TEST: Diamond files Moonflex

have very compact and you can bring them into the pocket of a ski suit or backpack. Available in 5 sizes, easily identifiable by a different color code. The Black grained thick plates which remove more material is ideal in the first roughing the edges, are flanked by strips of red, yellow, white, blue, which gradually via a particle size below.

The set being tested is version MINIFILE dedicated to the consumer, ie all those who have no vices for holding skis on a bench work. The set is not too expensive and the diamond files are same as those for sale for some time and have received unanimous acclaim, are only in the shorter version.

The horn is of immediate use, is well in hand and not heavy, is not particularly accurate, but for those who are beginners are more than enough. This is used by placing the soles of the ski ( the black graphite) and the flat part of the file on the outer edge of the foil, where we want to rekindle the corner. The advice we give is to act on short stretches of lamina 5-10cm maximum and without pressing too much, apart from doing many repeated past so as to "harden" the foil and keep the same tilt of the hand (most important).

The downsides of this set are virtually non-existent for those who have no need for sharpening professional: the diamond files to prevent serious damage to the edges, ease of transport is high and the cost affordable. Buying therefore consigliassimo who want to start from scratch to try to make their own skis or those who need a "travel set" or take to the track. With a set of files can be laminated on average about 150 pairs of skiing, depending on us with an excellent quality / price / time.

According to the manufacturer, Sorma of Venice, are used by the affilalamine Skiman World Cup, and provide maximum security and performance optimization.
skiman The more experienced or who have handled the metal brackets you will find instead a little uncomfortable with these files Moonflex MINIFILE: the teams are too light and too small compared to those to which you are accustomed to the usual: the relative brevity of the file and the lightness of the bracket, in fact, if you are not careful, can cause slight changes in angle at which you go to work. As discussed below, however this is not the target sought by the manufacturer: for experienced users and laboratories are producing different configurations professional.

The aspect that makes a wide audience to appreciate the product being tested is that the diamond files Moonflex you can not ruin the blade because the material removed is very little. For this reason, the tools needed to revive the thread and not to do it again from scratch. An operation to be performed for example at the end of a beautiful day on the slopes but to complement the regular treatment of the plates, to be entrusted to a professional ski man every 8-10 outputs.
Remember then, to those who want to buy this set, that the diamond files are used by the largest and finest especially wet from a solution of water and alcohol, or if you are "hands on" enough to moisten the file with a little 'snow. And it is this difficult situation in which the set Minifile can give their best and give pleasure even to experienced users for editing on the fly.
Finally, and we want to emphasize this, the set of object test, is what we recommend for producers and an audience of newcomers: in fact the test was done on files MINIFILE, while for the more experienced ski man, for there is a laboratories and sciclub PROFESSIONAL line, dedicated evolved precisely to a target. This line is a bit 'bulkier, require increased dexterity and above all needs to work a banquet, but the results are obviously more suitable for professional use.