With regard to the release lever, I have broken this off on two toe pieces.
To reiterate though, I may be doing them a disservice here and this has been resolved. At the time I understand that Fritschi did list some boots that they recommended not be used with the Vipecs. This may have been resolved now but a few years ago there was an issue with some brands of boots where, when in locked-out walk mode, if you took a knee fall straight over the front end of your skis the toe of the boot would be deformed by the "bumper" release lever (google to see photos of resultant damage). I can't speak too much about performance on piste as not skied them that much on piste but never had an unexpected release on or off piste with Vipecs.
The caveat is, I've yet to try out the rig, given the thaw up here in Scotland, so there is still the opportunity to regret it. Many people I asked just said "go for the shifts, you'll not regret it" I've toured in frame bindings, so frankly anything would be better. I was looking at fitting bindings to hybrid, heavier skis (BC orb freebirds) - if I wanted to mainly tour I would go for a dedicated lightweight plank & pins setup The ability to hard-charge in an alpine style binding with DIN release far outweighed any perceived weight saving in pins. Someone made the point there is a difference between multi-day touring and *long* touring - in reality you may daily schlepp up 1000m and cruse back down to the next hut - and in this scenario I wasn't convinced that shaving 600g off my bindings (cf. I opted for the Shifts on the following basis: Hi - I had a similar conundrum late last year, and posted on this very topic: Though I will still be spending some days in resort!
To clarify I do want to get a set of light-ish AT bindings, hoping to do more touring and less resort skiing now that I know a few people. I've also been wondering about the Dynafit Beast which seem great with the extra 'heel clamp', but I like the idea of the releasable toe on the Vipecs. A few reviews mentioned unexpected releases and don't want this to hold back my confidence for speedy skiing on moguls and icy pistes - will I notice much difference compared to the frame bindings (or even the Alpine bindings that I am more used to)? I've been thinking of getting a pair of Diamir Vipec Bindings which seem to get pretty good reviews but just wondering if anyone can share their experience of using them in resort. I used frame bindings which were great but looking to get something a bit lighter weight for my own set up. I've done a fair bit of resort skiing and recently got to do a few days of touring which I absolutely loved.
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