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I bought this kite as a cheap starter 4 line kite for my daughter and myself. Bought it online for £25 including delivery. Now just to set the record straight its span is 2.5M and area is 2Msq. When it arrived we unpacked it and laid it out, its not made of any type of ripstop material, the stitching was not particularly impressive, no edging around the edges, bridle lines looked very flimsy and thin. Flying lines were very poor and even had a knot in them! After flying the first time we found the lines to be all different lengths, easily sorted. Handles were poor quality and the leaders looked as though they would chaff where they pass through. Once the lines were sorted we had another go at flying and it was quite enjoyable, but don't forget this was our first time flying a 4 line kite. Still we were able to practice launching and reverse launching and to learn a little about what we had read on the wind window. Now this being our first time we did manage a few crashes and this soon had stitching coming undone. So got the dear missus to fix it with the sewing machine and provide a bit of reinforcement and off we went again. Again enjoyable but ended with a control line fraying about halfway along. The kite did enough to whet the appetite but I'm afraid that all its really good for. I don't think it would stand up to any high winds well and I certainly don't think you'd want to fly it with a crowd of fellow kiters. Not something you'd want to own up to having in your quiver. So should you buy one just to see if you like kiting? No. We have since bought a 2M Pansh Legend for £46 and it absolutely knocks spots off the KM7003, well made, edging all round and double stitched, decent bridles, better handles, not sure about the lines though. I think you would get far more use from the Pansh and hence it's better value for money. By : Chris. S.

Received this kite as gift last year from a close friend who thougth it would help me get into kiting. Well he was right! Sadly like all of us we can't wait to get the damn things up in the air and I was no exception. Sadly the wind was only about 5mph so I wasn't really going to get dragged about. But she went up and stayed up and until the tide came in from behind us! A little too long enjoying myself I thinks. After taking the KM7001 a few times I must admit I got a bit fed up with it because of the line set quality. Frankly they suck! They're not pre-stretched and who can be bothered stretching them yourself! The kite really struggles in winds upto the 20mph mark. Tried everything to tweak the line set but it couldn't fly at all. It just stalls and gets no lift. So, I decided to invest in a set of flexifoil Quad lines around 25mtrs and 300lb. "Now this is when the KM7001 came to life". Put this kite in a 5-10mph wind and it flies round very pleasently and is quite gracefull and a real joy to use, infact you could get your gran to fly it!. Put it in 10-20mph and things start to wake up a bit! There's a decent amount of sport to be had. Now I've not gone barking mad, but this kite only costs around £20 and when you put this kite with Flexifoil lines in a 35-40ph wind on a beach, with a landboard you seriously get moving! I've done this twice now, once at Sandwich bay and today and Camber Sands. If your a beginner like me to kiting/Landboarding your going to sit up and take notice. I agree not everyone's gonna be brave enough to walk out onto a beach with a £20 kite and a Landboard when there's people with kites flying around you that cost anything from £100 to £1000, If your interested in trying this kite out do so. What have you got to lose, I got this as a gift and have upgraded the lines and now have something that it useable in high winds and doesn't break the bank or your legs. For me at the moment I'm getting great use out of this kite by practising landbaording and a reasonable speed in high winds. Don't think you'll get any air or hang time with this kite unless we get a hurricane but rest assure if we do, I'll be out there with my KM7001. This kite is great value for money if your a beginner so give it a go! By : Antoniou