Burton Cartel X vs Jones Mercury

Of those, I definitely agree with the above, Cartel is a great binding. No reason why you should limit yourself to just Burton though, I recommend Union Bindings personally. The Force is a great do everything binding. Boots all fit differently so you need to go see a boot fitter if you don’t know what profile foot you have

The high back is that right height where it doesn't cause heel bites, so they're not too high, not too low, just right where you need it. It's got a m...

The more connection you have to your high back the more control you have from toe to heel edge. So overall there's a lot of great features in this bin...

You can see here that the strap is built with this two-part construction. There is a softer wider section which closely wraps and conforms to the shap...

I was skeptical about the toe strap but I've grown to like it a lot since it give you the support of on the toe and over the toe with one strap. I also liked the forward lean adjustment not being limited to a few pre-determined angles and being able to move the ankle strap higher up the binding for more support. My only dislike was the limited stance width adjustments coming from someone who has only ridden Union bindings before and having the option to slide the bindings towards or away from each other after mounting them.

Highback is a little less aggressive, hair more natural forward lean and bit taller. I'm pretty much agnostic between Mercury and Drive other than ankle strap, but I HATE the stock Drive strap.

It's got our Super Grip 2.0 cap strap, smooth glide dual component buckles, obviously it's got the flex slider, B3 gel that dampen the ride and preven...

It does cup the back of your boot Perfectly. Well at the end of the day, it's a high back you can drive into but it's still got a little lateral play ...

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