Hey Fabjet
Thanks for your support! Thanks to anonymous, Den and others as well.
F-One is a great company. They are the only company I have ever heard of that stood behind their foil kites 100%. I know of several people who have sent F-One back damaged foils that were several years old. F-One has never failed to take it upon theirselves to fix the kites and return them free of any charge(aside from shipping). I can't say that they still employ this policy over on their inflatables though. I would imagine not since inflatables can and do self destruct pretty bad from the right crash landing.
Contrary to popular belief, Naish kites are NOT made in Sri Lanka, it is their windsurfing sails that are made there. Rumor has it that they are trying to get setup to produce their kites from that same plant, but at this point in time, that is just rumor-ish, not TRUTH. "But this post isn't supposed to be about Naish" you are saying. Where I am going with this is that Naish kites are produced side by side in the same factory as F-One kites. BOTH of these brands are produced at the S.I.M. factory in CHINA.
This is a great facility with pretty high standards of quality control. At this point in the game, I don't think that F-One could be being produced in a better place unless they were to set up their OWN kitefactory. Until one of these kite companies takes that HUGE step in the right direction and decides to open up their OWN plant so as that they can oversee quality control for themselves, S.I.M. is a great place to be. They seem to be pretty much on top of their game.
As far as what your F-one is made of, I'm sorry to say that I can't answer that question for you at this very moment. I WILL in due time though. If I had one of them here in front of me, I could better address that question for you. The last time I laid my hands on an F-One kite has been a while past and I wasn't even thinking about WHAT it was made of, but rather, HOW it was flying. I liked it's performance, and it seemed to have a great turning speed for it's sizes in inflatables. It APPEARED to me like they achieved this speed by having shorter wingtips than most others...however, that is just an opinion and I am not stating it to be a fact.
F-one has a good reputation here for being a good company. I honestly can't imagine them trying to produce a cheap kite OR trying to short change OR rip-off the public in any intentional way. As far as their construction and durability goes, you are going to have to use your own good judgement on that, and it is best done by comparing it to some other kites.
If f-one is what you are flying, and it is working good for you, I'd have to say to go with it. Again, they are a reputable company and seem to care about their customers. Hope this has been of some help to you.
I will see what I can dig up on ALL the major brands of kites, F-One included, so as that I can better answer questions like these about kites I have yet to REALLY look into. SO stay tuned and I WILL cover the F-One's in more detail in the very near future(next couple days or so?)
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