stiffer front handle cover from Germany:

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leepasty said..

Foxi said..
stiffer front handle cover from Germany:

Gerade bei #Kleinanzeigen gefunden. Wie findest du das?
www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/duotone-slick-unit-ventis-handle-griff-schlaufe-dlab/2718491689-230-15773?utm_source=copyToPasteboard&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_medium=social&utm_content=app_ios

Looks good
I would get one but can't see how you buy it ?

"Kleinanzeigen" previously was "e-bay Kleinanzeigen", which was the for free/ purely ad financed little brother of ebay. Now it?s privately owned. I sell most of my used stuff there. You have to register first in order to be able to contact a private seller.

I bought a 2024 Slick 4.5 non-Aluula. I don't have a lot of experience with different wings, my previous set being the OG Units, 5.0, 4.0 & 3.3. The 4.5 pulls more than the 4.0 Unit and less than the 5.0 (surprise!) from the low end. At speed it is much more stable and goes upwind much better too. But those Units are really baggy now. The wing is dead quiet which is nice.

At the beginning of the session I was still looking for the handles but by the end I realized I wasn't anymore. That was nice. I also realized after the session that I never thought about the weight - it's as light in the hands as the units. And that's pretty light. I like having the windsurf style harness lines too rather than the bungies. The boom connection is rock solid. Mine has a deflate valve on one of the wing tips too.

As far as I can tell, the front handle is the same as the late 23 Units that some of my friends have. Take that fwiw. Overall I'm very happy with the wing. The biggest downside is that I'd hoped it wouldn't want to roll over onto its back like the Units, but it does. Takes longer, but it definitely is more stable on its back. I wish it didn't need the tri-fold to get back in the bag. That's another con for me, but minor.

l'm probably going to get a 3.5 so I guess I like it well enough. (Or else I'm simply insane.)

BullroarerTook said..
The biggest downside is that I'd hoped it wouldn't want to roll over onto its back like the Units, but it does. Takes longer, but it definitely is more stable on its back. I wish it didn't need the tri-fold to get back in the bag. That's another con for me, but minor.

l'm probably going to get a 3.5 so I guess I like it well enough. (Or else I'm simply insane.)

Just remember, that desire to roll on its back means it's also going to roll a bit easier during any upwind tack transition, especially tack transitions where you don't really have other options to help roll the wing during the tack, like behind-the-back tacks or leash handle (walk-the-dog) tacks.

Hmmmm, I love the trifold method and bag size for my SLS Slicks. Quick and easy for me, but I'm also really used to it

Hey guys :)I did an on water first impressions of the Slick V4. Check it out if you want! :)

BullroarerTook said..
I bought a 2024 Slick 4.5 non-Aluula. I don't have a lot of experience with different wings, my previous set being the OG Units, 5.0, 4.0 & 3.3. The 4.5 pulls more than the 4.0 Unit and less than the 5.0 (surprise!) from the low end.

Hi Bullroarer,
thanks a very lot for your review. Very interessting. Do i unterstand your observation correct? In Low End the new Slick has "quite same" / "similar" / comparable power as a 4,5 UNIT? I assume this as it pulls more than a 4,0 and less than a 5,0 unit. So quite in the middle?

Thanks a lot for your response. Have currently a 2024 UNIT 5,5 and want to switch to Slick. Have ordered 5,5 and 6,0. One of them I'll sell in best case unused. So I'm struggeling if 5,5 would be best replacement or 6,0. 5,5 should be better to pump I assume. So perhaps there is not much low end power advanteage with a 6,0.

Thanks for your or other hints, experiences.

Foxi said..

happysam said..
Hey guys :)I did an on water first impressions of the Slick V4. Check it out if you want! :)

thanks for the nice review - which strange colour did your slick have ? Was it a proto ?

:D thanks for watching! - No its the usual yellow but I had bad settings on my gopro so I put a filter on, hence the wing looks odd.

Thanks a very lot for your hints!!
That helped ne to choose the right first size.
So now I choose the 4,5 slick an have a comparsion to the 5,5 Unit.
I was more than surprised of the power of the 4,5 slick compared to the 5,5unit.
Sure the 5,5 unit has good more power.
But the 4,5 would have a big overlap of range to the 5,5 unit.
It was a day with round 12-18 knots and we have no constant Wind at our lake in Germany. Very gusty...and sure some gusts also over 18 knots ans also times with less then 12 knots.
Boom aber Design is Betty compct and Betty effectively to pump.
Have 85kg, and a ptm899 with 925 cm2 on a 95 Liter board.
In most phases it was a never touch down Session. And when touched down with some more or less pumpings again on air.
Handling was great. Everything easy to controll. Upwind I had bit problems. Dont know why but hard upwind was bit difficut perhaps to less wind.
However. I guess compared to the unit 5,5 I needed round 4 knots more.
So don't know what power a 4,5 unit has but so I decided now to take as big wing the slick in 5,5 insread of 6,0. When tested I'll come back.
The whole concept of the slick is much more my favorit compared to the unit. Falled in live with that wing.

One more 2024 D-Lab Slick first session observations to add to the list. Some video of my 6m and 5m in pretty light conditions and my 4m in well powered conditions. Just old guy strapless riding in flat water, but hopefully I'll get them into some bump riding soon. These are my first Allula wings coming from 2 seasons on SLS Slicks. I've never ridden Units or the 2023/2024 Dacron/Mod3 Slicks, but I have been riding a quiver of the Duotone boom wings since the beginning in 2019.