Flow FL 11

Author's product rating:   

Quality	Excellent
Durability

Advantages:	More control, more comfort, very fast
Disadvantages:	Must enter on toe edge

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I bought a pair of these bindings because I though they might stop my hands getting so cold when I had to take my gloves off to fasten my Emery regular bindings. Boy, did they do more than that.

Firstly, they are so quick to put on. Instead of cranking tight those ratchets - all four of them - you just put your foot in and snap shut the clamp.

Secondly, and more importantly for me, when the clamp is shut, you get far more control over your board. One problem I always had with regular bindings was that my foot slid around an awful lot - with Flow bindings your feet stay in the same place making turns smoother and easier. They also come with numerous ways of adjusting the fittings - my tip is to do this before you hit the slopes and not during as I found out one day when I spent about half an hour tightening the back - which I had to do by unscrewing the entire binding. However, once its been done once, it doesn't have to be done again.

The only draw back I can see is that you have to get in on your tow edge, but for beginners who sometimes find it difficult to get up on their heel edge, this is another advantage.

All in all I throughly recommend thse bindings - they may be more expensive than the regular type but they are far more comfortable and give you more control over the board. And you get to enjoy that snow more, being half way down a slope while your snowboard buddies are still at the summit tightening their ratchets.