I have heard some bad things about the Slydogs as well as the Simmons flexi skis. Who thinks what about different skis or should I stay with the stock ones.
Switch to DOO. You can get a 2008 136 renegade 800 for $5000 if you are looking at buying a used sled. Thats what my brother did. They are good in powder and on trails as well.
No they wont. the ereason for making them heavy was to make them stronger and more reliable by replacing the ported track with non ported track and a few other little things. Making them weigh more is for the better in the long run.
We could do the same thing with the new sleds as well. You just have to put a ported track back on the 2013 and it would weight the same as the 09 summit x