Rome Vice Snowboard Bindings Overview

Hey and welcome to my Rome Vice snowboard bindings evaluate.

On this evaluate I’ll check out the Vice as freestyle snowboard bindings.

As per custom right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I’ll give the Vice a rating out of 100 (based mostly on a number of elements) and see how they examine with different freestyle bindings.

Total Ranking

Bindings: Rome Vice 2025

Value: $299 (USD really helpful retail)

Type: Freestyle

Flex Ranking: Medium (5/10)

Flex Really feel: Medium (5/10)

Ranking Rating: 90/100

In comparison with different Males’s freestyle Bindings

Overview of the Vice’s Specs

Try the tables for the Vice’s specs and out there sizes.

Specs

Who’re the Vice Most Suited To?

The Vice are finest suited to these searching for bindings with stability between sluggish pace turns and excessive pace carves which have actually good board really feel and shock absorption. Which to me makes them preferrred for all-mountain freestyle and park riders. But additionally all-mountain riders, as long as you are not somebody who likes to push the bounds of pace and carve angles. 

Finest matched to boards within the 3/10 to six/10 flex vary, and significantly nicely suited to the 4/10 to five/10 flex vary, IMO. 

These are straightforward going bindings, however not fairly what I might name newbie easy-going for the common weight/power newbie. However may work for greater/stronger newbies. 

O.okay. let’s take a extra detailed take a look at what the Vice are able to.

Demo Data

Binding: Rome Vice, M/L

Date: March 15, 2024

Responsiveness

At their flex, they had been by no means going to be extremely appropriate to excessive pace, deep leaning carves, however they’re nonetheless first rate sufficient. My general setup felt very related for carving as with my management bindings (Burton Malavita) and never fairly nearly as good as with the Rome 390 Boss, which I additionally rode that day. 

They did, nevertheless, really feel higher than the 390 Boss by way of sluggish pace agility. Once more, they felt similar to my management bindings for sluggish pace agility. 

Total stability between excessive pace stability/carving and sluggish pace maneuverability. 

Board Really feel/Butterability

I discovered the Vice had actually good board really feel. Nearly as good as my management bindings, that are up there, in my expertise. And felt a little bit higher than the 390 Boss too. They share a mini-disc the identical as on the 390 Boss, so I do not know if it was all the way down to the general softer flex or the truth that these have Rome’s Asymwrap, versus the 390 Boss which is on the Fullwrap chassis. 

Pop/Ollie Energy

When it comes to energy, I discovered them to be typical – and the equal of my management bindings and the 390 Boss. That is an space that I discover would not differ a heck of lots between bindings. However on occassion, there is a binding that feels extra noticeably above or under the norm. I might say by way of initiating ollies, they had been a contact simpler to do than within the 390 Boss – similar general energy, however only a contact simpler to provoke with. Equal of my management bindings for initiation. 

Adjustability

Heel Cup: Sure – nice for boot centering.

Stance Width: Good. Whereas the Vice technically makes use of a “mini-disc” it is extra in between a full disc and a very mini-disc. And this enables higher stance width adjustability and means you may match them on boards with further units of inserts that sit 4cm away from the primary insert pack. 

Highback Lean: Sure, and tool-less.

Ankle Strap Place: Sure. It would not have the Pivot ankle strap just like the likes of the Katana, so not as a lot place variation as that, however you may modify it increased or decrease up your ankle, relying on if you need extra ankle help or a surfier/freer really feel. 

Toe Strap Place: Sure – 2 positions.

Ankle and toe strap size: Sure, after all, and tool-less – and one of many best tool-less techniques for adjusting straps that I’ve used.  

Gasoline pedal/toe ramp extension: Whereas there isn’t any extension, technically, i.e. you may’t make the footbed any longer, the footbed does transfer and permits you to transfer it both nearer to the heel or nearer to the toe, so it basically has toe and heel adjustment. Which is sweet for boot centering. This together with the heel cup adjustment ought to imply that excellent boot centering on board and bindings needs to be achievable for anybody inside the boot dimension vary for the actual binding dimension.

Highback Rotation: Sure

Suitable with: 2 x 4 | The Channel | 4 x 4 (whereas it is technically a mini-disc, there may be sufficient house for it to span 4cm for 4 x 4 techniques or boards with setback insert packs which might be 4cm again from the primary insert pack).

Shock Absorption

I discovered that they had a excessive degree of shock and chatter absorption. On par with my management bindings and similar to the 390 Boss as nicely. 

Entry/Exit

There’s nothing significantly particular occurring for entry/exit, however they work as they need to and I did not have any points with stickiness or something like that, with the ratchets. 

Not strictly entry/exit, however I did discover the strap changes very easy. One of many best I’ve discovered for strap adjustment. 

Consolation

Total good and cozy. 

Ankle Strap: The ankle strap conformed nicely to my boots and there was no strain occurring there. 

Toe Strap: Ditto ankle straps. 

Canted Footbed: No. 

Padded Footbed: Good cush feeling footbed with a pleasant reboundy really feel. 

Highback: Good quantity of padding, overlaying many of the highback. And no calf-bite, which is the primary factor there.

Ankle Help 

Actually first rate ankle help. Not out of this world, however nonetheless above common and never one thing that I thought of except I used to be really fascinated with it for this evaluate. 

Rating Breakdown and Last Verdict

Try the breakdown of the rating within the desk under.