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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Powder, All-Mountain Freestyle). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Powderworks Lotus Tour 117 — a specific kind of day: skins on before dawn, an open face nobody has touched, and a descent measured in a handful of long turns rather than fifty short ones.. Bent 100 — intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle.. Check the radar chart below to see where each one wins.
Each row compares all skis on one dimension. 🏆 marks the highest score.
| Dimension | Powderworks Lotus Tour 117 | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 2 | 6🏆 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 5 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 6 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 5🏆 | 5🏆 |
| Powder | 9🏆 | 6 |
A specific kind of day: skins on before dawn, an open face nobody has touched, and a descent measured in a handful of long turns rather than fifty short ones. If that is what your winter looks like — and if the climb is done by you, not a chairlift — this ski was drawn for it. It also answers a narrower question well: you already like how the Lotus rides in deep snow, but the resort version is more ski than you want to haul several thousand feet.
Lift laps. Firm groomers will feel vague underfoot, and nothing in DPS's material claims otherwise — there is no hardpack performance statement for this model in either official source. Skip it too if your descents are narrow: a 21m radius on a 117mm platform does not pivot out of trouble, and the Koala Tour 111 is DPS's own answer at 111mm and 18m. Skip it if you want the calmest possible ride through chopped-up snow at speed, because the weight you are not carrying uphill is the weight that would have damped it. And skip it if being able to reorder matters — Powderworks runs are small, and DPS does not publish how many are made.
Intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle. It rewards people who like to press, slash and ride switch, plus lighter or less aggressive skiers who do not want to fight a heavy ski, and anyone after one do-it-all ski that still floats on a soft day. It also makes a light resort-to-sidecountry option.
Skiers who want a metal ski's hard-snow bite and race-like precision: with a light woodcore and no metal laminate, the Bent 100 handles a groomer but will not match a metal ski's edge hold on firm snow or feel as locked-in on ice. Heavier, aggressive skiers who charge through cut-up crud will feel the light build deflect - a metal all-mountain ski like the Nordica Enforcer 100 tracks that line better. True beginners should skip it too; independent reviews place it at intermediate and up. And if deep powder is the priority, the wider Bent 110 or Chetler 120 is the better tool.
Powderworks Lotus Tour 117 is best for a specific kind of day: skins on before dawn, an open face nobody has touched, and a descent measured in a handful of long turns rather than fifty short ones. Bent 100 is best for intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle. The right choice depends on your terrain, ability, and riding style.
DPS Powderworks Lotus Tour 117 has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 5/10. That score compares composure; it does not by itself mean the product is the most versatile choice.
Atomic Bent 100 leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 6/10.
Atomic Bent 100 has the highest Forgiveness score here at 8/10. Forgiveness is one factor in progression, not a claim that every beginner should choose it.
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