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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Touring, Carving). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Pagoda Tour CFL 94 — skiers whose touring season is more often firm than deep. 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 | Pagoda Tour CFL 94 | Laser SX |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 7 | 8🏆 |
| Park | 1🏆 | 1🏆 |
| Playfulness | 3 | 5🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 4 | 6🏆 |
| Stability | 6 | 7🏆 |
| Powder | 3🏆 | 2 |
Skiers whose touring season is more often firm than deep. This is the narrow, low-rocker end of DPS's touring line, and the numbers point the same direction its copy does: the highest effective-edge share DPS publishes outside its carving skis, the smallest rocker share of any Pagoda Tour it builds, and a waist that keeps the ski quick to set on a refrozen traverse. It suits long alpine days, spring couloirs and technical descents where you would rather have edge under you than surface area, and it stays light enough at 1,437 g in the 171 that the ascent is not where you pay for it.
Deep snow. DPS makes a float claim for the 100 and builds the 112 around surfing, and for this one it claims neither — a 94mm ski carrying the smallest rocker share in the Pagoda Tour family has little to lift with when the snow gets soft. Skip it for cut-up afternoons at speed as well: a paulownia core and a layup with no metal sheet or plate do not have the mass that settles a ski in refrozen debris, and the flax DPS credits with damping carries no published figure. Skip it if you want a quick, short arc: this ski reaches 19.5m, the longest radius published anywhere in the family, and the two 15m Pagoda Tours are the 100 and the 112.
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 Pagoda Tour CFL 94 is best for skiers whose touring season is more often firm than deep. 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 Stöckli Laser SX is the most forgiving option with a Forgiveness score of 6/10. It doesn't punish imperfect technique, making it the easiest ski to progress on among these.
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