I thought i was the only one.

If they got rid of one pump I would stop kiting. Can't believe there was a time when it didn't exist... man that sucked.

one pump rocks, i wouldnt ride a kite without it.

I like the convenience of one pump in the pump up
The rest of it sucks ass.

ONE PUMP ROCKS!!!

one pump and compressor an while I put my wettie on an grab my board ,lines harness,I am good to go in minutes very simple fast ,whats not to like ??

i haven't deflated my struts for 4 years now. the kite still has life in it. i doubt it makes the kites life shorter having one pump

what else do you want slave? you'll probably want the leashes to come without QR like they use to too! Stop buying rubbish kites and everything will last a bit longer

Why would you want to take an extra 5 minutes to pump up?

toddws -
You honestly cant blame every dolphin.

You are so racist.

One pump rocks. It makes absolutely no difference in repairs.The only **** one pump kites that were a pain were the 04' slingshot black valves and the 08' Flexifoil. This was a valve delamination issue and would have been a pain regardless of one pump or not.

I had more trouble getting the stupid ball to drop into the valves on the little struts than I have had with one pump. But then again, I own Naish kites and the connection between the leading edge bladder and the struts is not a series of external hoses.

The obsolescence of a kite is a function of how often you use it, how hard you thrash it and how well you look after it.

Go Octopus!

I have heard from several naish owners that the octopus system makes bladder repairs an absolute slut.

Bring back multi pump kites for sho.

Man kiting is sooo fickle and trend driven.

For the record on my previous kites I had to pump up 7 seperate struts and then LE and watched in envy as others would plub in a pump away as their kite unfolded perfectly. It actually did save significant set up time, spesh if I blew out a stopper ball on any of the 7 struts.

I now have one pump kites and couldn't be @rsed going back to seperate. The joiners are external and aside from unlipping a cable tie that holds the sheath in posi they wouldn't be any more difficult to repair as they actually do have individual (optional) stoppers also.

They add a pooofteenth to the weight admitedly, but then i ended up with 3 strut kites so have saved I would estimate 400% less weight by that choice.

Use clips to isolate each strut (bought mine for the princely summ of $5.00) and wait for a while after pumping to get full pressure into the struts, before clipping them off. In my case i pump up on the grass, then let the kite sit on the warm sand until after I have rolled out lines etc - then clip off. Only the fanatical and finicky would be able to get it set up any better.

With clips on each strut you are vitually as safe as any seperate inflated set-up (which as poor rely rightfully points out - sucks date).

Wouldn't touch an internal one pump with a barge pole tho. Can't believe they even made it onto the market. Trouble.

Spacemonkey! said...

More great ideas from waveslave

What happened to you launch pad?

Thankyou for asking, Chimp. ^^^
The LaunchPad has served me very well in all kinds of winds.
I use it every session.

But getting back to the main topic ...
It seems from the response that nearly everybody just loves one-pump ...
until it all goes bad and then they hate it.
lol.
You see,
what really makes me chuckle is all the design effort that goes into conceiving over-complicated plumbing in a simple kite.
This takes away designwork from what's really important ...
efficient kite-flight.
One-pump is not about clever kite design ...
it's strictly about pussy 'convenience'.
It's customer comfort and pussy-pump.
lol.