Dynafits are Fustrating: The sequal!

I also find that I can rarely keep them in the highest climbing mode for long without them spinning out

Chris, this is usually caused by a nub of rubber on the tread hitting the climbing post at a bad angle. If you just make the contact on the boot totally flat (JB Weld) you'll never have this problem again.

MY version of this story is - Like Chris I also have both type rigs dynafit STs and Fritsies. I feel the same about thier light weight . I silcone my dynafits and have strecthed my brake tension springs to fscilitate easier rotation. My st's came with different internal compression springs for brakes and I used those. Along with some white lube under the brake retraction ramp I achieved very good rotation with minimule matinence.
MY preferred use of the dynafits are on tours that I know i will be climbing all day namely the bigger volcano tours.Deep Winter Powder days yo yoing or tours with some transitions I favor the fritchis. More transitions than that and I take Tele gear.
I'm a young man and the weight doesn't seem to bother me.

You're not the best one to be complaining about line snakes, Chris...

You are right. Guilty as charged. Telemack and I have a healthy competitive spirit while touring and try and steal each others lines and I meant no disrespect to him, quite the reverse as I admire his ability as he usually wins in the race to get and choose the best line.
I have always, albeit selfishly believed that the person who is ready first gets to choose and drop in first.
The true " line snake" has highly developed skills where , although not first to be ready, they end up being the first to drop in. The famous" what's the name of that peak over there" diversion has been used many times. While the recipient of the question is pontificating on his knowledge of Cascadian geological features, the "snake" drops in hooting and hollering at his reward.
I know it's wrong, but I admire the "snakieness" even when I am on the losing end.

Chris, this is usually caused by a nub of rubber on the tread hitting the climbing post at a bad angle. If you just make the contact on the boot totally flat (JB Weld) you'll never have this problem again.

Thanks Korup, I'll look into that. So many good tips in this thread, thanks all!

So will he be available for coaching sessions this winter?

Does he speak Golden Retriever?

We need to have another DOGAPALOOZA tour like a few seasons ago when dogs where the main event .Great fun and we warn other skiers where we are going so they can avoid the dogginess.

I'll set one up when the conditions are ripe and we can all bring our mutts and I''ll let you know where and when.

Sorry Scotsman, I too skied both Dynafit and Fritchi for years, but as of last season have personally vowed to never set foot (boot) in a Fritchi binding again!  I find touring in Dynafits far superior not only for the light weight and comfortable stride, but the inherent lateral rigidity make steep traverses safer as well.  And when ski crampons are used, the Dynafit crampon pivot point closer to the toe yields far better purchase than Fritchis w/crampons could ever achieve.  (B&Ds excepted of course)

I also find Fritchis suck as compared to Dynafits from a skiing perspective.  Dynafits paired with a reasonable boot provide fantastic edge control (again lateral rigidity), whereas the lateral slop inherent to Fritchis provide a sensation of skiing on lunch trays in comparison.  (For those with both setups, try skiing back to back GS turns on hardpack with each binding; its a night and day difference between the two).

All the above could be forgivable, and Dynafits do have their many quirks, but the greatest evil of Fritchi is that they can be paired with full-on alpine boots and skied in-area.  Sounds benign, but trouble is without the release "elasticity" of an alpine binding, and with the stiff fore/aft flex of an alpine boot, aggressive skiing in-area will cause the skis to frequently pre-release with crud/compressions/moguls unless either the DIN is cranked (making them unsafe for low speed releases), or the skier has the lightweight build of their youth (I don't).  

Yeah, sounds bitter, but its because I am!  I had essentially skied 40 years without injury until last season my Fritchis pre-released while carving moderate speed GS turns on morning corduroy at Hyak of all places.  The groomer had left a "compression" in the slope, and that was all it took to blow up the end of my humerus within my shoulder leaving me with chronic shoulder impingement and a whole new appreciation for what constant pain is.  I'm essentially reminded of how bad Fritchis suck every time I move my left arm.

OK, I'm feeling a little better now that I've got that off my chest (and I also know this isn't at all responding to your original post above...).  I just felt the need to rant and was too drugged up to respond to your initial Dynafit string from last season!  

BTW, I've got some used Freerides w/crampons I'll sell real cheap...