I fly 10 lei on the water most often but i will go with my 7 because that means the wind is crankin' goodimes.
13 venom for arc if i still owned one.

Quote: Originally posted by pongnut

19m Venom II - jank wind eater that can get my fat @ss in the air without critical redirect timing - the perfect "lazy man" kite.

Out of curiosity what line length do you like with it / wind do you normally use it in? I was always scared of mine in higher wind (mostly just so much fabric), but hated having to inflate with a fan/blower, and didn't ever get comfortable with it as we didn't get the right low wind often enough.

Arcs: 13m (Venom or Phantom -- floaty + grunty, but not terrifying and still turns fast)
Depower Foil: 10m (Speed 4... hand's down my favorite depower foil on the planet... tons of range.)
Fixed Bridle: 3m (I love my old Beamer III and my Hornet 2... flies in anything and fun as hell to this day)
LEI/On Water: 10m for LEIs, but I'd really REALLY like to have a go at my 14m on water. It's just so... stable and predictable, but lifty with tons of grunt. I've just never really had the right conditions, but I really look forward to it (it's a 2012 SS Rally, in case you're curious). As it is, though, my go-to kite for like the last year has been the 10m size. I recently replaced a 2011 Rally in that size with a 2016 Wave SST. And yeah, I'm pretty pumped

As for least favorite sizes:
Arcs: 19m Venom (I had to throw away those pants)
Depower Foil: 15m (bowtie machine here in CO)
Fixed Bridle: 5m (blegh)
LEI/On Water: 12m (I just always feel like I'm either under- or over-powered)

All that being said, I'm a total water noob, so I expect this to change significantly by next year

For depower closed cell, without a doubt, my 19m Speed 3 Deluxe is the best I have flown. The only other closed cell foils I have flown also happened to be Speeds, but the 19m has been my favorite for its sheer grunty lifting power.

For fixed bridle, I still haven't found a kite I like flying than my 8.6m Reactor 2013. I just love larger sizes for fixed bridles. Not a fan of the smaller sizes at all, hence me selling my 3.5m Reactor off. Great kite, but not my style.

I have only flown a small handful of LEIs, and I don't remember the names nor really care much for any of them enough to name a favorite.

The only single skin kite I have flown was a 12m Peak 2. So that one.

I have flown only two arcs, my 12m Charger II and MarS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s 22.5m ChII. Between those, I think I would rather have a 15m or 18m, but my 12m is currently my go to high wind kite. I feel comfortable on it in janky wind up into the 20s, and clean wind up to 30mph.