Help me Choose a model ad weight please

[Dradmin]

Hi,

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[Athoul]

Firstly where abouts are you from, as there may be a group local to you who would let you along to a meet to try them out before you buy them.

[Dradmin]

delete this topic plz

[bmthbloke]

Id say have a word with  'do it on bocks'  or Chris. He runs a training session on Saturday mornings in Cleethorps. Which shouldnt be to far from you.  He has a few models you might try

[Dradmin]

does he have a website at all, or how can i contact him?

[Sprog]

does he have a website at all, or how can i contact him?

http://www.PoweriserPages.com/forum/profiles/doitonbocks-u1021.html

[Mr Frank]

OK, in the UK, Powerisers and Powerizers/Projumps are about equal value for the money.  Powerisers are somewhat better, particularly their new 2008 model with the stock snowboard bindings and cuffs, but the 20008 model is also more expensive.  That's what I have and I do like them very much.  In general, you really get what you pay for.  7leagues have very nice springs with a good character and you don't have to break them in, plus they are the quietest bock on the market, but they don't sell them with any special features.  No cuffs or pivoting footplates, although you can order snowboard bindings and upgraded kneebar bindings for a little extra.  7leagues are the most expensive bocks you'd be interested unless you're sitting on some dead relative's fortune. 

Powerskips are about a kilogram lighter than the other models, their springs are way better and last practically forever, and you can get them with pivoting footplates, but no cuffs.  Stiltwerks, inc. will sell you their Velocity Stilts, which are pretty much the same as Powerskips, but I think you can order them with whatever features you want and they're a bit lighter.

I'm in the USA, so you'll want to check for yourself, but here's a price list (in pounds)
Projump: 135-ish
Poweriser base model: not sure, but a little more than Projump
Poweriser 2008: 200-220
7leagues: 240-265
Powerskip: 700-800
Velocity Stilts: not sure, but probably 1000-1500

There's also a Powerizer Pro model I don't know much about, which has pivoting footplates but is otherwise fairly normal.  I'm guessing it would run about 170 pounds or so.  Worth looking into.  But don't get the Up-Wing/Redoxx/a few other names model.  Its frame is very different from normal bocks and looks extremely fragile.  There have only been a few failures, but its pivoting footplates are awkward and the cuffs are uncomfortable and unstable.  Not worth the money, whatever its price might come out to.

At 57kg, you'll want to get the 50-70kg springs.  If you go Powerizer, it's a little tricky because you're near the top of a category but not really close, but I think the m60s would get boring.  You'll probably be better off with m70s.  Rumor has it that Powerizer springs are a little soft.

As for getting in contact with do it on bocks, he's a member of this site.  Find his name on the member list and send him a personal message.

[Dradmin]

ok, i don't think i would particularly like to spend over £200 inless they had a really good special thing. i've seen a lot about adding hockey tape and stuff like that to the spring or somet. any1 explain this in more detail to me plz

[martin]

nice review but imho I would see somethings different, here are just my 2cents:

OK, in the UK, Powerisers and Powerizers/Projumps are about equal value for the money.  Powerisers are somewhat better, particularly their new 2008 model with the stock snowboard bindings and cuffs, but the 20008 model is also more expensive.

Yes but spring characters are different between brands, it depends what you prefer, I personally pay much attention to the spring character since this is the important part for me.

 
Powerskips are about a kilogram lighter than the other models, their springs are way better and last practically forever,

Yes PS are lightest, but PS springs deffo do not last forever, they are not better re durability than other good quality springs (I own two pairsof PS springs). Also I personally do not think that they are better than other springs anymore (this was right two years ago). Some of the new modells have pretty nice springs but it mainly depens on the character people like, so there is no best spring. PS are the most expensive though.

I would call the Poweriser 2008 modell (re calf-cuffs, bindings etc.) over all better than the PoweriZer (= pro-jump) but I do not like the spring character of the PR that much. Others like their character so I my opinion is not necessarily important. If you have to look at money buy the pro-jump (cheapest in UK - as far as I know). But ensure that you get the latest version (e.g. from pro-jump.co.uk) since there are still older (crapy) versions on the market. If you have more money to spend look at PoweriSer or 7league boots.

[Dradmin]

So are you suggesting i get the powerisers and replace the spring or somet?

[Dradmin]

i've had a look at the 7league boots, they don't look like they have many extras like snowboard bind thingys or the tilted axles or what ever that is.

[martin]

i've had a look at the 7league boots, they don't look like they have many extras like snowboard bind thingys or the tilted axles or what ever that is.

which extras do you need? Snowboard binding is available (just launched so might still be missing on the vendor pages). Re tilting footplate please search the forum (not many use/like) them

If you like the Poweriser calf-cuffs you could go for PR. If you prefer the knee bar and good springs esp. for beginner (no breack-in period) you could go for 7s. If you want to safe money and want to have a fairly good spring and a knee bar take pro-jump into consideration, but basically it is personal preference.

[Mr Frank]

The cuffs are as great as they sound, just putting in my input, but you can always buy the cuffs separately later and they're compatible with all models.

Thanks Martin for the updates, I thought Projump springs still sucked.

[Dradmin]

right, well... 7leagues look like a high quality make...they are slightly more in price, so i could get 7leagues.

few questions:
which spring is best out of powerisers, 7 leagues, and any other add ons or other models/makes?
what are the advantages of this tilting axel thingy?
Whats better, snow board knee binding thingy or that circular bar thingy.

taking that into account, any suggestions like (this is what you could say):
I think you should get the 7leagues, with hockey tape round the spring, snow board bindings for the foot from... and purchase a snow board binding bar for the knee from...., and if you wanted the tilting axel you could get it from ...

Thanks for the info guys, hope i'm not pestring you!

[martin]

Thanks Martin for the updates, I thought Projump springs still sucked.

This I do not know. I know that the old fibre glass springs where pretty ok (I was talking about these). I have not heard anything about the new black ones (carbon and fibre glass). This could be a good or a bad sign.