2973 Rainbow 62" Sport Kite Dual Line Stunt Parafoil Includes Braided Kite Line and Bag

Back in my youth about 20 years ago I used to have a acrobatic kite that I used to fly under the Verrazano Bridge in Brooklyn. I've been going to the beach with me daughter and it seems that the kites we are buying from local stores break easily, don't work or are just pain boring... I decided to give this a try... First impression - This comes in a little pouch that made me thing they sent the the wrong item... turns out it fits in a littel pouch that is super portable and light! Second impression - This thing has like a million strings!!! How am I going to unrable then all... It was easy... it came apart without tangles but it does take a little patience to do it nice and slow... Third Impression - God forbit I read the instructions... I used to do this all the time and I'm a guy right? So I went right to put it together. My advice, read them. If not, the main thing is to lay the strings out to the full lenght on the ground and attach the hand grips to each side of the kite and the hand grips to each string end. (Don't worry, this took about 2-3 minutes, not hard). Final Impression - Getting the kite up was super easy with a helper. Wife help the kite up facing the wind, I made sure the strings were both equally taught and once we got a good gust I pulled. I was doing my old figure 8s in the air and even did a trick where I ran the kite a full speed across the ocean water and touched the top of a wave with the tip of the kite (Keep in mind I did this for years before so don't go crazy the first time out. My recommendation? BUY THIS THING!!! It is cheap price but built well. It has everything you need, it's portable, easy to use, pretty in the sky, I had a small audience within 10 minutes of opening the bag :) Kids loved it (But little kids will not be able to fly it,just look at it) ... Oh yea, with a nice strong wind it is also a good arm workout!!! Enjoy!

This is my first time ever flying a 2-line parafoil beginner stunt kite. I am 72 years old and the last time I flew a kite was when I was 12 years old. That kite was a triangular paper kite with crossed wooden stays. I got the kite to fly with my 6 and 10 year old grandson's. My flying area is atop a grassy hill on my farm with good winds and no trees or power lines. We flew the kite for 2 consecutive days when the winds were 6 to 21 mph (measured with an anemometer). Cons: If the wind speed is not constantly ABOVE 6 mph this kite will not fly. If the wind speed is between 10 and 20 mph it flies best. If the wind speed is over 20 mph it will pull a 50 pound child over. If your balance /strength and coordination are not average you probably should stick with a traditional kite, not a parafoil stunt kite. Pros: 1) It is easy to launch. Easier to launch with one person holding the upper leading edge (white leading edge which is a double vented) so the kite can fill with air. The lines must be fully stretched out and parallel laying on the ground. The pilot has one of the two lines in each hand with his back to the wind. When the kite (which the assistant is holding) fills with air the pilot may have to step back several steps and the kite just takes off. One person (the pilot) can launch this but this limited space does not permit me to describe how I do it. 2) It is easy to fly after you get the hang of it. I had 3 take-offs and quick crashes. After that I could keep it up for 3 to 10 minutes without difficulty. My 6 year-old 58 pound grandson mastered it after about 6 crashes. My 10 year-old 75 pound grandson crashed it repeatedly and finally gave up and quit in frustration. 3) The kite is very well constructed of rip-stop nylon with braded polyester lines and wrist straps included. When the kite crashes nothing breaks because there are no stays. The kite is pre-assembled with instructions included. I highly recommend this kite. It is a very well constructed parafoil which is priced very low. Great value. I am going to buy a second one so I have a "spare".

This is an excellent kite. I purchased it in advance of our beach camping trip. It comes ready to use with everything you need. It took me a little while to get the hang of flying it, but once I figured it out, I was doing tricks and having fun. From personal experience, I can tell you it is durable. I crashed many times as I learned to fly it and even ended up in the surf when I got too gutsy. I got it back in the air and it flew wonderfully. As others have noted, this kite does do better in stronger winds and yes, the lines connected to the air foil itself can become tangled. Don't let this deter you. They're all connected to the control lines via a very easy slip knot. Just untie the knot, the lines will then quickly untangle, and then redo the slip knot. Also, kids will need help flying this kite, as it can produce a strong pull (I had to help my 7 & 10 year old daughters).

I bought this kite for my 12 year old son as something fun an inexpensive that seemed fairly durable. He has always wanted to fly my dual line stunt kite, but it's more fragile than this appeared to be, so I thought this might be a good intro to dual line kites that is fairly durable. This is not a stunt kite, but I wanted to give him some experience with a dual line kite that was less breakable. For the price, this is a pretty decent product. The bag it comes in is fairly nice, and the handles and line seem alright but maybe could do with a little more length to get this thing into the more steady wind above the surface. I agree with the other reviews that say this is a beach kite. It needs a pretty stiff breeze to keep it up in the air reliably and it doesn't like shifting wind much. The times we've flown it in 10mph wind or less, we have not been really successful. Over 10 seems to be where the fun starts. He can fly it just fine then but we live in an area where there just aren't a lot of big open spaces or beaches. The biggest field we can find still has tall trees within 100 yards or so and this kite struggles in that kind of area unless the wind is pretty strong. I expected this kite to be a little easier to fly than it is. I think this is pretty much because we don't have a lot of access to good, strong, steady breezes. I think the product is pretty good for the price, and it does seem quite durable. Tangling of the lines is not a problem as long as you take the time to secure them to the loop at the bottom when you are done using it.

I've flown similar kites before, some large ones that are used for kite boarding, so knew what to expect. This kite is extremely easy to fly compared to my stunt kite. My pre-teens were able to easily assemble and launch it and fly it successfully and they even had some successful landings. The number of lines in the kite mean you have to pack & unpack neatly. I took the advice of another reviewer and laid the control lines out first which helped matters significantly. At some point for reasons unknown (it may have been shipped that way) the lines from the kite itself came untangled from the loop that attaches to the control line which resulted in a mess of lines; this is because they are simply looped and not tied to the attachment loop. We were able to completely restring the kite in <30minutes using the picture on the pouch and we are careful to check/tighten before and after packing the kite to avoid it happening again. All in all an excellent kite for fantastic value, and we had a great amount of fun with it.

The string wasn't set up with equal lengths and holders not easy to use. So, rather than BS around with getting that all sorted out, I pulled out a set of strings from another kite and used the other rigs strings and holders instead. Once it was all set up with good strings and holders, the kite was a lot of fun to use... Good flight, agile, easy to get up and keep up. Repacking was also easy.

Fun kite for the beach, we had crowds of beach-goers who came to check out the cool tricks! Easy to fly and flies true. I would recommend this for anyone over the age of 9 or 10! Fun for the whole family!

They sent me an eight and a half foot wide kite! Not a kid's kite! Gonna' pulllllll!!! I just got done going over it, every bridle attachment point at the kite, and at the secondary collector points needed the simple 'keeper' knot tightened and snuggled down (there was about a quarter inch gap between the 'keeper' and the simple slide tight knot, the 'keeper' must be snuggled down prior to the first flight, these knots will do their final tightening up on their own, do this or you're going to have mess of improperly cinched knots, maybe even have several come completely free.) The bridles pieces' 'loop' knots were ok, whew!!! So was the sewing of the ripstop. The line winder was missing the usual bungee cord, no biggie. The Dyneema line was terminated with simple one knot loops, no sleeving... fine with me I don't sleeve any of my own sport kite linesets, but they should have used two knots one close after the other to prevent slipping. Bag was perfect, lol. If it turns out to be a total dud in the air, or rips apart I'll report back, but in the mean time I seem to have received a huge, fairly well made two line parafoil kite for $20!!!!! Tested it out yesterday, see my Comment below, doggie kite! Useless to me... BTW, my other current dual line parafoils include Prism 1.2 and 1.4 Snapshots (highly recommended!) Prism 170 and 200 Synapses (complicated bridle, but the 200 is nice in low winds if you know what your doing...) a Flexifoil Big Buzz (flies just like the original Flexi's, smooth and stable,) and the last of my stash of Seatle AirGear's WindDance's, a couple each of the 1, 2, and 3. The WindDance's are unobtainium, my thanks to Dan Ruuska the maven who designed them, the remaining half a dozen are cherished. I also fly Revolution quad line kites.