slave i agree you should have a right to a choice of 1pump or not, but u gotta look at it from a manufacturers POV, there's a very good reason ppl want single point inflation; as stated in the thousand replies.
why would any of the manufacturers build a kite with 17 valves when all their competition has tried, tested, researched and PROVED SPI?
you have to agree that technological progression is driven by consumer (majority) demand.
and the car thing is the perfect example. yeah carby's 'were' easier and less technical and i spose u could say reliable in some cases but there's a very good reason you can't buy a car with one now.
please tell me why a manufacturer would consider producing a product that would only be bought by a small minority?

nice troll waveslave,ya got me

Just got out of the garage after three hours wrestling one of these ba$tard things

From a post in the Gear Reviews section it seems the following kites are offered as multi inflation:

North Vegas
Best Kahoona
Wainman (all of them I suppose)

So I will be selecting from the above after yet another session ruined by a one pump system today.

I love some of the comments on this thread:

'No mate I don't want any choice, not me, I am a steak & chips man. Every restaurant I go to I have steak & chips, never have nuffink else mate, never eat nowhere that don't have steak & chips mate, I just love the same $hit dished up to on a daily basis me mate. I hate choice, it confuses me'.

junglist said...

From a post in the Gear Reviews section it seems the following kites are offered as multi inflation:

North Vegas
Best Kahoona
Wainman (all of them I suppose)

So I will be selecting from the above after yet another session ruined by a one pump system today.

Right-on, junglist. ^^^
What's so wrong about customers having a choice ?
Why would folks argue against having an alternative ?
Maybe these same folks would prefer that all kites come in the same colour.
How about beige ?
By the way junglist, I fly Kahoonas.

What's so wrong about customers having a choice ?

Nothing wrong with that slave,the point is I dont think (insert brand here) will make 5000 kites one pump and only 3 multi pump for the manority few that like old school.
Just the way it is, they are out to make money, like any bussiness.


What are the problems you are having with one pump.????
Have been flying the same one pump(alot) for close to 2 years, not one problem,,touch wood.
But dont get me started on pulleys

Maybe you should fly a doona, no pump inflation points

lotofwind said...

What's so wrong about customers having a choice ?

Nothing wrong with that slave,the point is I dont think (insert brand here) will make 5000 kites one pump and only 3 multi pump for the manority few that like old school.

When did multi-pump inflation become old-school ? ^^^
lol.
Wainman stuff and Kahoonas are cutting-edge surf kites, man.
The spaghetti plumbing hanging off your 2 year old bag-of-sh1t is freaking old-school.
haaha

^^^^^^dude, hes not supporting new kites at all, thes saying kites with multi inflation are not old school, they are current models so multipoint is not obsolete. Both Waimans and the kahoona are cutting edge wave kites and are as light as possible. Being 3 strut and 4 strut isnt an issue anyway.

BTW tell your mate not to leave the little delflaters in the valves.....problem solved

^^^do you drive an automatic or manual....?

my bet is on the auto...

but I'm the ass.
Dont those donkeys have incredible relaunch?

Spacemonkey! said...

More great ideas from waveslave

What happened to you launch pad?
Patent Pending
lol.

What is the said "Launch Pad"????? PATENT PENDING

but reall WTF is it??

Any pics of the L.P Pty Ltd. Pat Pend. ???

and all because of this thread every single kite manufacturer is going to stop making one-pump kites

lotofwind said...

I ride a donkeySorr, didnt mean to upset you.
I guess you fly a bests or wainman,hence the retaliation.

Wrong.....I fly SS, but did get to try all the Waimans and the kahoonas last summer.

dave...... said...
If one transfer valve is leaking here's the only way to fix it properly first time.
get a spray bottle and fill it up with water and add some detergent.
cut off all cable ties, and replace with medium ties not the small ones.pull hard with pliers and cut off right at the end.
pump the kite up as much as it can tolerate.
spray all valves and check for bubbles.

OMG. ^^^
lol.

Well, I guess this thread settles it hey ?
One-pump is the greatest invention since the cable-tie.
... Which is kind of funny cause one-pump sure utilizes a lot of little nasty cable-ties.
And one-pump is the greatest time-saving idea since the big f#ck-off pump replaced the little toy handpump.
So how much precious time is saved with one-pump ?
How many goddamn seconds is it again ?