U-Turn Oxigen Pro

The Oxigen Pro comes in a sack without lines, I added 25 metre ozone lines and handles.( The Pro version being lighter than the standard version but £80 more expensive)

Being on the light side 60kg I took it out for its first flight in 7 Mph winds, Very nice kite out of the bag good attention to detail,the finish was excellent. Being the Pro version it is all the same colour top and bottom unlike the standard one which has white bottom. Attaching the lines the thing to notice is the rings on the brake lines, apparently it makes it more stable when flying.

Launched with a little trepidation as this is the biggest kite to date I have got, it went up beautifully nice clean pull straight to the zenith and just sat there. This is a very nice kite to fly, I have used it for free flying and on a board.

The kite makes it very easy to get good jumps either on the board or not, it was bought to get me airborn on my board and it fits the bill really well. Once the wind is over 10 mph it starts to produce large amounts of pull and good lift, I have flown this in winds upto 15 mph which for me is overpowered and it is excellent making jumping on my board really easy, It's also a very nice kite to cruise on your board with.

One word of warning though, if the wind is full on this kite does not want to come down, using the brake lines proved inaffective, Uturn recommend you adding another knot in the brake line 5cm further up and this does the trick. It is a trade off really if the wind isn't blowing full on you need to change the knot again, but that is only a minor moan really - I love this kite.

On the value for money side of things, I would rate it as ok to good, sure you get to choose what lines and handles you want but to only come in a stuff sack is disappointing.

I would rate it 7 1/2 out of 10, the brake issue when full on and the value for money being the two things to reduce the score.

You wont be disappointed with the Oxigen but do try and compare the standard version with the pro to see if the extra cost is worth it It will give good lift and is a very nice kite to fly but heavier riders would need more wind to get the same results

By : redwine