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So, after 18 months or so of a Skytiger 40 as a buggy engine, it was time for a bigger beast for those low wind days... Didn't want something too expensive and after spiralling around all web-sites i could find (getting more and more confused )decided that a special offer on a 7.0 Beamer was the answer. Yes I'd read all the reviews about it being a bit of a pig to fly, that the bridle needed adjustment before you started, that the bag was no good... but in the end money (or saving it) talks. Delivered to the office (along with a 2.5m Bullet, but that's another story), it got one or two people intrigued about why being dragged down a beach was so much fun - (they'll learn one day). DAY 1 Out of the delivery wrapping it looked just like i expected: scabby bag with low quality straps and bindings; but hey, why does the bag matter? Then saw the handles - which do matter! A few days later, on the beach the wind was just right. Unpacked, attached the lines to the handles - which I'd padded with 9" lengths of heating pipe insulation foam - stood back, tugged gently, watched it fly straight up to and over the zenith and then - TWANG - the power line whipped back into my face. Tangled bundle of washing drifted slowly down... Thinking the knot holding the line at the end of the bridle must have been stripped, i reknotted it (double), put another knot on the other side just in case, relaunched, took it to the edge of the wind window where it promptly luffed. Tangled bundle of washing drifted slowly down... Relaunched and could see that if kept well away from the edge of the wind window there was a lot of grunt there. This had some potential but wasn't going to give it up easily. Turns were slow and needed lots of brake, but even in very low wind this would pull me and buggy. Sitting in the buggy, straightline was fine, but any turn lead immediately to a luff and... Tangled bundle of washing drifted slowly down... In and out of buggy, launch, luff, relaunch, trundle, luff etc etc until - TWANG - the power line whipped back into my face again and... Tangled bundle of washing drifted slowly down... AAAAaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! and pack up in disgust. DAY 2 Attached new cord at end of the bridle - it wasn't that the knot was being stripped - the whole cord was breaking! Then made the C+D line adjustment in the hope of solving the luffing problem took it back out and... ...it wouldn't even stay off the ground - obviously it wasn't one of those ones with the duff length bridles. Took those bridle knots out and shortened the brake lines and then things began to come together and as the wind picked up the kite really started to come into its own. Immense long and smooth power including right at the edge of the wind window, no overflying, no luffing, low lift; all in all a totally different kite to the previous day. Summary: Stick with it. Perseverance pays. Build quality may not be the same as on a £500 kite; the bridle shouldn't have broken the way it did, the supplied handles wouldn't be able to handle the full power of the kite unmodified (and the bag buckle has already broken) But, with the right set up, on short brake lines, these are a terrific buggy engine and fantastic value for money. By : redrocks