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 Post subject: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:50 pm 
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Any honest reviews out there?
Anyone have their hands on a 9M?


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:23 pm 
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kitegrommet wrote:
Any honest reviews out there?
Anyone have their hands on a 9M?


Same questions here! Anyone, please?


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:42 am 
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kitegrommet wrote:
Any honest reviews out there?
Anyone have their hands on a 9M?


Tried the 9m, it sucks in every way possible compared to other 4 lines kites.

Tried the Rebel 9m, the best 9m i tried ever, they do know how to get that great feel throug the bar on a 5th line kite..

IMHO, North should keep making the great Vegas-Dyno-Rebel, but totaly stop doing 4 lines bridle kites...


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:49 am 
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Hi !
Can you please be more specific ? What you didn't like compared to Rebels ?
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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:29 pm 
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Is the fuse just a 4 line rebel? If it is then I would think that it would be better.


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:29 pm 
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Its so funny comments are sooo biased! I tried a fuse out briefly and thought it was really fun. Too short a test to give a good review but I liked it. Would of never called it the worst kite ever. jmo


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:48 pm 
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Faber wrote:
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Can you please be more specific ? What you didn't like compared to Rebels ?
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Faber


The vegas is one of the best Ckites...

The Dyno is one of the best light wind kites, race kites.

The rebel is one of the best freeride kites out there.

The Evo have 200 competitors that are 4 line kites.. I jut found it slow, none responsive, "none North feel"... "Just a kite" that wont hurt anybody, but also wont make anybody happy to the bone.. ;)


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:02 pm 
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PAFF wrote:
The Evo have 200 competitors that are 4 line kites.. I jut found it slow, none responsive, "none North feel"... "Just a kite" that wont hurt anybody, but also wont make anybody happy to the bone..


Evo? The question was about the Fuse! Before you say that a kite in question "sucks in every way possible" you can at least get straight what model you are talking about :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:40 pm 
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only flew the 9m 2012 Fuse for a day and thought it was fine kite, a bit smoother and faster than the 2011 but not a lot. more like the Rebel than before but feels a bit smoother to me, not so on/off. like the turns start a tiny bit slower but finish a bit faster. the only thing i did not like about it was that it did not drift in the waves for as long as i would like. it steers depowered well and it does drift ok but the drifting could be improved a bit. jumps and hangtime are tremendous and the safety works very well.loops are good enough and relaunches fine even in light wind. no unhooked so can not say about that.


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 Post subject: Re: 2012 North Fuse?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:29 am 
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