2012 Best TS 17m

darippah · **Joined:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:07 pm **Posts:** 98

Anyone have any reviews for this kite? I'm 175 lbs, thinking about this for my LW kite. Looking for decent boost, hangtime, unhooked, and loops

harppa · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:47 pm

Hangtime Check
Unhook Check
Boost ...well nice and floaty but not over the moon
Loops...weeel 17m kite so not too fast but loops nicely on transitions etc

Really really nice kite for the days 14m only gets you going and struckling to stay upwind

john a · **Joined:** Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:57 am **Posts:** 348

Have the 15... but not the 17.. and a great kite for it´s size!

Nothing to think about, but consider the 15 instead, more fun (tried the 17 earlier)...

arpc · **Joined:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:26 pm **Posts:** 17

@John a

depends of the wind, no? For 8-10 knots?

davesails7 · **Joined:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:36 pm **Posts:** 695

harppa wrote:

Boost ....well nice and floaty but not over the moon

I rode a 2013 17m TS2 at a demo the other day in about 15 knots, and agree the boost isn't that great. No comparison to my 18m dyno.

jumarcil · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:00 am

darippah wrote:

Anyone have any reviews for this kite? I'm 175 lbs, thinking about this for my LW kite. Looking for decent boost, hangtime, unhooked, and loops

I also think that you would be better with the 15m especially if you want to unhook.

dyyylan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:38 am

I took a 15 out for a while and really liked it for unhooked, and it had a lot of power and upwindability in 10/11 knots. I wrote a short review in the other thread about the TS2

2012 Best TS 17m

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