The key word there is skiing.... just wait until a tourist leaves em on the outside ski rack 8 hours from the city, outside all season, skins East coast terra firma & rides em into the parking lot.
Not sure what you are saying here? Do you expect them to corrode if left outside for too long? Will wiping them dry after use be important in your estimation?
One other question, have you skied a shift binding yet?
But seriously to your point, many people will be using them in situations that they weren't designed for and IMHO much of the problems will be from One action...skiers cleaning the snow off of the bottom of their boots on the toe piece. The Shift just has too much going on in the toe for skiers to do this.
Situations they weren't designed for? Will they use them water skiing? What situation in skiing weren't they designed for? I guess you could use the wrong ski boot with these bindings and cause issues. They are more complicated than a downhill only binding, so maybe not as "abuse tolerant".
On a personal note, I have a set on order, I plan to mount them on my water skis (just kidding) really on my 50/50 ski. I do have the habit of scraping the snow off the bottom of my boot on the toe piece before stepping in. Looking at the picture below I can see why that might not be such a good idea. Oh well, I will have to work on that habbit with this binding.
