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Really looking forward to more reviews on this one. If there's some kind of NDA period, I haven't been made aware of it, so I'll go ahead and post a few thoughts.
For context: our conditions here are pretty gusty, with big occasional drops in wind. I'm in my first year of parawinging with maybe 25 sessions under my belt, most of them in less-than-easy learning conditions. I've got a few stashes down and some variety of gybes, and I can tack. Depending on the day and my energy level, I'll hit most of them — or miss over half. So take all of this with the grain of salt that my experience level deserves.
Low end: Good to great. But like pretty much every parawing I've used, if the wind gets too low it tends to collapse on one side and drop toward the water — or at least threaten to.
Pumping: As good as, and probably better than, the other three wings I've tried (Pocket Rocket v1, v2, and the Naish Morph — stay away from that one, unless you want to buy mine cheap... lol). You can sometimes get two or more reasonable pumps out of it, versus the single pump I could manage on the others.
Gust handling: Handles gusts really well. I haven't posted any amazing speeds on it yet, but you can stay out on the same wing well past the point where you'd normally be switching down.
Upwind: Honestly not sure I was going upwind any better than on the v1 or v2 Pocket Rocket. I feel like I still have to figure that out.
Tacks/gybes: Tacks and gybes very well — noticeably better in feel than the Pocket Rocket v2.
Stashing: I was surprised how easily the 4.3 dropped into a concertina without really trying. The 5m wasn't as good — though a lot of that is probably me.
Price: I do wonder if Ozone is going to price themselves out of a lot of sales. That said, it's a pretty solid product for those who can afford it and don't mind the cost.
Question: which of the entire quiver should i keep.. i feel like here in Alaska i will be using my 5 the most and have need for the larger for ship wake thieving on lower wind days. I think i could do 90% of my time in la ventana mexico on the 4.3 and nothing else (because of the gust tolerance) Gonna need something to get on a wave in the biggest nastiest days that most sane people don't go winging on. - Has anybody else bought a quiver and if so which sizes did you choose? Cheers.
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these will be showing up tomorrow and i still cant find a decent review, or really any content on them..