DIN tester?

[skiyak777]

Anyone have access to a testing device for making sure bindings release at the correct torque? Made some mods to my Dynafits (replaced 4 mm TLT Speed pins with 6 mm Comfort pins to avoid prerelease on a soft flexing ski) and want to check where to set them, as I'm pretty sure the new pins will throw off the calibration.

[M@]

Along the same lines - I'm wondering how people test DIN's when they don't have them set by a shop with a machine. I recently bought my daughter a new set of boots+bindings+skis and didn't have time to wait for the shop to set them. I turned the DINs down to 1.5 all the way around and tested them with my hands in the boots and verified that they would release without much force at all.

I plan on taking them back to a shop to get them set by a pro - don't want the 7yr old tweaking a knee at that age - but I would like to be able to set these things myself for situations like this.

M@

[skituxnoob]

there's a machined peice of steel that is roughly the shape of the skeletal structure(in a human)from the shin down, coated in rubber. slide it into the boot, insert 1/2" torque wrench onto the peice of steel and the binding should release within a certain range, DIN dependant

[yuckster]

Vermont Ski Safety sells test rigs. They are prohibitively expensive for the individual skier.

[footlong]

I use the 6-pack method - go to the ski shop and have the ski shop tech do whatever for a six-pack...although that price might be a bit high for a binding release test...still, it will balance out the tune-for-a-six-pack...

I love bartering....

[bucksaw]

I would like to be able to set these things myself for situations like this. M@

Search the intertubes for "DIN Settings" and you should find several helpful sites on what to set them at. Not that anyone would recommend setting your own bindings... you know it is all for "information purposes only".

[yuckster]

more, when your knee is on the line it pays to be conservative. a DIN setting implies a specific release torque and you don't know if you're getting the proper torque unless you've tested for it.

alpine shops do this for you, but since most shops won't touch the release settings on AT gear with a 10-meter cattle prod, you're better off starting at least a half-din below what's indicated on the DIN chart and working your way up slowly only if you experience pre-releases. You're not using that AT rig for super-G racing or park-and-pipe, right? The backcountry is mostly about skiing slowly.

[PWDR8S]

...... You're not using that AT rig for super-G racing or park-and-pipe, right? The backcountry is mostly about skiing slowly.

Uh oh..... I think I went to the wrong school! :eek: :p:p:p

[RR]

Uh oh..... I think I went to the wrong school! :eek: :p:p:pAnd got kicked out too... :p

Slow is such a relative term...as long as my skis are on the snow I'm okay. Leaving the snow....that stretching of time is the spooky part...you know, in the air, reaching the end of the upward trajectory things get slow and then, time snaps back like lighting striking, boom! it gets impossibly fast :eek: and the windmill starts the yardsale... :o

[elwood]

Question for folks with Freerides... What do you set your DIN to? I haven't tested mine (which I will do in Utah), but I was wondering what kind of baseline I should go by... I'm 6 feet tall and 210 pounds, and I ski fairly aggressive.

[skiyak777]

Question for folks with Freerides... What do you set your DIN to? I haven't tested mine (which I will do in Utah), but I was wondering what kind of baseline I should go by... I'm 6 feet tall and 210 pounds, and I ski fairly aggressive.

I've got mine set at 8 (I'm 6'4" 195.) Should also depend on the sole length of your boot, although I'm guessing yours is close to mine (335 mm.)

Mine have never released unless they should have at this setting, although they do sometimes go into tele mode if I land hard.