Ozone Samurai 4m

I recently reviewed the 6m sam.

Well I now have my hands on the 4m. I wont go over the rucksack, unpacking, quality etc because thats all written in the other review. Its Ozone OK, 'nuff said!.

Same field 16mph NW.

Bang, straight up and a 5m stumble. You know thats a good sign. This is a deceptively powerful kite. I did wonder if it was actually a 4m. It looks smaller but pulls like a Geordie on a stag night. The speed at which it moves around the window was like a 2m in a gale but the power delivery was smooth and pretty uniform. This size did lose a bit of power as it approached the edge of the window and the stagnation point, so its upwind performance was not as good as the 6 in my opinion, but then you would expect that for a smaller kite.

We did have a little bit of overshoot in gusts and again this was remedied by shortening the brakes a little. If you are a more experienced pilot you can leave as is or even lenghten a little more to get that little bit more out of it, but it will hit stagnant air and begin to fold, so you need to react quickly.

Again I would recommend this kite to all abilities of recreational flyer, boarders and buggy pilots. Here at www.chillikites.co.uk we were a bit miffed when we heard the LDs were to go. But Ozone have more than made up for it with a kite that can be tailored to your demands. Our stable is in blue, and very nice it looks too. I still dont know why they do them in yellow though.

You can go Banzai with a Samurai if you want to but you can also go swan lake.We as a result are using them in our school and mighty pleased we are with them too.

By : Jon Pither