt more solid.

 

4.0s in my Contrabands, and 2.5s in my Deltas.

Contrabands on Stepchild Jibstick, wide stance, jib-specific, obv.

Deltas on LIB Snow Mullet, bit more relaxed stance, great for powering through the back country and not getting super sore knees. Less noticeable out of the box, but way more comfortable after a couple days of hustling and riding like you are the next T.Rice.

Overall, I wouldn't actually shell out my own money for any binding but Ride. Wedgies + Aluminum + Lightweight + functionality = My binding choice, hands down.