You want to fly any kite on the market, with the same Control Bar, from 4 m2 to 14 m2? 4 or 5 lines? Inflatable or foil kite?
The Totem Vario Pro Model is the true universal bar that can do it! Any kite brand, any kite size!
It takes only 2 seconds to change the spacing between the steering lines. You can speed up your kite or slow it down. The only bar on the market to offer such versatility.
The new Totem Vario Pro Model features:
- coated depower throw
- new floaters
The depower throw is PU coated (polyurethane tube). The PU is made in France.
The new floaters are stiffer. An elastic means "sticks" the floaters onto the bar ends, pointing towards the kite.
The Totem Vario is set up with the AKA 3 chicken loop.
This new version comes with an antichoc protection under the bar, to better protect the grip below the bar.
This brand new Totem Vario is the latest evolution of the famous Totem control bar:
- adjusting the width of the back leader lines has never been so easy: just untight the connectors and slide them in or out!
- the foam bar ends will better protect you and your board in case you fall
- new high quality dyneema lines with very low stretching greatly improves the reactivity of the kite
The Totem Vario was designed by the best engineers in the kitesurf industry. The bar is produced in the same factory as the premium brands.
THE TOTEM VARIO: THE ALL PURPOSE, DO-IT-ALL CONTROL BAR!
The Totem Vario Universal Control Bar is perfectly suited for freeriding, wave riding or even hydrofoiling.
The bar can be adjusted to any kite size in a couple seconds. Controlling the width between the 2 steering lines is very important to master the rotating speed of your kite. The bigger the surface of the kite, the wider your bar should be. On the opposite, if you are flying a very small kite (4 or 5 m2), you don't want the kite to behave like a mosquito and turn too fast. You can slow it down by moving the back steering lines closer to the bar center. The Totem Vario is perfect for beginners too, because they will avoid oversteering in strong winds and smaller kites.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOTEM VARIO
- are the bar ends strong enough?
Yes, they are really really strong (high end plastic with fiber glass at the bar ends)
- can the connector of the Totem Vario bar end move out of the notch and slide by itself?
No, the notches are deep enough and the connectors always keep some tension
WHICH KITE BRANDS IS THE TOTEM VARIO COMPATIBLE WITH?
The bar is "ready to ride" with a very large majority of kites on the market. Plug and ride! In fact, to this day, we don't know of a kite that would be not be compatible with the Totem Vario.
Below is a list of the major brands for which you can use the Totem Vario bar:
Advance, Airush, Best, Blade, B3, Bullkite, Cabrinha, Caution, Conceptair, Core, CrazyFly, Decathlon, DuoTone, Eclipse, Eleveight, Elf, Epic, F-One, Fluid, Flysurfer, Flymaax, Flysurfer, Gaastra, Genetrix, Gin, Gong, Griffin, Harlem, HB, HQ, Hyde, Kitech, Liquid Force, Naish, North, Ocean Rodeo, Ozone, Pansh, Peter Lynn, Powerkite, Reedin, RRD, Slingshot, Sroka, Starkite, Storm, Supair, SwitchKite, Takoon, Zeeko... (non-limiting list). All 4 or 5 line kites...
All the brands mentionned are registered trademarks.
SK99 DYNEEMA LINES: HIGHEST QUALITY!
We are now using new kite lines for the Totem Vario, with the lowest possible stretch. The lines are prestretched by the manufacturer and we stretch them again when we sew the loops. The dyneema is SK99 quality, which is currently the best.
Each line can sustain more than 400 kg. The average braking load of one line is around 495 kg. They are virtually unbreakable.
Since the kite lines have pretty much no elongation, your kite reacts instantly when you move the bar. This is one of the reason why people have a very very good feeling with the universal bars...
