HQ Beamer II 3.6M

I was introduced into power kiting by one of my friends (Panthro on here). I’m a complete beginner and have never flown anything more than a single line kite about 18 years ago. Anyway Panthro was saying to me how much fun it was and I should give it a go so I read up and looked around and decided to go for a HQ beamer 2 3.6m. I wanted as big as recommended so I didn’t have to buy a bigger one so soon (it was hard enough getting my wife to let me get this one let alone another one in a couple of months).

A couple of days later and it arrived. I can’t really compare it with any other kites as I haven’t used or really seen any others but this is what I think of mine. It came with very clear instructions and with the beginners guide on here I decided I was confident enough to go out and start. The lines only needed a little adjustment to get them all the right size and I liked that it came with an easily adjustable brake lines. It probably only took me about ¼ hour to get set up and ready to fly (baring in mind this was my first time and I was on my own). I also liked the ground stake (might sound strange) it came in a belt sheath and wasn't pointed at the so you can't stab yourself and it has a nice bright orange handel so you can see it a mile off if you forget to pick it up straight away.

It took a few attempts to get it in the air and much muttering under my breath about how easy everybody makes it look. But I did eventually gat the hang of it to a low standard. I found the kite killers that came with it worked but got in the way more often or not particularly when I crashed and I found I didn’t really have a problem hanging on to the handles anyway so I took them off.

After mastering take off and landing I got to grips with steering which was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Again the reading up before hand helped a lot there too. This all took about an hour and after all that I was happily getting dragged round the field in a relatively controlled manner. I was able to drop the kite if I thought I had lost control or was sliding too fast or far.

Overall I think the kite is excellent and good fun. As I said earlier I can’t compare with any other kite but this one is certainly easy to control and great fun. So if you’re also thinking of getting in to kiting I can strongly recommend this kite but can I also warn you it is highly addictive. I have spent most of my free time flying it since it has arrived.

Author : Gaddy