Re: What does true mean for you?
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:28 am
Build quality, Core and Crazyfly. With Ocean Rodeo, Switch, Airush for example close behind. Peformance mostly Ozones, though the new Catalyst really sucks. And they do it without having to fix design issues.sabraxas wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:48 amI Would like to know what is your best and top quality kite of allFaxie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:21 pm
As mentioned, the lines are crap, they still use sleeves, some bar parts are very prone to breaking, bridle lines are crap, and stitching on the kites -although neatly done- is all over the place in areas that shouldn't be weakened. And some of the contruction details are pretty mediocre too, mostly in the LE and near the battens. Had their share of quality issues too in the past, like any other brand.
You know, the kites are fine, it's not bad or anything, but certainly not amongst the best. Performance wise there's a better alternative for every model they have, and I also think that they have had fundamental design flaws for quite some time until not so long ago that they fixed by adding other stuff. They are getting better in that regard though. And they were very late to the game for adding a decent inflate, something like that should be inexcusable for such a big player. They're not the only ones though.
And guess what? They rip apart just as easy as most other kites when you got some pinholes.
And you pay top dollar for all that. Guess who's paying for that big marketing at the moment...
North is in the same league as Naish, SS, Cab for me, and I don't consider those the best. Good, but not the best. Feel free to disagree, but I don't really care
