Better for what? Easier turning or harder bite? Float better or more durable or what? Obviously track length and lug height must be matched to best ski so what is yours?
Easier turning (with Carls cut). They do float better.
The biggest thing is the ability to make downhill turns without the ski folding up and "putting the brakes on" due to the rubber bumpers collapsing. Those rubber bumpers on the grippers are very low quality. Mohawk bumpers are just about perfect. With the grippers you really have to be on your game in a medium to hard downhill turn or you nearly get thrown over the bars. With the Mohawks, one can make a nice controlled carve in deep powder. Again, the Carls cut is a great mod to this ski!!
The way the saddles mount and intersect with the spindles is a very solid connection. The saddle can also be adjusted forward or backward a bit for personal preference and on trail handling. We just set them for the riding we do, which is almost always medium to deep powder. The Mohawks are not as "twitchy" on the trail as the grippers, which tend to follow other ski tracks rather than making their own track, like the Mohawks do. You also have options on the Mohawks for carbide length.
We have never been concerned about "matching track length with lug height". My sled is a 163" with 2.6" lugs. We also use the Mohawks on a 155" x 2.6 lug. Same solid performance with the skis.
One other thing, that i did not realize until it happened . . . if you bend an A-arm, (you know how the ski tip points down on the grippers, and makes it almost impossible to ride out?) With the Mohawks, you can turn the saddle around and ride it out. Can't say it is "easy" to ride out, but is doable. Of course i have never had to do this
