Only 3' of snow here in this part of Idaho, at least at this site. The bindings mod worked great, for about 25'. Then one boot slipped out the back, expected I guess, as these bindings on a snowboard have a back of heel plate. Just tightening the bindings more worked to keep them on until I got back to the plane, where I had 2 heel straps (thinking this issue may arise.) Just leftovers from the old binding setup, light 1" webbing, with one of those nifty plastic connectors on the end that snap together in a male/female type arrangement, that still also allow strap tensioning (and not loosening if desired) once snapped together. I am already a big fan of those, used appropriately they are super handy and I have yet to break one in any of my many uses of them.
So, around the rear of my heel, then up front through part of the old binding, and snap, then a tug on the strap to snug it up. The next LZ I got the new improved version out, and realized that with the heel strap, the other two bindings didn't need to ratcheted tight, just kinda snug. But they were still loose enough to allow me to simply slide my boot into place, then all that was left was to snap and snug the web strap. It took maybe 10 or 15 seconds per boot, if that. I've had 3 different pairs of snowshoes, all of them pissed me off everytime I absolutely needed them, complicated strapping that got out of adjustment and was laborious in use. This setup is a huge improvement, not just in a possible survival situation, if it's life or death who cares how long it takes to strap them on, more a great convenience. No more post holing it as I don't want to deal with the old style bindings to just go a relatively short distance. This may be my single biggest advance in my winter gear since my T-3 tailspring pusher, I'll make a separate post about that.