Rome Vice Snowboard Bindings Review

Hello and welcome to my Rome Vice snowboard bindings review.

In this review I will take a look at the Vice as freestyle snowboard bindings.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Vice a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how they compare with other freestyle bindings.

Overall Rating

Bindings: Rome Vice 2025

Price: $299 (USD recommended retail)

Style: Freestyle

Flex Rating: Medium (5/10)

Flex Feel: Medium (5/10)

Rating Score: 90/100

Compared to other Men’s freestyle Bindings

Overview of the Vice’s Specs

Check out the tables for the Vice’s specs and available sizes.

Specs

Who are the Vice Most Suited To?

The Vice are best suited to those looking for bindings with a good balance between slow speed turns and high speed carves that have really good board feel and shock absorption. Which to me makes them ideal for all-mountain freestyle and park riders. But also all-mountain riders, so long as you're not someone who likes to push the limits of speed and carve angles. 

Best matched to boards in the 3/10 to 6/10 flex range, and particularly well suited to the 4/10 to 5/10 flex range, IMO. 

These are easy going bindings, but not quite what I would call beginner easy-going for the average weight/strength beginner. But could work for bigger/stronger beginners. 

Test/review details for the Vice

O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Vice are capable of.

Demo Info

Binding: Rome Vice, M/L

Date: March 15, 2024

Responsiveness

At their flex, they were never going to be highly suitable to high speed, deep leaning carves, but they are still decent enough. My overall setup felt very similar for carving as with my control bindings (Burton Malavita) and not quite as good as with the Rome 390 Boss, which I also rode that day. 

They did, however, feel better than the 390 Boss in terms of slow speed agility. Again, they felt very similar to my control bindings for slow speed agility. 

Overall a good balance between high speed stability/carving and slow speed maneuverability. 

Board Feel/Butterability

I found the Vice had really good board feel. As good as my control bindings, which are up there, in my experience. And felt a little better than the 390 Boss too. They share a mini-disc the same as on the 390 Boss, so I don't know if it was down to the overall softer flex or the fact that these have Rome's Asymwrap, as opposed to the 390 Boss which is on the Fullwrap chassis. 

Pop/Ollie Power

In terms of power, I found them to be typical - and the equal of my control bindings and the 390 Boss. This is an area that I find doesn't vary a heck of a lot between bindings. But on occassion, there's a binding that feels more noticeably above or below the norm. I would say in terms of initiating ollies, they were a touch easier to do than in the 390 Boss - same overall power, but just a touch easier to initiate with. Equal of my control bindings for initiation. 

Adjustability

Heel Cup: Yes - great for boot centering.

Stance Width: Good. While the Vice technically uses a "mini-disc" it's more in between a full disc and a really mini-disc. And this allows better stance width adjustability and means you can fit them on boards with extra sets of inserts that sit 4cm away from the main insert pack. 

Highback Lean: Yes, and tool-less.

Ankle Strap Position: Yes. It doesn't have the Pivot ankle strap like the likes of the Katana, so not as much position variation as that, but you can adjust it higher or lower up your ankle, depending on if you want more ankle support or a surfier/freer feel. 

Toe Strap Position: Yes - 2 positions.

Ankle and toe strap length: Yes, of course, and tool-less - and one of the easiest tool-less systems for adjusting straps that I've used.  

Gas pedal/toe ramp extension: While there is no extension, technically, i.e. you can't make the footbed any longer, the footbed does move and allows you to move it either closer to the heel or closer to the toe, so it essentially has toe and heel adjustment. Which is good for boot centering. This along with the heel cup adjustment should mean that perfect boot centering on board and bindings should be achievable for anyone within the boot size range for the particular binding size.

Highback Rotation: Yes

Compatible with: 2 x 4 | The Channel | 4 x 4 (while it's technically a mini-disc, there is enough space for it to span 4cm for 4 x 4 systems or boards with setback insert packs that are 4cm back from the main insert pack).

Shock Absorption

I found they had a high level of shock and chatter absorption. On par with my control bindings and very similar to the 390 Boss as well. 

Entry/Exit

There's nothing particularly special going on for entry/exit, but they work as they should and I didn't have any issues with stickiness or anything like that, with the ratchets. 

Not strictly entry/exit, but I did find the strap adjustments really easy. One of the easiest I have found for strap adjustment. 

Comfort

Overall nice and comfortable. 

Ankle Strap: The ankle strap conformed well to my boots and there was no pressure going on there. 

Toe Strap: Ditto ankle straps. 

Canted Footbed: No. 

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

Highback: Good amount of padding, covering most of the highback. And no calf-bite, which is the main thing there.

Ankle Support 

Really decent ankle support. Not out of this world, but still above average and not something that I thought about unless I was actually thinking about it for this review. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.

The Vice are super fun bindings and matched my control board perfectly for flex. They offer a great balance for both carving and agility, being a little more suited to slower speed, more playful riding than they are higher speed, more aggressive riding. But they aren't so soft/playful that you can't lay down some reasonable speed, reasonably high angle carves with confidence. 

They are highly adjustable and with all that adjustability should be able to fit most boots well and allow for good boot centering on both board and binding, so long as you pick the right size. 

The Vice's best qualities are shock absorption and board feel and those were the biggest things, asides from their adjustability, that made them stand out from the average mid-flex bindings.