Drake F60 Conventional

Drake F60 Conventional 

DESCRIPTION

This years F60 offers the same high performance standards with a few modifications on the hardware. New srtraps, ratchets and accelerators.

USER REVIEWS

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[Oct 06, 2003]
Jon
Advanced

Strength:

base plate, straps, rachets

Weakness:

im going to say the highbacks but i already explained why, thats just personal prefrence

these bingings are real tight, the base plate is strong as can be and also just look real cool, i wasnt down with how high the high backs were, they just werent my style, so i slapped on some smaller highbacks off some old liquid bindings, it looks even cooler now im my opinion, over all..they are the second best binding ive riden only next to the drake matrix

Similar Products Used:

Drake Matrix, same year

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
3
[Jun 05, 2003]
noah
Advanced

Strength:

stiff,good strap and rachet. overall a good binding responsive.

Weakness:

loose screw sometimes

i think this is a really good binding. i'v really ridden these things hard and no problems. maybe some loose screws somtimes. these things are great.

Similar Products Used:

burton freestyle,forum, burton custom

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
3
[Jun 05, 2003]
noah
Advanced

Strength:

stiff,good strap and rachet. overall a good binding

Weakness:

loose screw sometimes

i think this is a really good binding. i'v really ridden these things hard and ni problems. maybe some loose screws somtimes.

Similar Products Used:

burton freestyle,forum, burton custom

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
3
[Mar 27, 2003]
Marc Goodman
Advanced

Strength:

Control, weight, ease of use.

Weakness:

small problem with the starp pad on one binding.

Heard loads about cracked backs and loose screws, all I can say is that I put mine through quite a lot for 8 days and not one loose screw, broken strap, bust ratchet or cracked back. But the padding on one rear strap came apart at the edge. Ride fantastic, hold feet as tight as ya like and control superb. NO COMPLAINTS

Similar Products Used:

loads but most recently Salomon S2

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Mar 23, 2003]
Steve Sauther
HardCore

Strength:

Light weight and mediocre rachets.

Weakness:

It's falling apart.The screws are always coming loose. The letters on the back are falling off. The forward lean adjuster fell off. The straps are uncomfortable after a couple hours and the rachet snapped.

This binding is really expensive. It is really not worth paying this much. The screws are always coming loose. The letters on the back are falling off. The forward lean adjuster fell off. The straps are uncomfortable after a couple hours and the rachet snapped. But they have a light binding. And until my rachet broke it seemed to work pretty well.

Similar Products Used:

Nothing this bad.

OVERALL
RATING
2
VALUE
RATING
1
[Feb 17, 2003]
btrombley
Advanced

These are not the high quality bindings I expected. After about 10 days of riding, the main strap snapped. Decals on the toe straps are peeling off and make the bindings look cheap. Screws need to be retightened every time you go out. No complaints about the ride, though.

OVERALL
RATING
2
VALUE
RATING
2
[Feb 11, 2003]
M34life
Advanced

Strength:

Very comfortable with Northwave boots. Makes your board way more responsive. Very comfortable baseplate for hard landings. Very light, very strong(so far).

Weakness:

I dont know about people with having problems with the highback cracking, but it is true about the screws coming loose. Just make sure that you tighten every time you ride. Other than these are probably the best bindings you could get other than the higher end models.

Im actually riding the 03's. These things rock. I actually wanted the P1's until my local shop told how much they blow, and I couldnt find the mission dooms, so I settled for this and I couldn't be happier.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Feb 06, 2003]
niels-w
Advanced

Strength:

Solid binding. Great highback.

Weakness:

looks! ;( With some jumps the lower strap got loose.

I thought i liked the binding until i got the Forum ATE. The F60 is ok. Nothing wrong with it.

Similar Products Used:

Forum ATE

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
3
[Jan 13, 2003]
Thomm Buttolph
Intermediate

Strength:

Adjustablity is great! The feel really solid.

Weakness:

Some screws loosen more often than others.

I purchased these at a ski/board swap (thus the low purchase price). Although I'm a fairly new rider, I'm pretty happy with the way these F60's work. These are the first pair of bindings that I've owned. Most of the bindings I've rented have been "step-in" style, so I don't have much to compare these to. Regardless, they've performed well for my needs. I'm not a super-fast or major risk taking rider so I don't know how well they would hold up to some real thrashing. For 50 bucks though (and they are in pretty nice shape for being used!), how can I go wrong for my first pair?

Similar Products Used:

N/A

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Dec 30, 2002]
Tim
HardCore

Strength:

comfortable strap

Weakness:

weak ass plastic

I actually had the F-70's which are a step above the F-60's. I liked them a lot the first few times I used them. They were comfortable but I noticed a lot of flex in the bases when carving hard. About the fourth time I rode on them I hit a rock and somersaulted when coming back around I was leaning back on my tail and one of the bindings snapped in half around the base plate and ripped off the board and on the other binding two of the screws ripped through the base plate leaving the binding peeling off my board. I've somersaulted like this many times before and never had this happen even with way cheaper bindings. I wasn't even going very fast. Basicly these things suck and if you ride hard I wouldn't reccomend them, but if all your worried about is how cool they look like all these gapers who wrote the other reviews then get these.

Similar Products Used:

burton p1 hd, burton missions

OVERALL
RATING
1
VALUE
RATING
1
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