Well that’s not a bad thing, is it? Presumably, cos you’d have mentioned it, this did not give rise to any injury, so why would you have wanted them to release?
I have had accidental release before now, when one pair of Fritschi touring bindings had gone out of adjustment, and it’s not nice. Just skiing along, well within normal bounds of pressure and control, and suddenly the ski pops off and down you go. They had somehow slipped from my normal 8.5 to 6.
Well, IIRC, I had filled out the form truthfully then I thought I didn’t want it set to an experienced cornice leaper that I had been. I wanted it set for a mid-60s , slightly overweight on-piste skier.
That’s not correct. And your link to the Suva website doesn’t say that either.
From «Beobachter»:
Bindung falsch eingestellt – darf die Versicherung die Leistung kürzen?
Kaum. Eine jährliche Bindungskontrolle ist nicht obligatorisch, die Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung empfiehlt allerdings eine. Die Versicherung kann die Leistung nur kürzen, wenn man sich grob fahrlässig verhalten hat – etwa wenn man die Bindung nicht neu einstellt, obwohl man massiv zu- oder abgenommen hat oder komplett andere Schuhe verwendet.
Source: https://www.beobachter.ch/arbeit-bildung/freizeit/das-grosse-pisten-abc-17939
Incorrectly adjusted binding – can the insurer reduce the benefits?
Hardly. An annual binding check is not mandatory, although the accident prevention advisory office does recommend one. The insurer may only reduce the benefits if you have behaved with gross negligence – for example, if you do not readjust the binding even though you have gained or lost a substantial amount of weight, or if you use completely different boots.
Sounds like an old wives tale.
I broke by back due to a unwanted release, I would rather my skies stayed on regardless.
There are limits though. Had someone ski into me a couple of seasons ago (gf of the ski school tech director, was joining us on a training day) from behind my right shoulder, briefly thought we might save it as our skis went parallel to each other, but then no, over and over we went. My skis released, ending up a meter or two off the edge of the piste. I was fine. Hers did not, and she needed to be given morphine for her pain and helicoptered off. She’s never skiied since, both knees completely buggered.
So yeah, there’s good reason to make sure they’re correctly set, but too tight can be just as bad as too loose.
That wasn’t a crash at 20 kmh.
It’s a bit like traction control in cars. It slows down pro-drivers while racing, but it saves lives among average drivers everyday. So, casual skiers easier release, pro-skiers harder release.
That is a great analogy it levels the field for safety without stopping experts from pushing their limits.
No, that’s really not an appropriate analogy. The calculations used for DIN settings already take into account the ability level of the skier.
The point being made earlier was someone wanting them set even lower than that calculated value, and this is a bad idea for beginner and expert alike. You want the ski to release if you fall over, sure, but in general so does the pro skier. Neither of them wants it to fly off when skiing normally.