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PTO Review
We skied them. Here's how they stack up.
Laser SL — skiers who live on hard snow and want short, fast, precise turns: strong intermediates through experts who actively drive the ski from a centered stance. 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 | Laser SL | Laser SX |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 10🏆 | 8 |
| Park | 1🏆 | 1🏆 |
| Playfulness | 5🏆 | 5🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 5 | 6🏆 |
| Stability | 8🏆 | 7 |
| Powder | 1 | 2🏆 |
Skiers who live on hard snow and want short, fast, precise turns: strong intermediates through experts who actively drive the ski from a centered stance. It suits piste and ice specialists who value edge grip and a calm, damp ride over versatility, and anyone who wants slalom-race DNA without the punishment and narrow size range of a FIS ski.
Off-piste and soft-snow skiers: at 66 mm with a race-slalom shape the Laser SL has no float, and the one independent review of it says plainly to look elsewhere for crud and off-trail. Long-arc, GS-rhythm skiers: the 14.5 m top radius runs out early — that is Laser WRT or Laser SC territory. Passive cruisers who want the ski to do the work: it is happiest under an active, centered skier and gives a backseat rider little. Gate racers: this is the recreational Laser SL, not the Laser SL FIS — different construction, a 0.5°/3.0° race tune, and a forward mount live on that separate ski. And note the split on ability: the independent review says advanced-to-expert, a forum owner says so easy to ski — we keep both rather than flatten them.
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 Laser SL is best for skiers who live on hard snow and want short, fast, precise turns: strong intermediates through experts who actively. 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 SL scores highest in Stability at 8/10, 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 SL leads in Carving with a PTO score of 10/10. 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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