I purchased the 833's in January 98 and have yet to have a problem with them. The bindings are solid and easy to use. The toe and heel crampons provide surefooting on steep slopes and hardpacked snow. I weight 195 lbs and have carried 50 lb packs with serious sinking. These are great snowshoes for the average dayhiker or backpacker.

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I tried out snowshoes from Yuba, Atlas, Faber,& MSR during a demo day at a local cross country ski place and found the Atlas' to be the superior snowshoe.

Supported my weight (240 lbs) very well in deep powder. Bindings are easy to adjust. I like these the best of all that I've tried.

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Tubbs, Redfeather

I purchased the 833s and haven't had any problems with them. They are slightly narrower than a similar pair of Tubbs I had borrowed for a trip and therefore were much easier to walk in. I also found the binding system on the Atlas snowshoes to be better at securing the whole boot, and can easily be adjusted with mittens on. The binding doesn't have the same range as the Tubbs, but I think that helps on steeper sections where you may want to pick up the whole snowshoe and not drag the tail. I've also seen Tubbs snowshoes come apart, whereas the Atlas snowshoes have one welded aluminum tube.

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Tubbs