Pansh Legend 2M

After having read the reviews / posts on this site and others with regard to Pansh kites, I decided to see for myself and with a 2m Legend....

My Impressions:

Service and price - excellent, the kite arrived in a matter of days, I was kept informed when it was leaving and made use of the TNT website to track it's journey, 3 days from china to my hands, not bad at all.
The price, amazing, $59 including shipping, what more can be said.

Build quality - the foil itself I am really impressed with, good solid stitching, nice shape, stitched in logo's. nothing wrong with that at all. The bridle, looks a bit messy compared to my Peter Lynn Rebble, but it functions. The lines, nasty, very nasty, they may now be supplied pre-stretched but they're like rope! The handles, OK, not brilliant but not horrific, could probably do with being a little fatter and longer for my taste.

Setting up - I'm a newbie to kiting, my rebble arrived set up and RTF, so this was all new to me, I set up using the knots on the bridle leaders and handle leaders that were already there. Easy enough, there's no instructions, but it was obvious what went where.

First Flight - Awful, it flew but not very well at all, luffing, stalling, it generally felt wierd. However, after shortening the power lines by about 3 inches (the brakes were already as long as possible) I tried again, what a difference 3 inches can make!! It felt really nice, stable, fast turning and generated a fair amount of pull, the wind had picked up from around 10 to about 14-15 mph and the legend actually started to pull me forward quite a lot. I couldn't feel much lift, but plenty of pull, it'll turn on a sixpence with a tiny bit of brake as you turn.


Final Thoughts - a brilliant kite for very little money, even if I swap the handles and lines for some that I prefer, this is still a bargain. I only intended using it in high wind and maybe for the other half to play with while I'm flying the rebble, but I really think it might see quite alot of use.

By : southcoaststeve