My wife and I both have hard plate setups. Currently we have Burton race plates on the front and we and Burton bear trap step in bindings on the rear. I’m sure that “bear trap” isn’t the official name for these step in bindings; they have a lever that you need to cock to set them, then you need to stomp down on them and then the bail snaps up to lock you in. We have had this type of step-in bindings for about 5 years now. It has been working ok, but the misfiring at step-in and falling over while getting out once I get tired toward the end of the day is getting old. We saw someone on the hill with the Intec system last year and he recommended that we check out bomeronline after we asked about his setup. After doing some research I would like to keep our Burton race plates on the front and mount Intec step-ins on the rear of our boards. Here are a few more facts about our setup: she has a 3 hole board and my boards are 4 hole. We both currently use universal cants (plastic disks that you can dial from 0 to 8 to set up the desired cant angle), she currently uses her ski boots so we need to get her new boots. Based on this I have some questions about the best Intec binding to meet our needs:
1. TD2 look really nice, but seem limited with the canting. Also, since I plan on buying one set of bindings to use on the rear of both boards, is it possible to get one 3-hole and one 4-hole binding?
2. CATEK Olympic step-in seem to be the most adjustable and they look really nice. However, if we put these on the rear of our boards, would we be level with the Burton race plates and universal cants on the front? It looks like these fit both 4 and 3-hole set up without any additional hardware. Is this true?
3. Deeluxe X Bone seems to be the most basic, but might meet our needs just fine. Would these work well mounted on universal cants? If so, would they be level with the Burton race plates and universal cants on the front? Are they durable?
4. I currently have Burton Fire boots, are these Intec compatible?
5. Can you set up Intec heel kits to be both left? We are both goofy so we would want to have the cable on our outside left. Do I need to buy 2 kits for this?
Also, we really don’t need to keep our front bindings. We could buy the matching front standard binding if that made the most sense. Since our front bindings are working fine I would like keep.
Sorry for the long message. Since I can’t actually go to a shop and look at this stuff and ask questions I want to make sure that we get the bindings that will work the best for our setup. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks in advance.