Actually already posted this in another thread, but then thought that maybe I should post it for itself with a more descriptive subject heading. So I apoligize if you've already read it in the picture thread
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Tried the HT2 15m today!! I would like to give a full review, but honestly the conditions weren't suitable for that. But I can give the observations I have from the day:
The weather was cold and super gusty.
Cold as in: When I packed my kite afterwards, there was ice on the struts, as it was wet from have been in the water.
Super gusty as in:
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I was there from 13 o'clock (1 pm) and as you can see the wind was avering 6 m/sec (12 knots), but gusting all the way up to 11-12 m/sec (20-22 knots).... so super gusty conditions! Kind of sucked but I had to try the kite!!
So my observations are limited:
- Looks damn nice in the air !
- Very fast turning speed. Impressively fast actually for a 15 m
- No tendency at all to fall out of the sky despite the gusty conditions. From what I've heard that was a problem with HT1? Well in any case, the HT2 does not have any issue here.
- Bar: Very nice - simple and clean. Nice narrow grip.
As it was such impossible conditions, I had problems judging the trim. I moved the rear lines from the middle to the inner knot to see if it gave more power - but difficult for me to judge. One of the other guys on the beach today is a pretty advanced rider. I asked him to put it in the air and judge the trim. He said he would leave it on the middle knots though.
Anyway, I offered him to ride it to test it, which he did. He has himself just bought Slingshot Rev, so that's hs comparison.
He also found it surprisingly fast for a 15m kite, so fast that he almost flew it down in the water a couple of times when working it in the window. His comment when he came back was "That's a very nice kite you got there - that's a good buy!". Standing on the beach he actually looped it stating "you will do nice kiteloops with this 15 m". It did loop pretty fast....
So, so far I am very content! I look forward to trying the 10.5 on Sunday if the weather forecast stay the same......
see ya