Comments on: Garmont Radium Alpine Touring Ski Boots Review

By: Ursu' Brun

Ursu' Brun — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:22:19 +0000

I read here concerns of using Radium with normal downhill bindings. Can somebody please enlighten me why it is not possible to use Radium in a normal downhill setup? What is the issue of grippy soles and normal bindings?

By: Roger Bertsch

Roger Bertsch — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:28:40 +0000

I just purchased the Garmont Radiums. It was a boot I had not researched since I’m selling a pair of Garmont Adrenalins. The folks at Mt Gear in Spokane said to try the Radium. I had also tried on the Factors and the Titans. I think the Radiums are slightly stiffer than the factors. I don’t know about the Titan as I could not find a fit. The Raduims have a solid fit for me so I did some research and made the purchase the next day. Sometimes the local gear shop can make a difference — here with both a recommendation and a good boot fitter. I’m a ski patroller and relatively new to AT and backcountry skiing. I skied today and experienced the early day hard snow of Spring followed by progressively softer snow leading to slush. Had I not know these were AT boots I would have said I was skiing on a high quality free ride boot. With these boots my K-2 Mt Bakers with the Diamir Freeride Plus carved like a dream. Interesting comments on the fit. Normally I ski in a 26.5 but in the Radium, I’m in a 26. I did only a couple of minor on the hill adjustments with the buckles. I found the walk/ski switch easy to use even with ski gloves on. A recommendation I would make to Garmont would to have interchangable soles so the Radiums would work with a traditional alpine binding. I’m lucky in that my powder skis have the Marker Duke and the Duke and Baron are both AT compatible. All in all, I believe I made a good purchase and one aided by a great gear shop.

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Lightweight Alpine Touring Ski Boots Coming Fall 2010 - FeedTheHabit.com — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:01:29 +0000

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By: scott

scott — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:48:55 +0000

I would love to use these both on my touring skis and my alpine set up. I’m told its dangerous to use these on regular bindings because of the grippy soles. Any thoughts about that? Unlke the dynafits, they don’t seem to sell interchangable soles. I wonder if its possible to just put duck tape on the bottoms or something when i’m using them on my alpine skis.

By: Jason Mitchell

Jason Mitchell — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:27:05 +0000

I’ve been told the Radium is returning unchanged for next Fall. There will be some other changes to the lineup though as I outlined on these pages:

http://www.gear.com/garmont-re-vamps-ski-mountaineering-boot-line-for-20092010/

and

http://www.gear.com/new-garmont-endorphin-xena-and-axon-for-fall-2009/

Most of the changes look like tweaks and cosmetic updates.

By: bsmith

bsmith — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:48:56 +0000

Jason,

I’m currently using a pair of Garmont adrenaline’s from 2008. They’ve last ~100 days max. Needless to say that’s disappointing, buckles are irreplaceable, heel pivot cap blew out requiring home-made jank repair, on and on.

I fit garmont very well, and they seem to have addressed the poor design issues from the previous generation, so I’m willing to buy a second pair despite great new boots from virtually every touring boot maker.

Any ideas what’s going to happen to the radium for the 09 / 10 season? there aren’t many 27.0s left in the 08 / 09 model.