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PTO Review
We skied them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (All-Mountain, Carving). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Montero AX — strong intermediate to expert skiers who spend most days on groomed or firm snow and want one forgiving, precise ski for the whole resort. 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 | Montero AX | Laser SX |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 9🏆 | 8 |
| Park | 1🏆 | 1🏆 |
| Playfulness | 6🏆 | 5 |
| Forgiveness | 7🏆 | 6 |
| Stability | 8🏆 | 7 |
| Powder | 3🏆 | 2 |
Strong intermediate to expert skiers who spend most days on groomed or firm snow and want one forgiving, precise ski for the whole resort. It fits mid-radius carvers who want Stöckli edge feel without race-ski effort, and anyone whose off-piste time is chop and spring snow rather than deep powder.
Powder-priority skiers: 80 mm of waist is the wrong tool, flotation was the lowest-scored trait in its testing, and no all-mountain label changes that - deep days want a wider ski. Dedicated short-turn carvers: the slalom-rhythm end of this family belongs to the narrower, quicker Montero AS, and buying the AX for that job means buying the wrong Montero. Technical experts chasing maximum high-speed stability and a wider off-piste platform: testers are blunt that the AX prioritizes forgiveness over aggression - that end of the line is the Montero AR's. And anyone taking the any-terrain, any-conditions billing literally: this is a firm-snow ski that tolerates soft days, not the reverse.
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 Montero AX is best for strong intermediate to expert skiers who spend most days on groomed or firm snow and want one forgiving, precise ski. 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 Montero AX 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 Montero AX leads in Carving with a PTO score of 9/10. Its edge grip on hard snow and groomed runs is the strongest in this comparison.
The Stöckli Montero AX 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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