shawndoggy Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Seller says they are Oxygen bindings. Carvers almanac suggests Oxygen were rebranded Fritschi's. But I can't find any info about those. Any good? Horror stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dredman Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 I think that those bindings may be best used as paper weights or a door stop. Not sure what they are but look pretty flimsy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 judging from the really crappy pic, they look like old Nitros. I think oxygen/nitro were all built by Fritschi. The European guys would know more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrobb Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 They look very similar to Snowpros...non Race model. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Picture is really bad, but I'll take a crack on it: Toe bails look like Fritchi, Plate looks like Nitro, Toe/heel blocks are hard to see... If they were cast aluminum, I would say definitely Nitros. If plastic toe/heel blocks, they might be the older Snowpros. As for Fritchis, I would say not too bad. But thhose are not the Fritchi model I used to have. The ones below are Fritchi. Oxygens have somewhat thick plastic base plate, so I would say that's out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paragonUE Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 they bear a stark resemblance to emerys, if it wasnt for the color...... maybe a special edition/race model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 They look like wild duck/ emery's to me. they make great skwal bindings if you mount them with the cants leaning out. less stress on a skwal so less worries about breaking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 The seller is correct, they are branded as oxygen, but manufactured by snowpro. I had a pair of them on an oxygen APX years and years ago. L8R, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawndoggy Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 OK, got him to take a MUCH BETTER pic. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hate to say "ITYS" later, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawndoggy Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hate to say "ITYS" later, Dave R. Hey good eye. So are they any good? Trustworthy enough to ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Sharp eye MrR. Definitely Snowpros. He squished the gasket rubber in the strange way, but probably still ok. I love Snowpros, got them on most of my AM and pow boards. Make sure he send's you all the canting/lifting shims and loads of screws that should come with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 They are pretty flexy, I think the bails are a little thinner than the newer snowpro race, I wouldn't use them on a board that you want to put a lot of power into. If I had a freeride board (softboot deck), they would be fine for that. They aren't shi**y bindings, they're just not td2's,.... I mean td3's. later, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trikerdad Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 BlueB, those Blax bindings bring back some memories. Had a pair blow up on me at Bachelor years ago. Caught some air off a roller under the Sunrise chair and when I landed they just exploded! When I was at a snowboard shop in town, looking for something to replace them with, one of the guys that worked there came in from a day on the mountain and started telling the clerk I was talking to about seeing someone crash and burn under the chair when his bindings blew up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Auch! But you are a well know gear destroyer ;) Shawn has my Blax now. Hope they don't share the history of yours. They are supposed to be pretty solid - old version of F2s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tufty Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 They are pretty flexy, I think the bails are a little thinner than the newer snowpro race, I wouldn't use them on a board that you want to put a lot of power into. If I had a freeride board (softboot deck), they would be fine for that. They aren't shi**y bindings, they're just not td2's,.... I mean td3's. Yep, looks suspiciously like what Snowpro sold as the Snowpro BASE, I have a pair of those on my freeride deck. They are okay to ride but, as mr roboteye says, go easy on them : I was forever bending the bails on my pair when they were mounted on an alpine deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 The disc is not going in the right direction:freak3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 The disc is not going in the right direction:freak3: It may have been done on purpose to bias the boot either way. later Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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