Try strapping some ski boots, either your own or some rentals, into your
bindings, might not fit too well, but if you take a couple runs like that,
you'll get a bit of an idea if you like the feeling...

AsaaraAgain,

Have you actually tried that?

I haven't but I have a pretty good idea that that it would feel nothing like
a hard boot setup that included plate bindings. I'll assume that implicit
in your recommendation would be to set upo the strap bindings in stance that
is more akin to what someone would normally use in hard boots. Even so,
that doesn't change the fact that there would not be enough lateral support
to simulate actual hard booting.

I'm recommeding agsint this because I think it would turn whoever tried it
off from hard booting. Even if they might have liked a setup that included
plate bindings.

Mike T