Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:20 pm
The Chrome was HQ's attempt at a proper high end kite. It looked good, it was supposed to perform well enough and the spec was good - nothing outstanding- but high end standard ( Icarex sail and Dynamic and ( I think) Skyshark frame). The problem was the price - £250ish - not excessive for high end but spend £250 on a Benson and you know what you are going to get, but spend £250 on an HQ?....I like HQ kites but it's a lot of money on a bit of a gamble. This wasn't helped by the fact that HQ let out almost no information about it, there were only a couple of unofficial videos which weren't very helpful and no kites for testing. When Flying wings released the Soul ( their high end bid) they sent test kites everywhere and got some good feedback but HQ didn't and so very few were sold as not many wanted to take a risk. However if you can hold of one for £70 I'd bite their hand off!!
Current Bag:- HQ Shadow, Spiderkites Zodarion, Flying Wings Soul, Old blue HQ Jive , 'PAW' modded HQ Maestro II, Delta Hawk,