Last tested
2025
Status:ongoing
2026

Mezzalama

An upgrade of the DNA+ race binding for light touring: designed for purists
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  • Technical specifications

Buyer’s Guide reviews

Comfort / Dynafit inserts
Step-in
Release with pole
Release with gloves
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The charts show our impressions from testing
Product info
Category average
Release test / Dynafit inserts
FRONT R + L average
Poor
Heel cap
Poor
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Release test / Other inserts
FRONT R + L average
Poor
Heel cap
Poor
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Comfort / Other inserts
Step-in
Release with pole
Release with gloves
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In words

Intro
This employs a similar in design to the DNA, but is less extreme. Ideal for light-and-fast missions and perhaps less demanding races. The similarities are evident not only in the form, but also in the function of the brake (optional here, but there’s also a + version which includes it as a standard), which is connected to the climbing aid. The weight difference is about thirty grams, and brakes are available in 68 mm, 74 mm and 80 mm widths. The lightweight structure features aluminum elements machined from solid blocks, such as the toe jaws and hollow heel. The U-spring, unlike the DNA, has a rounded cross section and release settings are adjustable.
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Fit
The ability to adjust release values at the heel are a valuable asset when racing as well as leisure touring, adding safety and peace of mind, although anything above the bare minimum weights and dimensions found in the race world and the forces involved change. Each toe jaw employs just one single spring, but the binding still feels nice and snappy and energetic, and the extra long lever makes the jaws easy to open.
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Technical specifications

Materials
high-tech synthetic material, aluminum, steel
Type
full pin
Ski brake
yes (68, 74, 80 mm)
Number of mounting screws
7
Crampon slot
Yes
Adjustable release range
Yes
Available versions
Mezzalama
Walking modes
1
Released in
2022
Price
500 €
Declared specsMeasured by us
N/A
Drop
XXXXX
125 gr
Individual weight
XXXXX
N/A
Toe cap weight
XXXXX
N/A
Heel cap weight
XXXXX
N/A
Mounting screws weight
XXXXX
N/A
Front pin height
XXXXX
N/A
Rear pin height
XXXXX
N/A
Minimum release range
XXXXX
N/A
Maximum release range
XXXXX
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Top stories
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Location
Test Center Pontedilegno Tonale

Our freeride base camp 

Location
Base Camp Race

Sertorelli Sport Hotel

Location
Test Center Cervino Ski Paradise

To test the equipment and skins for the Race category, we based ourselves in Breuil-Cervinia

Location
Test Center Livigno

For the second year in a row, we headed to Livigno, aka Little Tibet.

Race
Intro
Race: boots

Innovation at the lower end of the market

Instruction
Boot under the microscope

We tested flex, walkability and liner warmth in the Light, Tour and Free unisex models

Intro
Made for women: skis and boots

Strong women

Free
Intro
Free: boots

A new era

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