The nice people at Challenger Sails have been good enough to send out a couple of their kites for people to review them and give them feedback. There is a Mondrian and a MirĂ³], both standards. I've got them to begin with but they will soon be going out on tour.
Here's my initial thoughts on the Mondrian to begin with:-
It's pretty much a regular, full-sized kite with conventional frame choice for a standard (P200 LEs and 5PT LSs), two standoffs per side and with slight battenless winglets .
Build is very nicely detailed with fully covered LEs, plenty of reinforcement across the TE and spine, a reverse turbo bridle that is adjustable on every leg with leaders already in place, tidy plug-in covered wingtips and the nose area is tidily folded and sewn in a way I've not seen before.
The logo wear patch at the US/spine area (a 3D rubber item) is a sweet touch.
As has become expected the Mondrian employs tail weight as a tuning option. Once again this is dealt with in a tidy and thoughtful manner - a metal barrel with a hole to mount it securely, held in place with velcro at the base of the spine.
Yoyo stoppers are in place too, Exel standoff connectors.
The overall impression is of a very well put together kite with some really nice touches. It looks solidly made and ready to go but with plenty of tuning and tweaking options to investigate.
Do you wanna know how it flies too ?
Mike.