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Is it hard to adjust ski bindings (DIN & pressure)?
So I've ordered skis and adjustable bindings from levelninesports and I'm not going to have any time to take them into the shop before catching a plane to CO. I'd rather not spend time on-site getting these worked. The skis will not need waxing, but I'll need to adjust the bindings to fit my boot (I know that's pretty easy) and the DIN & release pressure. Is the latter adjustment hard to do? I found the number that I need them adjusted to on the web, just don't know how. I'm a beginner/early intermediate skiier. Skis & bindings are arriving Thursday night & I'm getting on the plan Friday afternoon. I already had the boots (prior to ski purchase). Just wondering if this is something I might be able to convince my husband to do - with instructions. We're going to Breckenridge. Thanks!
5 Answers
- Jim WLv 71 decade ago
I've been skiing and teaching for 40+ years, until about15 years ago I'd adjust my own with out a care. The new bindings are more dependent on the forward pressure and the DIN both being correct so I now take them to the shop every year just so I don't have a failure at the wrong time.
Spend an hour if you need to have them adjusted, pay the fees. It's cheaper and less painful than a fracture or a bad sprain which could end the whole trip on the first run.
The shop also will verify the calibration of the binding for reliable release at the proper setting.
- 1 decade ago
Hey Willie D
How do you know the binding even WORKS,
what you say is very irresponsible and dangerous
Spend a few bucks at Maison De Ski in Idaho Springs, CO.
right off highway 70 on the way to all of the ski areas, including Breck
They will set and test your bindings and give you a free wax for 10 bucks, it takes 5 minutes, why risk it
And if any of your group needs to rent they are 50% less than the mountain rates and they will avoid the crowded mountain shops
Also you can get your lift tickets there for a substantial discount as well and avoid the lines, Brecks tickets are cheaper there than the Peaks discount on multiday and include days at Beaver Creek and Vail
( Which I would really recommend a day at Beaver Creek )
only 20 minutes but a very upscale experience, you'll love it
The Ritz at Bachelor Gulch is spectacular and the skiing is devine - lots of groomed blues
Have a GREAT TIME the snow is PERFECT and lots of it
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It is very easy to do, but, for safety sake I would advise yoiu to bring the skis and bindings to a ski shop and have them fitted and set for the proper settings. An injury is not worth saving a few dollers or an hour or too of skiing time. Trust me.
Source(s): Don, ski instructor - 1 decade ago
You can adjust them on your own, but they won't be tested and if you fall and hurt yourself, you have no one to blame but yourself. Skis have to be tested in stores for torque and whatnot, so it is important to get them tested at a ski shop. Not only does it test that the DIN is set correctly, it also test to make sure the binding is working properly. You will not have the right equipment to test this!
Just remember, it's your knees if you screw up your setting and don't release properly!
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
yes just go to your local ski shop
