Kinnell Fusion

This is my second kite (the first being a 3m Radsail) and thought I'd wait a few months to get a proper feel for it before writing a review.

I bought this one off Ebay brand new for a bargain price from the makers. I'd never seen one let alone flown one but I'd read the reviews here and it seemed like a good kite.

Two days later it comes! Smart rucksack, expandable so I can fit my pads in, loads of pockets for beer, I mean stake, kite killers etc. Really good quality..... I'm going to stop there, it is a just a bag after all.

Now on to the kite. Top marks here as well. I know Rocky has already said this but this thing comes with a 1 year product and 2 year fabric warranty, I don't know of anyone else offering this with a kite. I guess with this sort of backup the materials, stitching and workmanship should be good and after the last few months of abuse in my hands everything is holding up very well. Chuffed to bits

Anyway, checked the lines, 30m pre-streched all the same length, handles 2 of and so on.

This kite flies superbly. I needed to tweak the brake lines on the first flight. This kite likes to fly with a small crease along the trialing edge. The main lines have stretched a little over the last 3 months so another tweak on the brake lines has been needed recently.

The handles are a little hard on the hands after a long flight but I'm asking Santa for a harness this Xmas so that should cure that problem. These are the only things I can fault with the flying of the kite but remember thats the lines and handles NOT the kite.

The Fusion is predictable, highly stable both inland when it's gusty and of course on the beach where the wind is more stable. I now use this kite as a buggy engine and it pulls like a train. Not as fast or as powerfull perhaps as a Blade but this cost me less and doesn't lift either, just what I wanted. This is purely a traction kite.

Occasionaly it folds a little when I get it too close to the edge of the window but a tug on the handles soon sorts that out.

It says in the manual that the Fusion will fly in winds of 5mph plus. This sounds about right. I don't have a wind meter only trees to try to judge the wind speed and I start to chicken out at around 15mph plus but partly because I have trouble holding on to the handles.

There are two velcro openings on the end of the trialing edges to clear out sand, water etc. Useful if you can get the sand and stuff to the corners otherwise a waste of time (perhaps I'm doing something wrong).

The printing of the word Fusion on the kite is starting to come off a little but rest of the design isn't I found that a bit odd.

I got a real bargain when I bought this. The instructions that came with it were clear and detailed. Overall I've been very happy with this kite. Good quality, good beginner kite.

Good value for money.
Good stable and fun kite.
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By : davehippey