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Postby Ozzie » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:50 pm
Hello Folks,
There are many brands out there such as North, Ozone, Cabrinha, Airush, Naish, F-One, Slingshot, Best etc and just wondering the rank based on popularıty, reputation, quality, and being well known.
Just like regular street cars(except Ferrari, Maserati etc.). Let s say for me; 1. Mercedes, 2. Audi 3.BMW and so on
what are your opinions on top 5 brand kite?
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Postby uncle sammy » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:23 pm
I think it is -
1. North (by far)
2. Cabrinha
3. Fone
4. ozone
5. Naish
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Postby Ozzie » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:28 pm
No more shoots?
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Postby TheJoe » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:40 pm
The Chinese factory that produces them all is the clear winner.
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Postby The Captain » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:08 am
+1
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Postby tautologies » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:25 am
uncle sammy wrote:I think it is -
1. North (by far)
2. Cabrinha
3. Fone
4. ozone
5. Naish
based on what? Do you have numbers or is this completely taken out of thin air?
I'm just curious. I really do not know.
OP: sale or quality or some function of both?
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Postby Cab Driver » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:31 am
I'm not sure how you rank these two measurements together. What percentage of the overall ranking is from the quality vs the quantity? This is pretty subjective for quality. How do you rank quality? Is it number of defects reported as a percentage of products sold, or some other metric? For the units, are we talking kites? Boards? Accessories? The actual sales numbers of inflatable kites (excluding trainers) is way off, but I'm interested to see what people think.
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Postby Brent4336 » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:15 am
I think it can be tough to really figure out as brand populatiry varies drastically by region.
I would never even put north in the mix around here yet the other poster put them ahead by far! I would also never put ozone or even F-one ahead of naish.
In truth I have no idea and can only go on what we see around here, wherever I travel and then some inference from video.
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Postby saltire » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:46 am
This is only based on where i live
ozone
Cabrinha
Slingshot
Naish
Best
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Postby Ozzie » Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:42 am
the rank based on popularıty, reputation, quality, and being well known.
Just like regular street cars(except Ferrari, Maserati etc.). Let s say for me; 1. Mercedes, 2. Audi 3.BMW and so on
what are your opinions on top 5 brand kite?
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