My wife and I have always had a couple of cheap 2-line stunt kites to fly on a whim, but mine never flew as well as her's. I decided I was going to pay a little more for one so it would at least fly decent. Kept seeing mentions of "foil" kites. Watched some videos and decided that it would be kinda cool not to have struts. So I ordered the 2.1 HQ Symphony and after the first few seconds of flying it, I knew I had made the right decision. After flying it for months and experiencing it's "tug" in stronger winds, I started thinking of upgrading. That's when I did some serious watching of all the power kite videos I could find. I never recovered from that slippery slope (that's a good thing!).