Chris_M said...
Agree with Eppo, its bull S h i t, the technology is there - plastic sleeves are all good. If the correct way to extend the life of your North bar is to wax the lines, they need to supply that with the bar, or do it themselves before purchase. Its weird how manufactures get all stubborn about the obvious faults in their design - Ozone with the safety release, and north with the line wear - cmon guys, just fix the problem already!

People get such hurt feelings about the mistakes they make, just suck it up and fix the problem, we promise we wont say "told you so"!

eppo said...
Yeh agreed Chris M. I think I recall the problem Witt he ozone quick release is they did indeed address this issue from design to production then were curtailed by poor manufacturing and parts hence had to go back the the drawing board and find another source to produce their design.

That's what I remember but someone must know the whole story.

North have put in that sacrificial plastic thingy to reduce depower bar wear, so I think we have to give them some credit.

eppo said...
I seem to remember a very similar post with a very similar solution offered. Was it on kiteforum, actually I think it was.

So I suppose I will say what I said then. A really great solution to a problem that should not, I will say it again SHOULD NOT have to be found nor implemented on a bar that costs so much. I'm sorry but this is how I see it. As a past suffer of changing depower lines and nearly losing my mind in the process I just gives me the absolute sh1ts that such a high quality product in every other sense is spoilt by this stupid piece of crappy engineering.

Will say again what I said, plastic sleeving,

I was then given a whole bunch of different reasons why it is not, etcetera. For instance Should change your depower every season anyhow, all the bullSh1T reasons under the sun why this is the status quo with north bar and lines, crapola this went on for three pages of drivel people justifying this state of affairs, infact some of the waxing solutions become quite elaborate and bordered on hilariously insane...north for the price you charge for what is a bloody good product other than this.