There are basically two things... one is gap between heel and boot, which is suppose to be around 4mm. Everyone (few ATK techs, and few ATK sponsored athletes) later suggested that in reality it should be 1 to 1.5mm. After setting it this way, and cranking up "DIN" to almost max (14), things were fine. Second thing was then DIN setting which is obviously anything else but anything DIN related. I have bindings on my GS skis set to somewhere between 13 and 14 and I'm "slightly" faster with "slightly" more force on those skis, then I'm on touring skis. So for touring, my standard 10 should be more then enough. But on ATK it's obviously not and numbers are obviously just numbers not based on DIN settings for sure. Before someone jumps, skis still release properly (still slightly too early and too fast for my feeling) with such settings, so for me it works. If it shouldn't work in theory is not really my problem, but when I set bindings like they were suppose to, I wasn't able to ski at all, so by the book or not, I really don't care much, but I'm certainly not suggesting anyone should follow, and if you do, it's on your own responsibilityWhat was the change in adjustment the tech told you? Been a lot of talk of early binding pre releases on tgr. On the fence about Atk. Interesting company though. They make themselves most of the major parts. All their suppliers are within 50 km apparently.
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Definitely agree with the on piste comment. I’m quesy every time I take it on hard snow. So much so that I didn’t even ski last season, partly because of a bad snow year. Moguls I’ve completely avoided. The Marker PT I’d trust but it’s so heavy you really have to have a specific use. I could see it as a European take lift, then skin 15-60 minutes option.