Hi everyone, would appreciate some feedback on these 2 kites, regarding ease of use, bar pressure, boosting, low end - top end.
Please unbiased reviews from people who have tested both kite, not fanboiiiis please.
Thanks in advance.
Ozone with Ozone, North with North. I used the 23m lines on the Edges when I rode them. Longer lines do make a reasonable difference. I swap back and forth between 22 & 27m on my bigger kites - turning speed and power are very noticeable.Havre wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:58 pmDid you use the kites with the same bar or with Ozone and North bars? I'm not sure how much 3m longer lines matter, but it should be some (assuming you used different bars).
Also I wonder how much more of the kites sqm is in the tips on the Orbit. I guess for the Edge that there is at least some more of the sqm placed where it gives you "power" so that 9m vs 9m isn't really comparing apples for apples.
9m kites are cheaper than 10m? 'Win' for the Edge in my books . I agree, super subjective and just depends what you want out of a kite.Havre wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:58 pmNot sure how easy it is to objectively measure this, but if a 9m Edge and 10m Orbit is comparable on the low end and you could ride the Orbit at higher winds then that would be a clear "win" for the Orbit for me. Especially if the 10m Orbit is still faster than the 9m Edge. As a general kite that is - not necessarily for boosting.
Unfortunately I have never ridden the Edge myself, but on my local spots the Edge quite clearly dominates among the big jumpers. Very few here do crazy looping. Should also be said due to the local distribution Ozone is more common than at least Core. And even if Duotone is quite common there are a lot more Evos than Rebels.
What disciplines are you interested in doing? That will quickly decide which kite of the two you want. Your profile says you have a 2022 Sculp, so I assume you're not looking for 12m+? You also have 2020 Hypers in multiple sizes? What kites are you looking to replace? Your only gap is a 9m, so you could just add a 9m Orbit for looping (it's the best size!)?
Mainly big air, the 12m 2022 sculp is a weapon for low wind days so got that covered. Just looking for something that loops better and has less bar pressure, boosting with the hypers is great but they pull super hard when looping and you have to give the bar a proper yank. I live in Northern Ireland so having squalls during sessions is very common here, a 15 knots sesh can become a 30knots sesh in a blink of an eye so I kite with a great top end that gives you confidence in rough conditions is what im looking for as I usually stop doing kiteloops when forecast gets close or above 30knots.Blackened wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:12 pmWhat disciplines are you interested in doing? That will quickly decide which kite of the two you want. Your profile says you have a 2022 Sculp, so I assume you're not looking for 12m+? You also have 2020 Hypers in multiple sizes? What kites are you looking to replace? Your only gap is a 9m, so you could just add a 9m Orbit for looping (it's the best size!)?
I haven't ridden any CF kites, so can't comment on them.