![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe they felt a little heavier to me or liked the design of Union’s better. I like Mervin’s stuff (currently ride a Lib board (Banana Magic), but I went with the Union’s. Salomon’s kind of looked cool, I was tempted to try out their shadow fit, but being a ski company kind of turned me off a little -). Other bindings I was considering/comparing were several Salomon shadow fit bindings and the Bent Metal Transfer. Other snowboard bindings I was thinking about The Strata highback doesn’t really have any padding whereas the Force has a lot. But the holy highbacks were discontinued with the Strata in 2023.Īccording to one of the Union reps I was emailing the highbacks with holes are a “tad bit softer”. Holy highbacks?!īoth bindings are available with holy highbacks -) if you like them – I don’t. The Strata’s isn’t as high and the material is more rubbery. The Force has a thicker softer area underfoot. I suspect the Strata would feel better for jibs, but I personally don’t jib much.Īs far as shock absorption goes I think they are both good. But whatever binding you get you can ride it anywhere, don’t feel too limited by the labels. The Force is more of an all mountain binding. If you like lots of forward lean then the Strata has less cause you can only adjust it so far (3 settings I believe), but it’s more of a “freestyle” focused binding as they say so many may not want much.Īnd the Strata forward lean adjustment isn’t as easy to adjust but most people don’t fiddle with that much so it doesn’t really matter. There is no adjustable toe ramp and the heel area is less adjustable. The extra space in the Strata (the footbed is wide).But perhaps most metal bindings are like that. They are painted bindings and that stuff chips and scratches off easily.One of the toe straps on the Force (despite being the same on the Strata) would slip off occasionally and had a funny sort of warp to it.It’s a little more powerful and aggressive feeling to me. The Force feels a little more stiff underfoot (standard baseplate?) and responsive. The Strata feels a little lower to the board and little more flexy. The footbed is wider and there was some extra space between my boot and the interior sides of the front part of the binding. Perhaps it was the mini-disk or my boots or whatever. And it was definitely different feeling at first and a bit painful underfoot at first. The one I got in the video above was the team highback. ![]() The straps, highback (no holes in 2023), baseplate and buckles appear to be the same as 2022. The 2023 Strata also does not appear any different than the 2022 except for a different color way (acid green, black, white, orange). The only visible difference I could see was that the word “Strata” was not on the highback. The 2022 model did not appear to be any different from the 2021. This is a review of the 2022 Union Strata snowboard binding. 2022 Union Strata snowboard binding review Learn more about the 2023 Union Force or the 2023 Union Force pro with Exoframe 5.0 ankle straps, TS 4.0+ toe straps, and the all new Magnesium S1 ratchets. And the toe strap to the TS 2.0 Rhombus Toe Strap. The ankle straps have been updated to the Exoframe 4.0 Ankle Strap. The highback and baseplate appear to be the same except for a different colorway. How does this 2021 model compare to the 2023? This is actually a limited edition “5 pack” model from 2021. This is a review of the Union Force snowboard binding compared to the Strata. Union Force snowboard binding review (vs. Ohh and before I get into it I will mention changes for 2023 and there will be links on the bottom of the page for more info on those. I decided to buy both the red 2022 Union Strata and the 2021 limited edition “5 pack” Union Force binding. So I was obsessed with researching bindings and was primarily focused on getting the Strata, but then I saw the 5 pack Force binding and it caught my eye. ![]()
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