Ok well I guess I have to give my opinion on this. At one time I took all my kites, put them on the ground on a grid, and measured the exact square meters of all my kites. Some of my 10's were 11m in size, some of my 12's were 11 in size, North kites were pretty much on target but all the rest of my kites were off from anywhere from a half meter up to a meter difference. Without fail a "grunty" kite was a kite that was mislabeled. So a 12m that felt really grunty always measured at 13m in area. And also without fail a kite that was super fast for it's size was low. So a 12m that was incredibly nimble for it's size always measured in at 11m. There's a reason a 10m kite is "grunty" and it's almost always because it's really an 11m kite.
Anyone can repair it, like Billy said above. The problem is if you send it out for someone else to repair it, usually they charge more for the octopus because you have to mess around with the valve ring, teflon tape. If you are doing it yourself, then I don't think it's too much of a negative. I did have a 20m Naish Torch that I was really fond of, but it was so old that all of the male parts had cracked off, and the repair was just too much effort for me to bother so I sold it for parts. I also have a 19m Fuel from the same era, but it's easier to repair than the octopus, so I did all the valves (13 valves) on my 19 and saved it. I would guess you take twice as much time to fix an octopus valve compared to regular valve. Something like that.BillyGoatGruff wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 9:04 pmNo... the octopus system can be repaired by anyone. I really like the internal octopus system, all you need is some PTFE tape and nimble hands. I would not consider the octopus system a negative.
I use Enduro V2's. In the centre of the kite there is a bridle setting which when you set it to "freestyle" it opens up the canopy a little and improves low end and increases bar pressure at the expense of slightly slower turning. It really does work and I mostly use this in my 12m in marginal conditions.
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