Just for bugging and static jumping is there one that is most universal? Lets hear some thought. One you can use almost anywhere, and in most conditions wet or dry. Would line length play a part in that roll? Or is it just a rule of thumb that you have 5-10 kites?That is killing me right now because i only have two kites right now and I am so limited to what and when I can fly its killing me. So I just wanted to see if anyone had ideas on there Universal sickness! Thanks.

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You'd have to work out what are the 'normal' wind conditions for where you fly/buggy, and then get a kite that is good for those wind speeds - this varies depending on where you are, or where you fly.

Once you've taken a best guess at what this is, then the next choices for you might be what should you have if is it a) more windy than normal, and/or b) less windy than normal.

You're right in that one size does not normally suit all winds, but thats just the nature of the game.

You could look for a depower that might give you a wider usable wind range, but square meter for square meter this will most likely lead to something larger than a fixed bridle for the same pull in same wind, and most likely end up costing you more. You're choice though at the end of the day.

A key to buying for you might be to look on the manufacturers specs for each kite and look at what is the wind range for each size, and then compare this to different kites - if you're looking for something for most winds then you'll be looking for a wide wind range, not something that is narrow (narrow like 10-14mph - doesn't give you much usable wind range, but on the other hand might be awesome when powered up in that wind range).

Excellent advice Khooke.

In our area, the most common sizes are in the 3 and 4 meter range. This is the size that gets used about 70% of the time. We hardly ever need kites larger than 7.0 meter in size and almost everyone in our group has a 1.5 meter kite for those high wind nukin' days.

The wind is different for everyones area. As Khooke suggested, find out what your average winds are and buy a kite that is optimized for those conditions. That way you will be able to fly that kite the majority of time. Then you can decide on if you need a kite that is larger or smaller depending on the next most common wind conditions.

In most cases, you can get by with 2 or 3 kites to cover 95% of the days. Most true Depowerable kites will cover the same wind range as 2-3 fixed bridle kites (this is a generalization) so it is possible that for your specific area, one depowerable kite will fit all of your needs. The downside is that the Depowerable will work for you in those conditions but may not be optimized for those conditions. What I mean by this is that you may be able to work the kite in lower winds or depower the kite for higher winds but it will ultimately have a sweet spot in the middle of the two extremes that the kite works best. With fixed bridle kites each size will be optimized for their specific wind ranges. (hope that makes sense) Most of the time you will need two depowerable kites to cover 95% of your winds and 3 or 4 fixed bridle kites to cover the same 95% of your winds.

What I always suggest is to find others in your area and just ask them what their most used kite size is and you will know where to start building your kite quiver.

Hope this helps.

Yes, It did. Thank you 2 for the imput.

hey man you live in the sacto valley right.....I have a pansh legend5.5 and its 2.0 version....those two kites could do it for me...I like that little 2...its fast..and the 5.5 drives like a bus but its works well they are very reliable and dirrrrrt cheap...

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For most winds I could get by with 2 kites if I had to, the 3m and 5.5m Brooza, they're fast enough to scare you in a buggy(45mph with a 2m), Enough lift to make ATBs fun. I am 250lbs and was jumping sandcastles down in seaside with my 5.5m Brooza in 15mph winds. I'm a big guy so I ended up pulling out the 7.5m Brooza to really rock through the dunes, but the average guy would be fine with the 5.5m

The 3m and 5.5m would probably cover me from 10mph up to at least 30mph for buggy or ATB. I suggest these kites because they're incredibly stable in gusty/swirly winds as well, not the fastest kite out there, not the biggest lift, but for an all around package they'll get it done.