Who is he? Around here you have to pay triple normal cost to get an octopus repaired.tony montana wrote:i never had a problem with octopus system,i know a guy repairs most kite brands he reckons its one of the best and easy to repair.TONY
Who is he? Around here you have to pay triple normal cost to get an octopus repaired.tony montana wrote:i never had a problem with octopus system,i know a guy repairs most kite brands he reckons its one of the best and easy to repair.TONY
If that is the case you are getting screwed. It is an easy to work with system.edt wrote:Who is he? Around here you have to pay triple normal cost to get an octopus repaired.tony montana wrote:i never had a problem with octopus system,i know a guy repairs most kite brands he reckons its one of the best and easy to repair.TONY
It's more like "We dont want to repair any of your 2004 Naish leaky octopus kites".tautologies wrote:If that is the case you are getting screwed. It is an easy to work with system.edt wrote:Who is he? Around here you have to pay triple normal cost to get an octopus repaired.tony montana wrote:i never had a problem with octopus system,i know a guy repairs most kite brands he reckons its one of the best and easy to repair.TONY
Most are not better, have seen external one pumps damage canopies, nipples go brittle and break off and hoses spilt, a lot less to go wrong on the Octopus.Reliable and convenient, just like most one pumps out there. Hell, most are better! And when you consider the time you spend repairing a kite to the time you spend pumping it and packing it down, it's easy to see why multi-pump is doomed. Hoping against hope that kite manufacturers will turn back the clock and go against what sells kites is a bad bet to take. Might as well embrace the change, because it's as inevitable as the internet society leaving behind the octagenarians who don't believe in that new-fangled electric typin' box.
Wait a couple years. Several years ago, there were almost no one-pumps. A couple years ago, there were many one-pumps. Now they are almost all one-pumps. What do you make of this trend? Would you buy a car with window cranks? How about a car with leaf suspension and drum brakes and a carbuerator? Who needs an air conditioner?! That's just right now. I guess it's fair to say, once these auto manufacturers get their heads out of their asses and realize that the people don't like convenience, we can get back to the 1970's technology and move forward in a no-frills direction.Most are not better, have seen external one pumps damage canopies, nipples go brittle and break off and hoses spilt, a lot less to go wrong on the Octopus.
Multi pump doomed? Think you'll find its the opposite Non multi pump kites only to keep the weight down or for cost reasons, nothing to do with reliability
One pump is the future.........no it's right now
Well said mate!Flight Time wrote:Wait a couple years. Several years ago, there were almost no one-pumps. A couple years ago, there were many one-pumps. Now they are almost all one-pumps. What do you make of this trend? Would you buy a car with window cranks? How about a car with leaf suspension and drum brakes and a carbuerator? Who needs an air conditioner?! That's just right now. I guess it's fair to say, once these auto manufacturers get their heads out of their asses and realize that the people don't like convenience, we can get back to the 1970's technology and move forward in a no-frills direction.
Why? It's a very reliable system, sure its a bit fiddly to repair but all one pump systems are fiddly. It has a lot less failure points than any other one pump system. I've never heard of any problems, just moans that its fiddly to replace a bladder and most of them are from people who have never actually used Octopus just what they read on a forum or a friend of a friend saidget rid o' octopus maybe,...
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