hovis

The kite is the quility i expected as i have a 2.5m ace, stiching, fabric, overall apearence i found to be up their with the more expensive kites. Everybody says this about the lines that they are rough, and they are, but they do what they are ment to do and all in all the lines and handles are of reasonable quaility. My first flight was a good day just right for this kite, layed out the lines took 20 min to sort them out etc apart from that everything was good. Kite ready to go me a little bit exicited, well i pulled back on the power and up she went no problem, i was serprised at the pull and lift it gave without even trying and skidded about 2m along the beach, o by the way my first flight was on a beach which was just as well, the break lines seemed to be a little bit slack but this kite does not need much break to turn it and i got used to this very quickly, you could fly this kite as a two line kite if you wished,but the kite really needs to be turned with the breaks though, so i started to move it about back and forth through the window, moved well very stable and smooth keeps its shape well if you use the breaks lightly. About 20 min the wind picked up a little, not much to worry about, but woow did this make a differance, instead of pulling me 2m it pulled me through most of the window and the lift was exiciting to say the least, i had to sit down through the power spots, this didn't make any difference, the kite just pulled me around like a rag doll, after 15 min had to put it away, my arms was streached 3inches longer and my bum felt like i had given birth to a large rock, haven't said that i might of as i was unforgivenly hauled over some (beach was a little stoney in places), This kite is very exciting to fly in normal winds but mad in slightly stronger ones, for being a 4m kite which is ment to be ok in most winds (for a larger man honest i'm not fat just a big boned 15.5 stoner), this one is not a strong wind kite if you want a easy time, but great fun if you like jumping being pulled in every direction, i just wanted a calm easy to fly kite, well with this i got more than i expected, which is always nice. Would i say buy this one? yes sure give it a go what you say about the lines etc will disapear and the excitment will take over after the first 5 min, all in all a good kite well worth the money. I'm not an expert in kite flying i do it for pure fun, and the kite is fun. So enjoy. By : hovis