Dynafit brakes - do you like 'em?

Neither, hate dynafit brakes and leashes.
Trying B& D ski leashes this year.
Having breakable leash connection when skiing in avy terrain is a MUST.
See here.
www.bndskigear.com/skileash.html

Hey Scotsman & Zap, how did those B & D leashes work out?

    Once you loose a ski in deep powder , miles from help , your answer will be evident without any further discussion !  X
Hint : P _ _ _ _ r C _ _ _ s . It's a little D.I.Y. solution from last century . X.

I have no interest in brakes. I have used the Dynafit Guide leashes, the B&D, and now these:

skimo.co/atk-kevlar-leash

The ATKs are the best I have used.

To each his own.  I have Speed radicals on a couple of skis and regret not having put on STs with brakes; in any case I have come to hate the Speed Radicals for ice build up under the heel and for rotation (every model).  I put a stomp pad on one parid that helps prevent snow build up.

I have Plum Guide and Yaks w brakes on a couple of skis and like them.  I didn't have any problems with the brakes on my Vertical STs or Radical STs (no longer have them). 

I do like the B&D leashes better than 3-4 other brands I've had.  I like the fact that  I can step out my skis, de-skin, then clip in without removing the leashes; likewise stopping on a steep slope to add crampons (or to take them off later) means an extra bit of safety.

Like mentioned above, w/o leashes but w brakes on firm icy snow on a steep slope, stepping in can be a little challenging; with softer snow I can usually stomp a platform on stick the tails into the snow.

I use the breakable links B&D provides that theoretically will break in an avalanche (haven't been in an avalanche);  I did have one break in a fall when I caught the tip in a buried tree and launched airborne.

I also have a ziptie at the back of my boot to clip into; it is supposed to break too.

Brakes & leashes, like belt and suspenders, are sometimes very useful alone but always useful together.

Yep, like my brakes on my Vertical ST's and also use the B&D leashes when called for as they were primary before I bought the brakes.
The ST's still rock.

Vertical ST and FT for me with brakes and my own empirical release leashes. I'm very content
and of the belief that Dynafit marketing hoisted a whole bunch of bad product on us. I do have a pair of TLT s on my madshus annums with leashes only and ok with them too. I guess I like the brakes on harder spring snow to set my skis down and not worry about them leaving on their own. (More of a static situation )