Comments on: TSL Snowshoes Review: Symbioz Hyperflex Phoenix & Highlander Adjust https://terradrift.com/tsl-snowshoes-review-symbioz-hyperflex-phoenix-highlander-adjust/ Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, and Travel Tue, 06 May 2025 20:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Alisha McDarris https://terradrift.com/tsl-snowshoes-review-symbioz-hyperflex-phoenix-highlander-adjust/#comment-873 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:39:24 +0000 https://terradrift.com/?p=9269#comment-873 In reply to Martin.

Thanks for sharing your experience! As pretty dang small people ourselves, it’s so good to be able to hear and share the perspectives of a wider range of users. We dig these snowshoes, too, so we’re glad to hear they’re standing up to extended testing!

]]> By: Martin https://terradrift.com/tsl-snowshoes-review-symbioz-hyperflex-phoenix-highlander-adjust/#comment-870 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:24:49 +0000 https://terradrift.com/?p=9269#comment-870 The Highlander model in large has a higher weight rating than any of the main brands out there at 300 pounds. I own a pair of TSL Highlander and have found them to be more robust than Tubbs, Atlas, and other brands I have owned and broken after less than a season of use each time. I weigh 260 pounds dry, which by the time I get dressed and carry a day hike backpack with what I need for longer day hikes brings me closer to the 300 pound mark. Most snowshoes are still for a casual flat terrain trail but I live by fairly steep incline trails and get out a couple times a week on moderately challenging conditions. I do not have a full season on the Highlander snowshoes but they appear to be taking the abuse better than any of my previous snowshoes. I am only sharing my experience as I read the review before buying them and while it was very helpful, I would like to suggest they are far more sturdy in real life conditions than was suggested in the review. As a heavy person who tends to push gear to its limits and experience a lot more failure than those I hike with, because of the strain my weight puts on the gear, I can only suggest that the Highlander model has a construction that appears to make it far more durable and robust than any of the other brands I have tried or seen, including MSR. The hinge on the bindings has been the first part to break on the last three pairs of snowshoes I have owned. Most high end snowshoes have a very similar metal bracket design that serves as the hinge under the ball of the foot, the TSL design is secured above the deck instead of below and it feels to me like this design does a much better job at absorbing the repetitive pressure and impact of the steps required to climb and descend steep slopes on snowshoes. Thank you for the review!

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