HQ Beamer 1.8M

At first this was a debate over the buster2m r2f or the 1.8beamer, and I went to the store to have a look at the buster and had a look at the dodgy bridles compared to the thick beamer bridles, didnt fancy being dragged by something supported by cheapy bridles which is what the buster has.

I've had this kite for about 3 weeks now, and only got to fly it yesterday for the first time.

Right...

The bag, quite a comical fella actually- It looks like something you'd see a kid wearing out of school, big 'robust' "looking" zipper on the back with not much over half a liter storage, enough to hold some water in. but, I'm not after a designer bag I'm after a high wind, bat around the sky in high wind jobby kite for a low price, I baught it for 90 quid at the local kite store, mission adventure, (10% discount because I've spent over 350 quid in there)

In the bag, a thick instruction book on how to assemble, fly, land, buggy, and a few other things.

The lines and handles, theyre still wrapped up on the winder and the handles still in the bag unused, the lines look as cheapy as the buster bridles,the handles are very uncomfortable looking budget stylee hard plastic coated sticks, so I've been using my flexifoil lines/handles.

I rolled out the kite expecting it to be of similar quality to the rest of the kit, ok so it hasnt got meshed cell openings, but thats alright it helps with removing sand when its wet. The kite is an excellent peice of kit, and well stitched up & good quality materials. The winds were ranging from 18-23 mph, and this kite shocked me with its pull, manouverability, and stability, out of the 4 hours fly time I got with it, it only collapsed once, when the wind done some random unexpected movements while the kite was towards the edge of the window. other than that, the kite is brilliant, but didn't like going above into the zenith for some reason.

I was also using it with my mountain board, and I did get some good speeds out of it, the kite turns fast, thus you can just keep her in the power window over and over, and reach good speeds for a 1.8m. I let the Mrs have a go, as she wont fly my 3.5 bullet cause she's seen me face plant 1 too many times, so she had a go on the beamer, and the ammount of times the kite crashed nose down, dead fast was crazy, I thaught that the kite was on its last legs, but not even a stitch out of place.

All in all I'm dead impressed with my new high wind kite for the price I payed.

Oh yeah, the brake leaders even come with 5 or 6 pre knots in it for easy adjusting, nearly forgot

I hope this helps with your choice for a high wind kite

By : n00ber420