Rottefella NNN BC Auto Backcountry Bindings
The NNN BC Auto Backcountry Bindings are very user-friendly and easily operated with a convenient automatic step-in design that closes with an audible click and releases with ski-pole pressure.
- The 56mm wide steering plate gives excellent stability and ski control—features that are very important when skiing under variable snow conditions
- Compatible with boots with NNN BC soles
Imported.
View all Rottefella Cross-Country Ski Bindings| Best Use | Cross-country Skiing |
|---|---|
| Cross-country Style | Backcountry |
| Boot and Binding Compatibility | NNN BC |
| Weight (Pair) | 15.2 ounces |
| Gender | Unisex |
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Horrible binding, impossible to use
I wish I had read the reviews before buying new skis that come with these bindings. But, I've had Rottefella NNN BC bindings in the past and they worked great - but not these! We spent 30 minutes in 10 degrees with a 20 MPH wind while I tried and tried and tried to get the bindings to accept my NNN BC boot. Finally I gave up and drove the 30 miles home and looked at the other reviews. There some solace that I'm not alone but REI shouldn't be using these bindings, I'll be returning the skis and bindings tomorrow. I'm so disappointed that after a year of negative reviews about a product design issue, REI has continued to sell this product.
2022 Version is Unusable
I bought these NNN BC Auto bindings in the fall of 2021. I can confirm the other review that this version is not usable. I've been in this binding now 2x and each time it was a complete battle to get the boot into the binding. And to add insult to injury, while investigating this at home, I now can't get the boots out of the binding. It is not obvious what the problem is, but Rottefella has a significant problem with this binding. A Ski Tech told me that backing off the mounting screws under the rubber bumper slightly (1/8 turn?) may help. Rottefella needs to recall these bindings immediately and offer new bindings and mounting to people now stuck with a completely unusable product. I am not happy.
Great off-trail binding
I'ved used both the auto and manual ("Magnum") versions of this binding for over 20 years, sometimes 30+ days a year, and I find them to be durable, efficient and effective in providing the all-important link between boot and ski. They are narrow enough for many recreational touring skis and burly enough for most BC skis - I've gone to this binding on multiple types of skis so I only need to own one type of all-purpose boot. Contrary to other reviews, I find the auto-BC model easy to get into as long as you knock the snow out of the toe of the boot with your pole before stepping in. The Magnum requires bending over and leaning on the toe piece - takes a little more effort. I've never broken a pair of either model, although I have torn the metal bar out of the toe of my boots - not the binding's fault.
Good binding but might need some initial shop work
The bindings now work very well. I took off a star because of a serious manufacturing flaw which, fortunately, the ski shop manager at REI Town Center (near Philadelphia) was able to identify and fix. Initially I could not get my boots to clamp into the bindings. Every time I tried, they popped right out. More than a bit frustrated (this was right after the first meaningful snowfall in Philadelphia in two years), I took them back to REI. The ski shop manager figured out that the black plastic base had a casting flaw - it came up too high right where the pin is supposed to snap in. He used a 1/8 inch round file to take the plastic down below the bottom of the metal part of the clip, allowing the pin to drop all the way into its slot. The bindings worked perfectly both clipping on and taking off when I tried them again outside in the snow. Kudos to REI and a Bronx cheer to Rottefella for shipping a lot of bindings that should never have made it past QC.
Do Not Buy - Would Give 0 Stars if Possible
I got these as the bindings when I bought new XC skis and did not have a choice. Have tried using them on four different occasions over the past month and have had a negative experience each time. It is much too hard to get my boot to click in and, when I finally get it to click in, the bindings will regularly release when I try to ski. The bindings are seriously flawed and should be recalled.
Nightmare
I have been cross country skiing for 50 years and have never had the problems I am having with these bindings. They worked fine the first time I went out. The second time, I tried for over an hour to get one boot to stay in. When I finally got it in, I skied about twenty feet and then my ski fell off. Cold, frustrated and sad, I went home.
Awful. Impossible to snap in.
We have 2 new pairs of BC skis with these bindings, using them with 2 different models of Fisher boots. It is SO hard to get the boots to lock into these bindings- even while testing on carpet. I thought they would get better & loosen up with use, but they have not. We made the mistake of switching skis with my partner in the middle of the trip, and NEITHER of us could get our boots to lock in to either set of skis. May be taking the whole set back because if you can't actually USE your skis it really isn't fun.
Updated 2022 version has significant flaws
I had the "older" version of these (pre-2022) installed on some skis last year. They worked great. They worked SO great that I again had them installed on some new skis I purchased this year (2022). I noticed the appearance of the new (2022) bindings had changed slightly. Unfortunately, I also noticed that the performance of these had changed drastically. As noted in another review, they are now almost impossible to get the boot to attach without stepping on top of the foot with your other boot, or pounding on the top of your boot with the butt of your ski pole. This mostly only works on a hard building floor, and is relatively impractical in the field. I went to a local ski shop and tried a couple they already had mounted, some were better, some were worse. Bottom line, Rottefella made a change, or had a supply chain issue, and the "automatic" bindings are no longer usable. I finally had them removed and replace with the Manual version. It's unclear if Rottefella will honor a manufacturing defect warranty, since it is "theoretically" possible to insert a boot into the binding, by hammering it in with some sort of makeshift tool or implement.
Terrible, do not work
Echoing all the recent reviews about how terrible and nonfunctional these are. Bought pre-mounted on 2 sets of new skis, both are defective. Tried two different types of NNN BC boots. Won’t lock in and if you do manage to get them in, they occasionally suddenly come off. Hoping we can modify somehow to get these to work as we can’t return easily.
Same problem with 2022 version, can’t get boot in
Super frustrating. Glad at least to know that others have had same problem.