The Ozone Razor is another race kite - that is a kite designed for kite buggy racing - like the Airea Raptor II 2.5. The kites are high aspect - that is long and thin, with very little thickness. Ozone have a reputation for making excellent kites throughout their product range and it shows on the Razor. Bridles are unsleeved and stitched - and are very thin to reduce aire resistance, the sail is made from waterproof coated fabric (given my record of managing to land kites in water this will be welcome!) and everything is finished very nicely.
I like my kites to look nice - even the traction ones - much to the dismay of some of the other local fliers. And the Razor scores very highly on this - only (in my opinion) beaten by the PKD Century Soulfly (another race kite similar to both the Raptor and the Razor). Pity I can't see the Razor design when I'm flying.....
Purchased: April 2005
Width : 413 cm Height : - cm Depth : - Weight : - g
Spars : n/a Sail : New Skytex water repellant Porcher Marine 44g
Wind Range : 4+ Beaufort
Cost : £180 second hand from one of my friends in Sheffield Kite Fliers (including lines, handles, kite keepers and strop).
Excellent! I'm very impressed with the Raptor II I got a couple of years ago so I was on the look out for another high performance kite. The Razor 3.5 isn't as large as I wanted (I wanted a kite in the 5m league) and isn't the perfect kite for inland gusty winds, but I wasn't going to miss this opportunity! The build quality of the Razor is fantastic - they really are well made, and from reports on the Internet do stand the test of time.
I'm looking forward to taking this one to the beach and having a blast.