“So I bought the Guide with brakes for my Movement Shifts. Several important points: (1) boots with rocker like my TLT6s will not work well with the binding + brake as it comes. The pedal behind the pins that retracts the brake is too high; it will, at rest, keep the boot heel almost at the 2nd heel height, well above the pins and the ski. Following the manual, I removed the shiny plate from the pedal and that brought the boot heel down almost to the height of the pins, better but not enough. (2) The pedal will act as a fulcrum and pop the boot out of the pins when depressed to set the brake. (3) Adding the "stomp plate"/heel rest practically solves these problems for the TLT 6, but frequently the brake fails to fully retract on one of my skis; but paying attention and giving the brake a lift with a finger or putting the toe latch into walk mode with retract and lock the brake in place with the arms folded in over the ski. (4) the heel rest is a miracle. I broke trail today in 17 inches of new powder and never had to clear snow from beneath my heel :-) In this kind of snow with my Dynafits I would have had to repeated chip away at ice blocks forming under my heels. (5) The brake raise the toe piece resulting in little delta between the heel and toe; I like this; together with the heel rest, snow build up seems to be remedied. (6) I really like the rear binding--it is reminiscent of the Dynafit Comort and Vertical but seems to work much better; I did have an unwanted rotation or two into heel lock down. So buyer beware: you may have to fiddle with the brakes and heel rest to find a comfortable fit for your particular boot; the heel rest, IMHO, is mandatory; you may have to fiddle a little extra during transitions to ensure the brake is fully retracted and locked in place.”
