Hi All,

Just wondering how many used the the 2012 5th Element Trust Bar, and are now using the 2013 model? The reason I ask, is that I now know of 3 cases where the safety (and in one case both safety and depower line at the same time) have snapped due to wear on the lines from rubbing on the bar. I know the 2013 bar has improved on this wear by 20%, but has anyone had any issues with wear on the 2013 bar yet?

Two of the times when the lines snapped the kites fell straight to the water leading edge first and recovery was easy, however one was in a slightly offshore wind and I was lucky to get my kite back with only minimal damage about 2km along the coast at a rocky point before it went completely offshore.

Kind of sick of having to replace expensive north lines often when I have only had the gear 6mths (similar for the other two people I know), but want to make sure it is worth going to the 2013 bar and if they have fixed the issue with the lower friction material through the bar.

Thoughts?