Thanks - so is that with a 4.5 you're doing 12kts+? I am using the Unit D/lab and contemplating the Vayu as an alternative. Wondering whether I can sneak down a size or not, I currently ride 3.5 (85%) and 5.

Power and range is imo similar to the units, just feels friendlier and a zilion times better when flagged.

I have the 5m and 6m aura 3 and happy with it so far. But tbh I dont see that many differences between the good brands now.

After a bad experience with failing seams of my wing, I'm searching for a better construction. Does anyone have experience with the new model of Vayu (Aura V4)? I'm curious how it performs during maneuvers like tacks and jibes compared to what you've used before and also low wind performance.

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After a bad experience with failing seams of my wing, I'm searching for a better construction. Does anyone have experience with the new model of Vayu (Aura V4)? I'm curious how it performs during maneuvers like tacks and jibes compared to what you've used before and also low wind performance.

Does well on low wind and gybing, as foreshadowed at the top of the page I went to the V4 from Duotone Unit D/LAB. For the incredible price difference once you factor in the boom, leash etc the performance is fairly on par with a much more expensive product. It took me a little while to adjust to it, at the high-end I found the Duotone spills better but that's more a shape issue than the brand, on the flip side its more stable parked on a wave.

It seems fairly bulletproof. My minor gripe is that the design of the leash means that it will pay out to full extension and then has no elasticity, so in strong conditions it nearly dislocated my shoulder. Its also quite large in the bag, due to the long boom, which I personally don't love.

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SA_AL said..
After a bad experience with failing seams of my wing, I'm searching for a better construction. Does anyone have experience with the new model of Vayu (Aura V4)? I'm curious how it performs during maneuvers like tacks and jibes compared to what you've used before and also low wind performance.

I Owned Ozone Flux V1, Vayu Aura3 in 5+4+3 and now the Aura4 in 5+4m (kept the 3m V3) and demoed plenty of wings.
For me the Aura4 is one of the best handeling wings I tried and a dream in the surf.
Good low end when pumping really good without feeling heavy/grunty.I,m too close to a 100kg and it stays fairly stable in a wide windrange, but Dlabs are stiffer/ keep better there shape in wind where you should go 1 or 2m smaller.

Build quality
Build quality is really good. After a year with aprox 200 sessions the V3 is still fine. The shape probably bagged out a bit, but I don,t rerally nottice any performance issues and could easily ride them for another year. Its just that I had some issues and what works better for that then buying new gear! Bag and leash: I don,t have problems with that, used the 3m in over 40knots.

Compared to other wings
The Ozone feels and is bigger when I lay one over the other, more like a 5.3 so the Flux has better low end but also feels more racy. Better upwind angles at the cost of surf/light feel.
North and Naish feel both more grunty then both Vayu and Flux V1 but also more like a 5.7 instead of a 5.Armstrong: The XPS V1 was a really good wing and then with the V2 they made this heavy pig..I don,t get it).