Styve

This was my first kite after having a stacker 6. I didnt get to fly it in reasonable winds for a while and i have to admit it scared the hell out of me, and that was just the anticipation. If you are beginning and you see one one ebay grab it as they really are a good kite to start with, but always worth having in the bag. The small ones are noisy i have a 2m viper and that is 'buzzy' dont know why, this one is quite and can generate immense pull, i have been dragged down many a beach with this kite both intentionally and not intentionally. The best thing about these kites, same as vipers, is that a bit of a increase on the brake lines is like the turbo coming in power wise, a great buggy engine with no lift and if you want that turn of speed just slowly put pressure on the brake and you will feel the buggy accelerate by 5 or 10 mph or more, down side is that it can be very difficult to overcome that, begin to put the brakes on for real and bring the thing down, the best method is kite killers, which I dont remember if they were around when i bought the kite, but they save you loosing it. I picked up a 5M viper last year on ebay and its a good addition to the skytiger. Wind speed? well, whatever you can manage it in and depends on your weight, this kite is very entertaining in 25 mph winds and not for the faint hearted, a good buggy session could be had with the 40 in 15 to 22mph winds. For what you would pay, get rid of the boingy lines which may come with it, add some new flexi lines and you have a fast responding power house for very little money and you will always keep your first powerkite. By : Styve100

Although initially appearing maybe expensive for a small foil, I have to say in my experience of the kite world, you def get what you pay for except in rare circumstances, like the one we bought for 20 euros in a french supermarket, but the expense of generally finding such kites is unreasonable if you want one now! The buzz was aimed by flexi as a kite that any serious flyer could keep in their kit bag and on days when they didnt want to set up and had 20 mins to have a quick fly before going out etc its fine. Also family and friends can have ago with the buzz whilst you fly down the beach and wonder if your watchers will be there when you ge back. Its very easy to fly and responses are exactly like those of all its bigger brothers from the stable. Its predictable copes with gusts, and will fly the window very well, the feedback is good and very little input needed to get it 'buzzing' around, it can be flown by lazy and quick hands alike and will respond, even if you crash it, its quite easy to launch on your own from the handles, just flick it sideways with one line, let the wind move it and roll it over, as soon as an open cell points skyward and flick on the opposite handle and up it goes. An easy size to handle and you can shake sand etc out very easy. You get 2 18M flexi lines which i think are 100kg and a winder, a very cool stuff bag which it all goes into within about 5 mins or less, you can get it out and flying in about 3 mins. I would def recommend the Buzz to anyone interested in flying kites as a starter, there is no maintenance with this kite, as long as you can tie a larks head knot within 5 mins from new you can be flying it. It does what it says on the tin so the only variable is the flyer, hence fun is guaranteed as long as there is at least 5mph of wind. There is no upper limit to the Buzz wind range, i did read that someone went buggying with one in 40mph+ winds and no reason why you couldnt. So to sum up, yes £50+ is a lot to pay for a small foil, but its worth it and will last forever and your friends, kids and family can have a go and not get carried away or rip your £300 kite. I guess the est benefit is the kids starting out on a kite like this. By : Styve100