Was lucky enough to be one of the first riders to get the new Switchcraft bar. This is JN's new 08 bar and a welcome upgrade to the CBS system which was starting to show it's age against some the latest bar/line sets on the market.
The 'alex' release of the previous JN bars is now a simpler affair that releases by pushing away from the body. This has two advantages - you can fire it without pull from the kite, and it's doesn't fire accidently if you pull it whilst hooking in.
The bar itself is thinner than the CBS and features 'horns' on the end enabling you to select effective bar length by switching between the two ends (there's a larkhead on the end of line connecting to a knotted stopper line that passes through the horn ends). You can also turn the horns through 180 giving you 4 sizes in total from one bar.
Other features include two sizes of chicken loop included, an anti-tangle fifth line and perhaps the best bit of all - an 'autolock' system which locks the chicken loop facing the right way when unhooking.
The bar is also very adjustable. It has a moveable stopper ball on the centre line and the depower trimmer can be very easily moved up or down too. It's very simple to set it up just how you want.
As you can probably tell, I'm pretty impressed by the Switchcraft. It was the one place where JN were lacking in comparison to their competitors and they've come up with a well thought out deisng.
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