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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (All-Mountain, All-Mountain Freestyle). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Montero AR — advanced-to-expert skiers who put speed into medium-to-large arcs on groomed and firm snow, and want a damp, quiet ski that keeps carving when the surface chops up.. 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 | Montero AR | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 9🏆 | 6 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 4 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 3 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 9🏆 | 5 |
| Powder | 3 | 6🏆 |
Advanced-to-expert skiers who put speed into medium-to-large arcs on groomed and firm snow, and want a damp, quiet ski that keeps carving when the surface chops up. It rewards an aggressive, committed style - angulation and pressure, run after run - and suits skiers whose season is mostly frontside, crossing cut-up or wet snow between runs.
Skiers who want playful, snappy, quick edge-to-edge turns: group testers called the AR stiff and not as playful or snappy as the AX - the Montero AS and AX own that end of the line. Off-trail-first skiers: 84 mm with generous camber and modest rocker floats poorly, float sat at the bottom of its group-test scores, and the on-snow review said flatly it is not a playful freeride carver - deep days belong to the wider Stormrider line. Lighter or less aggressive skiers wanting an easy ski at slow speeds: testers called it heavy-feeling and said it takes extra effort to engage, and it demands speed, angulation and commitment it will not supply for you. And beginners: Stöckli's page lists no skier level for the AR, the group test rates it Advanced-Expert, and nothing about a ski built on giant-slalom stability is a learning platform.
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.
Montero AR is best for advanced-to-expert skiers who put speed into medium-to-large arcs on groomed and firm snow, and want a damp, quiet ski that keeps carving when the surface chops up. 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.
Stöckli Montero AR has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 9/10. That score compares composure; it does not by itself mean the product is the most versatile choice.
Stöckli Montero AR leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 9/10.
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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