The 10 Essential Things you must do this summer!!!!!

IceGhost wrote:Can someone dumb this conversation down for me :wink: gimme the cliff notes

Ice Ghost;
On page 4 Bandit questioned dropping the DIN setting for the ski storage time and said ..."The latest tech manual I have is the 05/06 US Tyrolia, and I can't see this anywhere amongst the 80 odd pages"

Ise suggests it is a waste of time and only done as a ritual ... if I read his comments correctly. DaveMac suggests that the spring under load may show signs of creep which may change the characteristics of the spring - however slightly.

As part of wise maintenance and to promote longer binding (spring)life, Pavel suggests to drop the DIN. This too is why I am on side with dropping the spring setting. A spring under no load will last longer than one under load. However small the difference.... and I want my bindings to out live me ! No harm will come from dropping the setting; and I'm sure that more good will be the end result. If you take care of your gear, your gear will take care of you :!:

The Marker Bindings and Product Guide FAQ's ( http://www.marker.de/en/product-guide/F.A.Q.) recommend dropping the DIN for summer storage to relieve the tension: " You should turn down the Z-number (DIN/ISO) of your binding to the minimum setting to relieve the spring...." they say and also caution in proper resetting before ski time returns.

In short you need to adopt what works for you. :wink:
There are as many opinions as there are people willing to voice them.

Mike
:shock:

Mike from NS wrote:
There are as many opinions as there are people willing to voice them.

Mike
:shock:

this is engineering so we can stick to facts. There's no need to do this, you will not increase the life of your bindings by releasing the DIN.

The Marker Bindings and Product Guide FAQ's ( http://www.marker.de/en/product-guide/F.A.Q.) recommend dropping the DIN for summer storage to relieve the tension: " You should turn down the Z-number (DIN/ISO) of your binding to the minimum setting to relieve the spring...." they say and also caution in proper resetting before ski time returns.

This tells me that Marker are suggesting that users wind down the spring.
I see nothing about, Salomon, Tyrolia, Vist, Fritschi, Naxo, Dynafit.........et al, doing the same. To me, this says, that Marker bindings need to be treated differently.

ise wrote:

Mike from NS wrote:
There are as many opinions as there are people willing to voice them.

Mike
:shock:

this is engineering so we can stick to facts. There's no need to do this, you will not increase the life of your bindings by releasing the DIN.

In other words, you believe YOU are the voice of authority on this subject.

Why then do Marker state otherwise? I have Marker M900 bindings on my skis, and if they say thats what you should do, thats what I will do. Yet you tell me this is engineering, lets stick to facts, and winding down din settings will not have any effect.

So tell us ISE, why do Marker say you should wind down your settings over the summer, and other companies dont. Are they made differently? Do they care more about preserving the lift whereas the others are more interested in your wearing them out and replacing them with new ones to keep their income streams higher? Or do you just think you are right and everyone else is wrong?

Mike from NS wrote:

The Marker Bindings and Product Guide FAQ's ( http://www.marker.de/en/product-guide/F.A.Q.) recommend dropping the DIN for summer storage to relieve the tension: " You should turn down the Z-number (DIN/ISO) of your binding to the minimum setting to relieve the spring...." they say and also caution in proper resetting before ski time returns.

Thanks for that info Mike. As I have Marker bindings, I will be doing the same.

Also, if Pav says its good for him, then its good for me )

Tony_H wrote:

ise wrote:

Mike from NS wrote:
There are as many opinions as there are people willing to voice them.

Mike
:shock:

this is engineering so we can stick to facts. There's no need to do this, you will not increase the life of your bindings by releasing the DIN.

In other words, you believe YOU are the voice of authority on this subject.

Why then do Marker state otherwise? I have Marker M900 bindings on my skis, and if they say thats what you should do, thats what I will do. Yet you tell me this is engineering, lets stick to facts, and winding down din settings will not have any effect.

So tell us ISE, why do Marker say you should wind down your settings over the summer, and other companies dont. Are they made differently? Do they care more about preserving the lift whereas the others are more interested in your wearing them out and replacing them with new ones to keep their income streams higher? Or do you just think you are right and everyone else is wrong?

rude and belligerent as usual, put a sock in it.

My post was asking a couple of questions, and pointing out that you seem to have your own forthright opinion, and little else seems to matter to you. Thats an observation, nothing rude about it.

Tony_H wrote:My post was asking a couple of questions, and pointing out that you seem to have your own forthright opinion, and little else seems to matter to you. Thats an observation, nothing rude about it.

give it a rest.