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PTO Review
We skied them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (All-Mountain Freestyle, Carving). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Captis — skiers on the way up from intermediate to advanced whose week is groomers, bumps, trees, side hits and occasional park laps, in firm and mixed conditions more often than deep ones. Laser SX — piste skiers who want one comfortable, wide-range carver and prefer all-day ease to race-build effort. Check the radar chart below to see where each one wins.
Each row compares all skis on one dimension. 🏆 marks the highest score.
| Dimension | Captis | Laser SX |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 6 | 8🏆 |
| Park | 5🏆 | 1 |
| Playfulness | 8🏆 | 5 |
| Forgiveness | 8🏆 | 6 |
| Stability | 5 | 7🏆 |
| Powder | 4🏆 | 2 |
Skiers on the way up from intermediate to advanced whose week is groomers, bumps, trees, side hits and occasional park laps, in firm and mixed conditions more often than deep ones. It also fits freestyle-leaning all-mountain skiers who value pivot ease and switch riding over raw power.
Powder-focused skiers: Black Crows rates the Captis' floatation intermediate at 90 mm, and deep days belong to the Atris at 105 mm. Aggressive high-speed chargers: the flex is tolerant by design, and testers report tip flap and chatter when the ski is pushed. Hard-snow carvers chasing grip and damping: there is no metal in this layup, and heavier piste skis stay calmer on boilerplate. Dedicated park-only skiers: the -6 cm mount makes it an all-terrain twin, not a park tool. And experts shopping for a top-end ski: the Captis is the entry point of the line, built and priced like one — step up to the Camox or beyond instead of asking $669 to ski like $999.
Piste skiers who want one comfortable, wide-range carver and prefer all-day ease to race-build effort. It suits medium-to-long-turn skiers at moderate-to-fast speed — the Laser SX runs the longest radius in the line — who value low-input, forgiving manners on groomed and variable hard snow over maximum edge bite. Stöckli's own brief calls it a genuine all-rounder among piste skis.
Powder and off-piste skiers: at 74 mm on a pure on-piste geometry the Laser SX has no float, and the wider range Stöckli talks about is range within the groomers, not off them. Short-turn and slalom-rhythm skiers: the radius bottoms out at 13.1 m, and quick edge-to-edge belongs to the Laser CX or the shorter Laser SL. Skiers chasing race-level grip and power: there is no Race Core, no carbon, and no racing sidewall here, and the 1.5° comfort base bevel is not the 1.0° race tune of the SC and WRT — that bite lives on those skis, not this one. Anyone who needs a published on-snow test before buying should wait: this generation is completely redesigned and no independent review of it exists yet — every existing Laser SX review is of the older, narrower ski and does not apply. And Stöckli lists no skier level of its own; read this as an intermediate-to-advanced piste ski, inferred from its mechanics rather than measured on snow.
The Captis is best for skiers on the way up from intermediate to advanced whose week is groomers, bumps, trees, side hits and occasional park. The Laser SX is best for piste skiers who want one comfortable, wide-range carver and prefer all-day ease to race-build effort. The right choice depends on your primary terrain, ability level, and riding style.
The Stöckli Laser SX scores highest in Stability at 7/10, making it the strongest all-mountain option. It handles groomers, chop, and variable conditions without losing composure, so it's the best single-ski choice for skiers who want one pair for the whole mountain.
The Stöckli Laser SX leads in Carving with a PTO score of 8/10. Its edge grip on hard snow and groomed runs is the strongest in this comparison.
The Black Crows Captis is the most forgiving option with a Forgiveness score of 8/10. It doesn't punish imperfect technique, making it the easiest ski to progress on among these.
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