Prism Stowaway Parafoil Kite

by Prism

Product Features

• Spectacular 20-foot flowing tail
• All-cloth construction means no assembly required and nothing to break
• Packs into a 6" stuff-sack so you can take it on all your adventures
• 5 - 25 mph wind range
• Ready to fly with 200 ft of flying line and winder included

Product Description

The Stowaway Parafoil is a high-flying, indestructible soft kite with a spectacular, 20-foot flowing tail that’s visible a mile away. It combines the ease of an all-cloth parafoil with the drama of a dragon kite’s long tail and it’s always our first choice to make a big impression in a big landscape. Perfect for travel, there’s nothing to break, nothing to assemble, and it stuffs into a 6” pouch so you can take it on all your adventures. Celebrate your place in the sky with this nicely packaged, easy-to-fly new addition to the Prism lineup. Comes complete with everything you need including kite, 200’ of Dacron flying line, hoop winder for easy launch and recovery and stuff sack.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002U0KEB8
• Item model number: STP-Parafoil
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,349 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #5 in Toys & Games > Sports & Outdoor Play > Kites & Wind Spinners > Kites

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 'parachute'-style kite for beginners, March 27, 2011

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S. Forrester (Montevallo, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prism Stowaway Parafoil Kite (Sports)

I own two Prism kites, this one and a 1.2 speed foil kite. I purchased the speed foil kite first (it's Prism's smallest of that type of kite after all) thinking that I was a fairly experienced flyer and could probably skip the beginner model. I was proved wrong in many ways. Speed foil kite flying is NOT easy. The way the strings attach to the kite is far different from standard kites, and they require two hands to control. I spent a few afternoons on the Alabama gulf coast (which is very good kite-flying country) trying to get that kite up in the air, but it just wasn't happening, even with my girlfriend there to help me. Humbled, I bought this kite almost immediately after my failed attempts at flying the 1.2. I recently made my way to the coast of Georgia and gave this kite a whirl. I loved it! It is very different from your standard delta-style kite, but every bit as easy to fly and control. As the title of my review suggests, the main difference between this kite and the standard ones is the fact that it resembles a mini-parachute. There are small pockets built into the kite that fill with air and kind of 'inflate' the kite. This is what allows it to fly, I assume, (I'm no physicist) without a rigid frame. This makes for a very smooth experience and a very fun one. --A couple of other good points: (1) the kite's tail is super long and looks very beautiful in the sky, and (2) the winder for the kite's string is not a complicated (and sometimes flimsy) 'flick'-handle, but just a simple circle. When I first saw the winder, I thought it looked a little too simplified and worried that it might be difficult to control, but I was completely wrong. The perfect circle is an elegant way to control and wind a kite's string. Highly recommend this one if you like to fly kites.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not great, January 2, 2012

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tessarat (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Prism Stowaway Parafoil Kite (Sports)

I like the looks of this kite and really hoped it would be easy to fly. I have children who are 3 and 6, and we like to go to the National Kite Festival. Based on other reviews, it looks like this kite has a minimum and maximum wind speed window in which it likes to fly. Unfortunately, we were not in that window; winds were too light. We did get it to fly about 15 to 20 feet high and 30 yards or so away from us. My 3 year-old was flying it, so people thought it was cute and did not mind walking into the line. One time, we did get it up high enough to where it caught some good winds and gained altitude... that was nice, but it took some effort to keep it aloft even at altitude.

The construction of the kite seems sturdy and the materials feel durable. It packs up small and is very light. Just know what type of winds you'll be flying in. I think it is a good kite overall. Hopefully we'll get it to the beach some time and try it out there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flips too easy, April 6, 2011

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Joseph Hart-bowley "JEH-B" - See all my reviews
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I am a beginner kite fan. This is my second kite with the Prism Stowaway Diamond as my first. I found this kite more difficult to get figured out than the diamond. It comes fully assembled and ready to fly. That's the easy part. As I said, I had a lot of difficulty figuring it out at first. It requires the white side to be up so it will fill with air. Once I did get it figured out though, I found it launched very easily and likes to fly. I was trying it in gusty wind though and when a stronger gust would pull it up higher, it would flip, causing the air to empty, and the whole thing would fall to the ground. I never got it to stay up for more than a few minutes at a time. While it was flying, it would dance in the air with it's 20 foot long tail flowing impressively. I can't wait to try it on a day with a more steady breeze. Recommended!

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