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PKD 2m/3m/4m Brooza. For those that need to know, conditions were. NW 17 mph gusting to 22.stoke on trent.60% cloud cover with thermals.dry short grassand three grinning people. On seeing the kites we, Zotty,stig and myself (scud) were well impressed with the build quality of the kites, the stuff sacks are spacious and colour coded to the kites. The bridles are neatly packed and lanyard knotted for easy separation. The bridles are sleeved dyneema and are of very good quality,(dont know the material but its not the cheapest stuff in the box). On lining up,we used the 3 mtr first, we found that using a spare set of lines we had laying around fitted ferfectly and the kite sat on the short grass and couldnt be more well behaved. We took up the power on the mains and the 3 mtr sat up in anticipation awaiting the tug to launch.It then took off smoothly and went straight to the zenith showing off its progressive power,.We then went daft and being hooked in dropped it straight into the power window.... we were well suprised by the power it produced and how smoothly it excellerated into the wind, there was no hint of a luff or tuck during the sweep through the window and when we parked the kite at the edge it still sat there patiently and was able to maintain a modicum of control( they are new crispy kites and not at their aero efficient best). We had jumps off the 3 mtr all beit very snappy ones but the kite didnt show signs off luiffing at the zenith after the power was gone. They DO require a touchy feely amount of brakes. But not enough to make a difference to the canopy,just enough to make all 4 lines do the Work. We were using Zotty's buggy as a platform to get some traction,. I'll let him type the buggying bits.... first off i was surprised with how smooth and steady the kite supplied me with power as i dropped it into the window to get underway in the bug.before i know it i was doing maybe 20mph with the kite just parked there, not wanting to push things to far (scuds new babys n all) i made an normal up turn turn and headed back up the hill and again was surprised with the steady amount of power delivered, cutting up wind was also impressive for this type of sail (huge huge improvment over the busters) on my run down the hill again and feeling a tad more confident i sent the kite behind me to see how it lifted and up i went. prob gained about 20 inchs or so (again remeber these are scuds new babys lol) the landing wasnt a sudden slam. on the whole i'm impressed. it did what i asked and did it without question!. The Stig arrived,Phil Quinn, and being the youngest of all of us and the only one to enjoy throwing Raptor "'s around like they are chicken feed,promptly jumped into Zotty's buggy and being without a harness used his pie eating weight to keep himself into zotty's buggy,.He knows the hill and how the wind works and was ,within seconds,asking for the 4mtr to be lined up and given airtime. The 4 in all its blue glory was out of the bag and lined up.It proved to be the best of the bunch so far, ( the 2 mtr came out but was underpowered), both zotty and Stig commented on how the 4 produced copious amounts of grunt all through the window and was willing to be thrown around like a rag doll and still maintain its shape. The use of 4 cell entries makes a massive amount of difference, compaired to the likes of the busters that have cell entries over 80% of the leading edge. Sadly the wind was too strong to allow the 5.5 to get an airing,we were twitching with the idea but decided against it. All in all ,, first impressions are .. Good kite,, great build quality, excellent handling. Predictable but it does have a possibility of biting.They are lifty, i (scud) couldnt hold down the 4 mtr after the stig gave it to me)and couldnt physically get into zotty's buggy. They do feel more like race kites but without the instability and "im gonna kill ya" notion the higher aspect kites produce. They are NOT a beginners kite and they are not a race kite,, they are,, the best of both worlds. The kite than can be used inland for blattin around with ya mates , and can be used as a kite to get into racing.They have only been tested so far on a turbulent hill,, .Next airing will be at Hoylake... They will be put through their paces draggin my buggy around and i will not be as lenient as zotty is. I will get as much out of them as i can and hope to get footage of it too.. We have pictures of todays few hours and will put them up later,. Oh btw,, its the most stunning design.. By : scud4984