Duotone Juice D/Lab properties. New Lite Surf kite

The engine of technological developments in the kitesurfing industry is running at full speed. As you know kites are on a diet. I mentioned this concept earlier in an extensive exploration 'Lite Surf'. This has its advantages. For example, a lighter kite falls from the air less quickly when there is less wind. This also offers great advantages with wave kite surfing, but especially with kite foiling it is sublime. The correct kite foil combination then ensures that you can enjoy kite foiling with about 7 knots. The Duotone Juice D/Lab is such a kite especially suitable for little wind. This is what we can tell about this kite.

View all the benefits of a lighter kite in our 'Lite Surf' special. In it you will also find a comparison between the duotone neo SLS, Ozone Enduro V3 and ocean rodeo Roam A series.

Duotone Juice D/lab

Lightweight kite

The common lightest kites weigh about 3 kilos for a 12 meter kite with 3 struts. The lightest kite so far was the Ocean Rodeo Roam A-series. This kite weighs only 2.3 kilos. The new Duotone Juice D/Lab is available in sizes 13 meters and 15 meters. The 13 meters weighs 2,73 kilos.

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Features Juice D/lab

• The interview with Aaron Hadlow and the video from Mark van der Burg above confirms that with the Juice D/Lab already kitefoiled with very little wind. There is even talk of from 4-5 knots.
• Mark shows how good kite foiling is at 7-8 knots. He writes that he has been testing the Duotone Juice D/Lab for a few weeks and thinks the light wind conditions are amazing. All this because of the construction using the latest version Aluula. But with the Aluula alone you don't have a 'high performance' kite for little wind. There is much more to it.
• In addition, Mark specifically states that he is positively surprised by the power that the Juice D/Lab develops when steering up and up.
• He is also surprised at the speed of rotation of the Juice D/Lab.

Price tag

Of course, technological development has a price. Especially if you want to use it as an 'early adapter', in short the first one. A Duotone Juice D/lab has a price tag of 2.999 Euro.

Conclusion Duotone Juice D-Lab

For kitesurfers and kitefoilers who are looking for the best of the best and want to be on the water with as little wind as possible, the Juice D-Lab is worth considering. Also for kite surfers who live at kite spots where the wind is not often strong. The Juice D/lab offers the possibility to kitesurf and kitefoil anyway.