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Originally posted by Mr float

G'Day,

I've read a few posts on kiteforum.com that claim the GK sonic (flat-kite) to be superior in every way to this seemingly troubled (poor stiching, inside out going, heavy-barred, explodeing overpriced...etc.) cabrina crossbow.
I've not ridden either so I have no personal knowlege, (other than user comments)has anybody had a chance to fly the GK sonic here?

I certainly will not ever trust a companieman's hype (slagger) with a retail concern to give an unbias reply, so users only please.



Thanks everybody
ottisgrey

I distribute GK sonics in Oz and you can read my posts here and elsewhere about what we have found with GK in 3 years and the Sonic thus far.i am not going to endorse what you have posted about kiteforum.the kites are here and go out today.Check them out,decide for your self .

Thanks

Lach

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Originally posted by RAL INN

This was meant to be a thread, for bringing to notice the fact that consumers need value for money in both performance and quality.
Not rushed in at the expense of quality.

By getting a significant representation of what goes wrong with kites, we can highlight to the companies what we are really after.

I personally have nothing against widespan kites but am also unconvinced that they offer such overwhelming benefits that would compell me to rush out and buy one.

I would rather be seeing design simplified not complicated.

Also in my own observations any devise that requires friction or interference fitting to work, is doomed to failure, and sooner rather than later.
Lines that go through pulleys will break, and without warning.

Again this is not directed straight at the crossbow, but at the need for kite producers "across the board" to think a bit harder.

It also appears to me that the compelling marketing hype is about widespan kite's ability to depower. This dramatic stated improvement is something else that I am unconvinced about, and that comes from direct comparison.

best winds
Tony L

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Tony's original post, just to keep things in perspective.

Ever been told by your retailer that "gee that's the only one in the world that did that."

I noticed a point about an exploding CB that was dismissed as something more sinister the other day, but I wonder was it an isolated incident.

We all know about the exploding Hells, and after witnessing a CB explode for absolutely no reason this weekend, it made me think just how often this has happened to people and is it just an across the board problem that we rarely hear about?

I personally have never had a kite damage that was un accounted for
but maybe others have.

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Hey Tony
Your favourite kite came with reverse launch bridles, that had pulleys, and that had skinny little lines that broke (not nice when that happens!!).
Still got the bridles on your 10M??

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