K2 Lineup Bindings Review

Who are the Lineup Most Suited To?

The Lineup is best for riding freestyle, particularly more playful freestyle riding. They have great board feel and a soft, surfy playful feel. 

Not for hard charging, but fine for cruising the rest of the mountain when not hitting the park or natural features. 

Great for beginners too. 

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 550mm (21.7″)

Board demoed with: K2 Medium 2020, 155

Baseplate Length: 27.0cm (10.63”)*

*measured on the top side of the footbed

Highback Height: 21cm (8.27”)*

* from bottom of heel cup to top of highback

Flex

The highback is quite flexy, more so than the overall feel of the ride. So whilst I don't think the baseplate is overly stiff, it's not super soft either. The straps are also not overly soft either. With a highback feel more like 3/10 and an overall feel of more like 4/10, with the strap/baseplate feel. 

Responsiveness

Hard to tell fully, because I wasn't riding them with my typical test board and the board I was riding them on, I didn't get along with that well. But they're never going to be an ultra aggressive binding - more on the surfy, playful side of things. 

Board Feel/Butterability

Really good board feel. And that's not a big surprise given the mini-disc and the tripod tech.  

Pop/Ollie Power

I would say a little less power for ollies/pop vs something like my test bindings (Burton Malavita) but again, really hard to tell without being able to test them on my test board. 

Adjustability

Good amount of adjustability overall.

Heel Cup: No

Stance Width: Good amount of stance width adjustment, without being great with that mini-disc 

Highback Lean: Yes - tool-less

Ankle Strap Position: No

Toe Strap Position: Yes

Ankle and toe strap length: Tool-less

Gas pedal/toe ramp extension: Yes

Highback Rotation: Yes, but not independent of forward lean adjustment

Compatible with: 2 x 4 | Channel

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Shock Absorption

Shock absorption is OK, without being epic. A bit of cush in the footbed, but relatively thin and nothing too plush going on there. Felt fine, but nothing special in this area. 

Entry/Exit

Average ratchets. Nothing bad about them at all, but not ultra smooth feeling either. Do the job just fine though. 

Comfort

Overall decently comfortable. 

Ankle Strap: It's really minimal, but still decently comfortable. Definitely preferred the strap to the K2 Formula. You could crank down too much on it, if you wanted to - but so long as you didn't over crank it they were good and comfortable. 

Toe Strap: Comfortable and conformed well to my boots. Again very minimal, but did the job it was supposed to and did it well. 

Canted Footbed: Yes

Padded Footbed: Relatively thin and hard, but also seemed to absorb shock OK. 

Ankle Support

A looser feel in there. Very thin straps that give you more freedom of movement/surfy feel vs being super supportive/locked in. 

Price/Value for Money

They come in at a very reasonable price point for what you get.  

Overall, the Lineup is a quality binding for it's price point. You get some good tech - with board feel being it's best quality. Great for those looking for a playful, surfy feeling binding for casual, playful freestyle riding. 

I admit though that this isn't my most accurate review and should be taken with a grain of salt, given that I was unable to test it on my test board, therefore unable to properly compare them to my test bindings.