How does a bar differ from handles. The only difference i can see is, you wouldn't be able to make break turns. And why are they so expencive? Handles are about £15 where bars are about £50..

Pete

This is what i have worked out, if u buggy ya need to be some times agressive with control and with a bar you are limmetd to how much you can pull 1 line as for cost yeah bars are a tad more expencive but ive seen them cheaper try ebay

Pete,
Bars tend to be used with landboards. The reason for this is because they can be used with a harness. You can set up handles to be used with a harness but you don't have any quick release mechanism.
The advantages with usign a bar/harness set up is you reduce the amount of strain on your arms allowing you to rider for longer. Also you can control the kite with one hand which does come in handy if you are doing jumps, board grabs and leaning out.
The downside is the slow turning speeds. Obviously larger bars help increase the speed marginally but you'll never get the same level of 'immediate' control with a bar as you do with handles.

I see. I just remembered seeing a harness with a bar that could rotate, so after spinning you could just flick the bar and the lines would level out. Do you control bars the same as handles? E.g. pulling opposed to twisting like bike handle bars?

Bars usually give you a slow turning kite, but nice to fly hooked in, They also allow you to have a free hand for board grabs and such, in a bug though, nothing touches using handles, even when locked in cruising in one direction, you dive the kite, get rocking, once in motion, hit the brakes lightly and you get a nice burst of power, let the kite run a little, then on the brakes again for another burst to pick up more speed. The ability to loop the kite tightly when powered right up is also good and only really possible on handles.

Now if your into buggy jumping instead of speed then a depowerable on a bar may be the way forwards, because you'll be able to go out with way more kite than any sane person would normally take up, get rocking, power it up and nothing will keep you from leaving mother earth.