dmaizers:
Excellent write-up of background and ski interest.? Cool. Spend the kids college fund so you can ski, at least you have your priorities straight.? ?
Yes, go with the Railflex.? Two advantages.?
1) Since the bindings stay a fixed distance apart when the ski flexes (not true when bindings are flat mounted) the DIN can be set lower and still not prerelease.? You could then go back to the chart value for your height and weight and probably wouldn't need to increase any at all.? I'm 5"11" 195+/- 20 lbs and I ski with a DIN of 6.5 (but I'm not as aggressive as you and have a longer boot sole).?
2) No matter what Gary says, it's a 10 minute procedure to change the bootsole length on the Railflex and adjust the forward pressure so that you husband can share (assuming he gets your permission to share YOUR skis).? 'course, I'm assuming that 165 isn't too short for his height and weight.? All it takes is a screw driver to loosen the center screw, no other tools required.? If you can press Legos together, you can remove and reconnect bindings from the rail with a different boot sole length.?
Understanding checking forward pressure is crucial.Agree with Gary, based on your liking the iM82, I think the iM78 is a great choice.? At your size, you'll get as much float out of that as Gary on his 84's and still have a good hard snow ski.? FWIW, I wouldn't expect slow speed versatility to be a strong suit of the iM78 any more than it was the Wild Thang.
DIN of 9 (or maybe a bit less) I would pick the LD11 just because it saves a couple of ounces over the LD 12 (and will not consume as much of the kids college fund).
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