1 / 6Völkl Mantra 84 W Skis 26/27 (also known as Volkl)
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PTO Verdict
“The 84 mm Mantra platform in 149 to 170 — three 9s in the only women’s test that published scores, and testers who cannot agree on how much it forgives.”
Best for: Skiers who live on groomed and firm snow and want edge hold from an 84 mm ski: the only women's test that published scores rated quickness, edge grip and stability at the top of its card. Testers describe quick turn entry, energy coming back between turns, and a turn shape that changes on command rather than one the ski insists on. It is also the only route onto this platform at 149 or 156 cm, and the thread that tested it frames the buyer as an adventurous intermediate to advanced skier after a daily driver — not a carving specialist.
Not for: Powder-first skiers: this ski wears no Powder tag, and its Floatation 5 was the lowest number on that score card. Among the six PTO ordered, that tag sits four millimeters wider. Skiers whose priority is outright speed and power: the women's test thread is blunt about it and sends that skier up a width instead. Mogul specialists: one magazine test calls it too stiff for bumps and says moguls can feel like a chore, and while one tester and one owner demo report on 163s flatly disagree, an unresolved bump verdict is a poor thing to gamble a season on. Skiers who sit back and expect to be bailed out: the same magazine says it does not forgive that, even though a tester on the same length reported the opposite — which makes this a demo, not a purchase on faith. Anyone wanting a carving specialist should look elsewhere; the testers who liked it best describe a daily driver. And buyers who need a test of this exact season's article: the ride notes on record are prior-season.
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Description
The Völkl Mantra 84 W is an 84 mm ski built on the same 129-84-110 sidecut as the men's-line Mantra 84, in 149, 156, 163 and 170 cm. At the two lengths both models share, the radius figures match digit for digit; so do the price and the technology list. The catalog's differences: length range, graphic, suggested binding. No published claim calls this article softer, lighter or specially tuned, and PTO makes none.
The Tailored Titanal Frame is the piece to understand. Titanal is laid over the sidewall at tip and tail with its width set per ski length — shorter skis get less metal, which Völkl says makes them more agile. That length rule runs identically on both articles. Around it: full sidewalls, a Multilayer Woodcore, fiber-placed carbon tips, a brushed P-Tex 2100 base, German manufacture. Three radii are printed per length; at 163 cm, 23.5, 13.2 and 21.3 m front to rear. A 163 weighs 1,670 g on volkl.com's 26/27 table, binding not included.
The tag list: groomers, mixed snow, moguls, piste, professional, woman — no freeride, no powder. Among the six Völkl skis PTO ordered for 26/27, the one powder tag sits on the Mantra 88 W — not on the wider M7 Mantra W. Women testing the prior-season article put it on hard snow and liked it there: "Hard packed snow! These skis want to carve down the hill" was one summary, and the one women's test with a published score card gave it three 9s. Anyone needing 149 or 156 cm finds them here and nowhere else on this platform. Skiers chasing outright speed or powder days should look elsewhere, and the mogul verdict is disputed.
Step up to the Mantra 88 W for 4 mm more waist and a Freeride tag; step down and the Mantra 80 W trades the titanal platform for a glass frame. This one comes without a binding. The catalog suggests the Marker Squire 12 TCX; brake width, mount and release setting are bench work, and length is a conversation we would rather have with your boots on.
Specs
- Waist: 84 mm
- Dimensions: 129-84-110 mm at every published length
- Turn radius: 3D Radius Sidecut — 18.5 / 10.6 / 17.6 m (149); 20.9 / 11.9 / 19.4 m (156); 23.5 / 13.2 / 21.3 m (163); 26.3 / 14.7 / 23.3 m (170)
- Profile: Tip & Tail Rocker with camber underfoot
- Core: Multilayer Woodcore
- Construction: Tailored Titanal Frame, Tailored Carbon Tips and Full Sidewall ABS
- Base: P-Tex 2100 with brushed structure and Serial Finish
- Weight: 149: not published · 156: 1560 g · 163: 1670 g · 170: 1750 g per ski, without binding
- Lengths: 149 / 156 / 163 / 170 cm
- Origin: Made in Germany
- Binding: Not included — sold flat
- Article number: V2610118.000
Details
- Type
- SKI
- Vendor
- Völkl
- SKU
- V2610118-149
- UPC / GTIN
- 821264838693
149 cm
Völkl Mantra 84 W
By PTO Team, Based on official specs and professional review consensus
Spec analysis + published women's on-snow testing of last season's article · Analysis dated
These 10-point scores express PTO's editorial assessment of suitability for each use. They are not customer ratings or instrumented measurements; the analysis below explains the trade-offs.
The take
“The 84 mm Mantra platform in 149 to 170 — three 9s in the only women’s test that published scores, and testers who cannot agree on how much it forgives.”
Völkl's Mantra 84 W is the women's-line article of this 84 mm platform, and what matters most is how little separates it from the men's-line ski: an identical 129-84-110 sidecut, the same technology list, the same price, and radius figures that match to the last digit at 163 and 170, the only two lengths they share. What the catalog documents as different is the length range — 149 through 170 here — plus the graphic and the suggested binding. Völkl publishes no claim that this ski is detuned, lightened or softened for anyone, and PTO invents none.
The Mantra 84 W's on-snow record comes from women who skied it, and it is strongest on hard snow. The only women's test that published scores put edge grip at 9, stability at 9 and quickness at 9 out of 10. One tester on a 163 called it 'incredibly easy to bring around, just tip them on edge and they arc into beautiful carved turns', with 'great energy from one turn to the next' and no trouble switching turn shapes on command. A demo report on still-frozen aspects came back 'blown away by the edge hold'.
The Mantra 84 W also surprised its testers in soft and broken snow. One tester on spring corn wrote that it 'plowed right through the piles like a much wider ski' and did not feel tossed around in the chop; an owner in heavy wet new snow said it 'Carves and powers thru thick junky spring conditions'. That is not a powder claim: float rated 5 out of 10, its lowest score, and the tag set stops short of powder.
The Mantra 84 W has one unsettled question: how much it forgives. One tester wrote that 'you could relax on them without being punished for getting out of an ideal position from time to time'. A magazine test says the reverse — 'not forgiving to those who find themselves in the backseat', 'Not for the timid skier', 'Too stiff for bumps', with moguls called a chore — while that same demo report on a 163 found it 'very maneuverable in both slush and firmer bumps', and one tester disputes the magazine's bump verdict from her own day on soft snow. PTO does not reconcile that. Demo it, and take the bump question personally.
Around the Mantra 84 W the line points two ways. The women's test thread sends the fast, powerful skier to the Mantra 88 W, which adds a Freeride tag — though a poster in that same thread argues the 84 is becoming the more capable of the pair, so the direction is contested. Below it, the Mantra 80 W drops to a glass frame — stepping down changes platform, not just width. All five skiers in the forum reports PTO could find were on the 163, worth remembering before comparing scores with the men's-line ski: different testers, different lengths. It ships without a binding; that purchase and the mount happen here.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Sold flat, no binding in the box. No mount point is published for this model and PTO found no independent measurement of one, so mount position is set on the bench. Our pick: One suggested pairing appears in the catalog; PTO uses it as a starting point and then fits the binding to the boot in front of us.
- Marker Squire 12 TCXVölkl's catalog pick
Völkl prints this one for the ski in its 26/27 REC. BINDING column, in sandy–anthracite.
Treat that as Völkl's suggestion rather than a limit: it is not a compatibility ceiling and not a release setting. Brakes, sole standard and DIN all get checked in person by a certified technician against your own measurements, and PTO publishes no release numbers.
Common Questions
- Völkl Mantra 84 W or Mantra 88 W — what is the difference?
- The 88 W is 4 mm wider at the waist and picks up a Freeride tag this ski does not have; the 26/27 catalog prints the same radius table for both, and where volkl.com differs — 14.9 m at 156 cm on the 88 W against 19.4 m here — we read the web figure as a typo, because the rows either side of it run 17.6 and 21.3 m. The women's thread that tested this ski routes the fast, powerful skier up to the 88 W. A poster in that same thread argues the other way — that the 84 is becoming the more capable of the two — so the record is genuinely split.
- Is the Mantra 84 W a softer version of the Mantra 84?
- Völkl does not say so anywhere, and publishes no flex figure for either ski. On paper the two share the sidecut, the technology list and the price, and the radius figures are identical at 163 and 170, the lengths both come in; what the catalog documents as different is the length range, the graphic and the suggested binding. The weights match at one of the two shared lengths: volkl.com prints 1,670 g for both at 163 cm, and at 170 cm it prints 1,760 g for the men's Mantra 84 against 1,750 g here — a 10 g difference.
- Is the Mantra 84 W sold with a binding?
- No, it is flat. You buy the binding separately and we mount it here; the catalog’s suggested pairing for it is the Marker Squire 12 TCX. Come in with your boots — sole standard and brake width get checked in person, and the release setting is the technician’s call.
- Which length Mantra 84 W should I buy?
- Four lengths — 149, 156, 163 and 170 — with the published center radius running from 10.6 m at 149 to 14.7 m at 170. All five skiers in the forum reports PTO could find were on the 163, so treat any comment about how the other lengths ski as expectation rather than testing. We settle length in person, using your weight, your boots and the speed you actually carry.
- Has anything changed on the Mantra 84 W for 26/27?
- Nothing Völkl documents beyond a new graphic; the article number changes only its season digits, V2510118 becoming V2610118. The ride notes here come from tests of last season’s article.
- Does the Mantra 84 W replace the Secret 84?
- No predecessor is named by Völkl. Two outside sources disagree about which ski it follows — one says the Secret 84, one says it picks up where the Yumi 84 left off — so PTO takes neither side. Any lineage claim you meet on this model belongs to the source making it, not to Völkl.
