Plum Guide XS Stopper Review

We want to dig the Plum Guide bindings. The Chamonix cachet alone is worth the price of admission. These French-made bindings come from a company that only makes ski touring bindings, and does so with clear passion. Innovation is limited, and customer service seems to be tough, but the product is solid and proven. Larger companies have innovated further and provide more post-purchase support, but the Plum bindings still fill an important niche. In the relatively short history of widespread tech binding use, the Plum Guide has held onto the classic configuration. Long time tech binding users will appreciate the familiarity. Similar familiarity, and even longer pedigree can be obtained at a fraction of the price with the Best Buy Dynafit Speed Turn. The Speed Turn, though, doesn’t have ski brakes like the Plum Guide does. Of the major features we look for in touring bindings, the Plum Guide has them all. Also containing all these same features is the Editors Choice Atomic Backland Tour. The Atomic bindings pack all these features into a lighter package and back it up with a world-wide dealer and support network.
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