salomon high performance skis QST X float and fun whether charging freeride lines or hunting deep powder stashes Salomon S/FORCE AM 80 ski

The natural feel is further enhanced by the motors incredibly quiet operation

When the pack was full, inserting a full bladder into a side-load design was more challenging for our testers

Theres nothing worse than arriving in a location that you imagined would be pristine just to find piles of TP everywhere

On the downside though it has more plastic inside and out, big play in the shaft, it's tighter to spin due to seals even though they still tell us it's not waterproof, has downgraded gearing, bail closure is counter intuitive, the very useful service port is gone, and now it has become one of the heaviest spinning reels in production surpassing even the hefty Penn Torque 9