Great bindings and quick tip

These are hands down great bindings. I just wanted to say to the guy who had trouble with the climbing wires that an easy way to get the plastic plugs out is to take a small drill bit and drill it ever so slightly into the plug---then pull it out. The plug will then have a hole in it, but it's not that big a deal. You shouldn't have to mar your heel pieces at all.

reliable and versitile

I am a backcountry skier that skis mostly on the flat, but I have to cross steep ravines frequently. The cables make the ski tips very controllable when maneuvering through a pow-filled ravine, and I can stow the cables when I am on the flat. I also have 3-pin cables on my very skinny combi skis. I have them mounted on a 44mm ski with 12mm shims under them to prevent booting out and they skate well even without the cables. With the cables engaged it turns into an awesome skating binding. I have had NNN BC bindings, and they didn't last and gave me grief for the brief moment they were in useful service. The 75mm binding works well, has good durability, and no one builds them better than Voile.

Plan in advance for wires

This is a great, old-school feeling binding. No nonsense, nothing to break or jam and can be used with the cable for trails and glades, or without for flat travel and gentle descents. But, if your going to buy these and want climbing wires BE WARNED. You must have the wires installed to the heel plate while it is being mounted. The heel plate's screws get capped with a totally unremovable plug and, as far as I can tell at this point, they are on there for good without doing some serious damage to the plate. Wires can't be installed after the heel plate is secured, and your basically screwed if you failed to plan appropriately (like me). I have managed to wrestle the wires on with a lot of frustration, but the heel plates are now all torn up and the wires don't sit quite perfectly in either the down position or up under my heel. SO, the lesson: purchase a pair of wires, (not included with the binding package and sold separately, I'm not sure why?) and install them to the heel plate while you mount the ski, then climb and carve to your heart's content!

My 3 pin cable bindings

I have three sets of these bindings on a few pairs of my backcountry skis, and I love them. I spend a lot of time for work and play in very remote areas traveling by skis. These bindings provide for everything that gets thrown at me in all types of winter conditions. I don't use the cable very often as most of the time, even when going down hills, I don't need them. I do use them when I going down steep or narrow terrain as they give me a little more heel control in my turns. I also use them when I go to resort ski occasionally. The good things about detachable bindings is that you don't have to have them on all the time which makes for easier (non-fatigue) skiing on flat terrain. The really good thing is they serve as a backup in case the bail on the three pin binding fails. In remote backcountry areas, having a failed binding can be very bad, and these bindings have an added safety feature. These bindings were a gift to my wife as she purchased a new pair of skis last year for backcountry trips we do, and I felt that these bindings were the best on the market for our type of skiing adventures. After a lot of searching in the past, these are the only three pin cable combo I can find on the market. It's really too bad as there are a lot of skiers out here who do what I do. I really seems that telemark skiing is advancing in the resorts where more people can do it. I say, keep it simple. Telemarking, as the gear gets more "advanced” and the skis get wider and wider, is really more like Alpine skiing. The good thing is that it keeps the yahoos at the resort and keeps them out of the boonies. I wish more variations of this type of binding were available. I recommend them to folks looking for bindings all the time. I will recommend that they visit your ordering site per my great service and price. Thanks, Travis Wyman Bear Management Office Yellowstone National Park