Kite Company Warrenty length?

[windsurfer-resurrection]

Help get this list going of who has a better warrenty.

Cabrinha- 1year

RRD- 6month

Ocean Rodeo- 1year

Naish- 90 days


What is North, Flexifoil, Caution and the others????

[chumbawamba]

Best - 3 months
Wind-x - 6 months
Peter Lynn - 6 months

[fearlu]

North has 6 months coverage on the new Rebel based on the manual I read.

[marqueemark]

I beleive that if you are in the EEC everything sold must be fit for purpose. This means that all goods have an implicit warranty of 2 years against manufacturing defects.

So if your kite falls apart because of poor manufacture (e.g. bad stitching on the leading edge) it should be covered...

A search on google will reveal the driective...

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cons_int/ ... dex_en.htm

From personal experience I can state that Flexifoil, North and Slingshot are very good:

Slingshot Fuel 2004 - The bladder nipples for the one pump system failed on a year old kite and Slingshot UK (GRF) sourced replacements...

North (2006 Rhino) - The logos fell off the kite when it got wet (5 months old) - the kite was replaced with a Vegas 06

Flexifoil - Same bladder problem as slingshot - replaced bladder very promptly[/url]

[Toby]

In the European Union a company has to give 2 years warranty on their products...one year they have to prove you did something wrong, for the second year you have to prove they did something wrong.

[kitesurf66]

...What is North, Flexifoil, Caution and the others????

On Caution's warranty card it says 3 months. I have never had any warranty issues with my Spitfires and Answer with respect to bladders, material or workmanship. However, in general, I do believe that manufacturers should provide a 6 month warranty period at a minimum.

What about boards? What are the warranties from different manufacturers?

K66

[wakeboy]

In italy ozone gives 2 years...

[sbckiteboard]

The 2007 SBC Kiteboard Buyer's Guide lists warranty details for all the brands in the US. Check it online at:

http://www.sbckiteboard.com/buyers_guid ... uniqid=950

The info is also included with all the currently posted '08 test reviews at http://www.sbckiteboard.com

Cheers,

John Bryja
Editor

[Skyway Scott]

This reminds me of Tommy Boy and his take on warranties/(guarantees.)

Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why do they put a guarantee on a box? Hmm, very interesting.
Ted: I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's how I see it. A guy puts a guarantee on the box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside.
Ted: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter.
Ted: What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I seen it a hundred times.
Ted: But why do they put a guarantee on the box then?
Tommy: Because they know all they solda ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is. Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for right now, for your sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item from me.
Ted: Hmm. Okay, I'll buy from you.

In other words, the warranty is only as good as the company's ethic toward honoring it, at least here in the U.S., that's what I have seen.

[sq225917]

Scott has it right.

your stated warranty means jack, it's how you treat the guys who are outside of warranty that really counts....