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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Powder, Carving). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Lotus 112 — deep days you ride a lift to. 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 | Lotus 112 | Laser SX |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 3 | 8🏆 |
| Park | 3🏆 | 1 |
| Playfulness | 8🏆 | 5 |
| Forgiveness | 7🏆 | 6 |
| Stability | 5 | 7🏆 |
| Powder | 9🏆 | 2 |
Deep days you ride a lift to. The Lotus 112 is shaped to come around fast in soft snow — a short sidecut under a wide platform, with deep tip rocker and taper doing the float work. It also answers a specific question well: you liked the 112 shape but found the Kaizen version had drifted too far toward all-mountain duty. That is the exact change DPS says it made.
Skinning. This is a resort build whose construction list names neither flax nor paulownia, and DPS sells the Pagoda Tour CFL 112 at the same width and radius for people who climb. It is also not a firm-snow ski: the construction list DPS publishes has no metal layer in it, 112mm is a lot of ski to tip over, and neither official source claims on-piste ability. Skip it if you want to point it down open terrain at speed — 15m is a short sidecut, and the 21m Lotus 117 is built for that instead. And skip it if you are buying specifically because DPS says the tip shape and flex are new: our own 25/26 record holds just one tip width to compare, 141mm at 189cm, and it is unchanged, while neither official source publishes a flex figure.
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 — 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 Lotus 112 is best for deep days you ride a lift to. 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 DPS Lotus 112 is the most forgiving option with a Forgiveness score of 7/10. It doesn't punish imperfect technique, making it the easiest ski to progress on among these.
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