In reply to ste carey:
Get the newmatic binding I have both on my various crampons and it has various advantages:
- it's quicker to put on
- it doesn't bend, bail bars do and this generally reduces your front point protrusion over time.
- as your soles wear down your front point protrusion reduces using crampomatic crampons, I find g12 and g14 even moving the toe bail bar I end up with short front points. Rambos are more adjustable and it's less of an issue.
- with a good fit I find the newmatic binding actually has less play in it and is a more solid fit to the boot (easily verified by fitting it and trying to move it about by hand). It's almost impossible for newmatic binding to fall off the boot, I've seen crampomtics fall off mid pitch.
One thing I would mention is that I find g12 and g14 don't have the best front point protrusion. It's ok but I also have bd sabretooths which have a good cm or so longer points which I find is easier when climbing ice and sticks better in hard neve or soft snow When I've found g12 / g14 sometimes shear out. Conversely shorter points are better on mixed as they give you less,calf burn.
Post edited at 09:11