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About to buy a new Zephyr. The standard package comes with a 55 cm bar and 27m lines.

In theory should make a little more power on longer lines but react a bit slower.

Want to use the same bar with other kites and curious if anyone has flown one with 25m lines.

Probably does not make much difference.

SVO early on in the piece we tested it with a normal 50cm ozone bar and the 25m lines. Makes a suitable difference with the bigger bar and the 27m lines.

Still reactive enough for most mortals needs.

What was said, you won't be dissappointed. My bro and I even just lately (4 times in the past week and a half) have been the only ones out for some great flat and a ocean sessions where guys with 12m either couldnt get out or couldn't be bothered taking the risk to drive all the way to the beach to see if it was possible. We just get in the car and go! We hold them down with all the other 12's and some on smaller kites.

It's a quicker acting kite on the bigger bar without a doubt, if your just mincing around then the smaller bars ok, but if you want to aggressivly move it around the bigger is the go, you could have the bigger bar with 24mtrs for decent wind, then put on some 4 mtr extension, to get that extra bit of wind, however if your just looking to get going in light winds then it'd be the edges you should be looking at, had all the zephyrs and this ones the go, gets a tad heavy on the bar above 20knts, best $1600 I've spent

eppo said..

SVO early on in the piece we tested it with a normal 50cm ozone bar and the 25m lines. Makes a suitable difference with the bigger bar and the 27m lines.

Still reactive enough for most mortals needs.

What was said, you won't be dissappointed. My bro and I even just lately (4 times in the past week and a half) have been the only ones out for some great flat and a ocean sessions where guys with 12m either couldnt get out or couldn't be bothered taking the risk to drive all the way to the beach to see if it was possible. We just get in the car and go! We hold them down with all the other 12's and some on smaller kites.

Hmmmm Interesting

I was about to purchase the Zephyr but now Ozone have just released the Chrono in Australia (see InTheLoop for orders), and in slightly larger 18mt sizes!

I do both land and water kiting so this kite will probably be what I am really after, and being a foil kite the low packing ratio will be a bonus too.

The only thing I need to do now is wait to demo one and see what the bar is like (Infinity II I believe).