Gear Guide

Everything you need to know about gear: Design insights, reviews and getting the best from your kit.

Phi Symphonia review

Phi Symphonia review (EN A)

Safety, simplicity and usable performance is the promise, but does it deliver? Marcus King finds out
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Fly Kandy Ridge DE Pro jacket review

FlyKandy Ridge DE Pro jacket review

Is the free-flight world ready for a €350 flying jacket? The guys at FlyKandy are banking on it.
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Eurofly Snake review

Eurofly Snake review

It’s a nanolight, you don’t need a licence, and “it’s a blast!” says Steve Uzochukwu
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BipBip+ review

Stodeus BipBip+ mini-review

The Stodeus BipBip+ tiny solar-powered vario came out in 2017 to replace the original BipBip
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Alfapilot XI+ review

Alfapilot XI+ review

Alfapilot XI+ review: Inspired by Kobo mash-ups Marcus King tries this all-in flight computer
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Swing Arcus RS Lite review

Swing Arcus RS Lite review (EN B)

Marcus King heads to Nepal with the Swing Arcus RS Lite – a low EN-B with added RAST
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RAST

What’s so great about RAST? Q&A with Michael Nesler

Swing designer Michael Nesler explains the concept behind RAST, and why he thinks its time has now come
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Parajet Maverick

Parajet Maverick review

In aviation light is right. Franck Simonnet gets to grips with Parajet’s latest unit
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Advance Easiness 2

Advance Easiness 2 review

Advance's Easiness 2 lightweight harness is a reversible design with two unique selling points: configurability and comfort
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Apco on flow aligned ribs and the Hybrid

Apco flow aligned ribs and the Hybrid

Apco talk about their new design concepts: Flow-aligned ribs and a hybrid paraglider that is half-standard, half-single-skin
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