
Our aim with testing is to describe the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the equipment as accurately as possible, enabling you to identify for yourself which product is going to be the most suitable for your needs. If something about an item of equipment is particularly good or bad, we will of course state it, but otherwise these tests will hopefully be considered as the next best thing to actually test riding the equipment yourself.
How to test a wave sail?
The thing about testing wave sails is that generally it’s a lot about personal preference. This makes it virtually impossible to say which is best, because more often than not it’s the individual characteristics of each sail that make or break its popularity with the rider, rather than the overall performance of the sail itself. So what we aim to do within our testing is to describe as accurately as possible the characteristics of each sail, enabling you to make your own decision as to which is likely to suit you best.
You might think that as these are mostly billed as ‘power waves’ the difference between them would be minimal, but in fact there are some big differences in feel. Some, for example, are very grunty in the hands, while others are very light, some are very soft and others quite firm. If you are at all unsure about what you require from a sail, please take some time to read our ‘What are we on about’ section. This should help you understand what style of sail might be most relevant to you, and then you can use the graphs to find the closest match to your preference.
