Flexifoil Proteam 8

The Proteam 8 is a slightly larger version of the "Original" power kite, the stacker 6, having a 2 ft longer wing span hence the 8/6. It has a spar (bar) through the front edge, It has 2 flying lines both of which are attached to either end of the bar. The bar is extremely flexible and will be the last thing to breaking a crash (so no worries there). It has 2 30 meter 90kg flying lines.

This is an excellent beginners kite as it is easy to control, simple to assemble, the strings don't get tangled if you look after them properly because there only attached in one place, and wont whisk you straight off your feet (if you are planning to by a kite for a slightly smaller child (under ten) then a stacker 6 might be slightly more appropriate as it has less pull) but still fun for the more experienced flyer.

This kite has excellent agility and i have been able to pull it out from dives only inches from the ground, it is excellent for recreational flying and gives enough pull from a tiny bit of scudding. It's a great work out as well. More Flexifoil kites can be attached above this kite so it is easy to increase power and looks really good! I found stacked kites are fun to fly when flying my mate's stack of 2 stacker 6s.

Following suit of Flexifoil's excellent build quality, it has survived a bad crash in to a tree, countless high speed crashes into hard ground and only suffered a loss of a few rubber end caps, which cost pence so no worries there.

This kite has some down falls though; the snooker cue style bag is awkward to carry but is the only way to fit the spars. The long lines mean it can only be flown in a large un-crowded area and the spar makes a loud noise if you have quite a bad crash attracting a few glares from people near by (but nothing to worry about. Also the bar means it is likely to crash if the kite just skims the ground. The only major breakage I have had in 6 months is a broken line but that was after flying it into my friends kite and hearing a nasty sawing sound, when I went to re-launch my kite I saw the line was broken.

All in all I recommend it to any beginner to intermediate

I hope this advise has helped and are sorry if any of my comparisons to soft foil kites have been inaccurate as this is my first and at the moment only power/traction kite, but no for long

By : gammajonny