sckitesurf said...
Cool I love the Wainman's Such a good kite. I would say these are quite a bit Different. The Wainman is lighter on the bar & the Pure feels more like a Delta, Thats IMO only after a short fly on the beach. Will post a review in that forum after a good ride.
Maybe Sammyj could putt a constructive review on as he has had a good fly of the kite, Lucky fellah to get to ride a kite just released.
Thanks.
Hey Jonno,
Well I'm afraid I can't give overly detailed constructive review because like I say, I could only be bothered with it for 20 mins before I said I've seen enough.
I'll be fair as I can here, as I know we all have different like and dislikes in what we fly. Just to give you an idea of what sort of kite I like it's the Hi-Fi, for how I like to ride that's the best I've come across yet.
So for starters the first thig I noticed is the bar is big for a 9m, bigger than what I would use on a 12m. It's depower is the above bar with a cleat which is better than straps IMO, but I'm still a below the bar man. Also I hate stoppers that need to be screwed to lock in to place. Stoppers should be easy adjustment and sliding, but I understand that isn't possible when only one rope goes throught the bar. I did like the feel of the bar with the ridge along the top. Personally I would like to try the kite on the 45cm LF bar.
When pumped up it physically looked big, I think that's due to the depth of the middle strut. I laid out the other 9m we had and it was on fractionally bigger in m2. It's very similar to the smoke.
*WARNING* to self launchers, this kite's front line's are the Y setup, both times we launched the outside line hooked up on the front at the Y. Just be aware is all I'm saying, I'd be concerned when self launching.
Once in the sky it wanted to fly over head, backstall and luff at one point or another. To be fair though the spot is tricky and the conditions where far from perfect for testing kites out. Once on the water it tended to backstalled just when I'd call on it, very anoying. It would go right back in the window so I'd let the kite breath and would shoot right up overhead, turning wasn't fast but then again I've come from Hi-Fi's. I would have just thought with a bigger bar the thing should have been like a bumble bee.
Anyway I'll try it again, I'll hopefully get better conditions and maybe use a different bar. I'm sure it will get a following as that's what happens, look at the rev's everyone rode them and raved about it for a year, now their back on fuels.
i will report in on the talking aspect 
Kn know-it-all talkin kite..
