atom report

[kiteingcolin]

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Originally Posted by ANGEL'Z http://community.flexifoil.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif

So, wot did U think of the Atom Colin? Alot of people are sayin its the same as the Ion, but like yourself I didnt get on with the Ion but am doin real well with the Atom-so wot are your thoughts on it?

 

 

well finding a high wind kite was always going to be an issiue, i did not want a kite with an agenda to trash its user as often as possibe, like when you bear off wind to avoid a breaking wave and the kite pulls you off downwind without mercy ending in a massive explosion,

 

and being able to walk to the water without helpers holding you secure,

 

a kite that gives you confidence in silly winds

 

the atom is well made, and in the 50mph winds it was very noticeable that it did not flutter on its trailing edge when being carried around or sitting on the sand so long life and reducing the chances of the lines at the wing tip being spun into a birds nest,

the kite has to be flown with a lot of depower pulled on, we found the kite felt at its best with maximum power coming on at around 6 inches from the chicken loop this gave a good gust response

with the depower set with more power available the gusts to transfered to much power to the user, once i got used to this i was more than happy on the water, the 7 atom has loads of power if you want it and it comes on nice and soft at first then remains hard without twitching,

the kite is not at all fast which is A BLESSING,

 

 

i had the kite on demo, and was so pleased with it its now mine,

i will be changing the flexi release for a slingshot lock and load, and changing the bar for a slingshot one with the big hole,

the back lines are bridle free, and the front lines have a tiny ion type bridle but with 4 mm dynema lines for the pully run,easy to replace, its a one pump kite like the ion, and it resists the fall back in the window habit that is found in all other bow type kites,

 

as for boosting this is the same kite alib used to get his silly high 75 ft jump at rossi

 

and the float is silly long as i found out,

 

good points; stability

build quality

stable,no trailing edge flutter

power there all the way through the power stroke

not twitchy

not at all to fast

easy relaunch

almost total depower

cheap (ish) £100 less than ion

 

poor points; quick release to quick to release

hole in the bar to small

bag good for 7mtr but will be to small for larger sizes

kite leash has the crappy clasps on each end (mine opened and released my old 9mtr ion one windy day)

[ANGELZ]

Cheers 4 the report. Glad Uve found a high wind kite U like who knows U may even keep this one more than a week!!! ha, ha.

[wayne kitesurfer]

And if he doesn't ive got my name on it, as a second hand bargain.