I've had a test on the 555 12m... honestly it didn't impress me much. The kite cannot be defined a fast, and has no grunt, I had to constantly sine the kite to get some power out of it, while others were comfortably powered up. Having ppl tell me it has no bar pressure, I expected no bar pressure like on some hybrids I tried last year, but you still get some bar pressure, or at least that was my feeling from having to constantly move it.

I also didn't like the clips on one pump system, they are so fkn hard. They are impossible to close, and if eventually you do manage to close them (I managed by removing the neoprene cover from them) they press so hard on the tube that I'm sure in just a few sessions they will damage the tubing. The donkeydick is kept in place by some piece of plastic, and while on the website it says you should be able to turn it for unhooked riding, it is fixed."the lock in finger has been designed with 3 operating positions".

On the website they also say that the chickenloop is a "high visibility floating loop". Well black is not highly visible, and as I learned while fiddling around with quickrelease, the loop sinks like a stone!!! The bar also lacks the inox mould that should "reduce depower line wear to a minimum" Depower wear has been an issue on kites having similar solutions. The depower on my old cabrinha contra snapped after a handful of sessions. So if the solution to minimise the depower wear is absent what should we expect? Quickrelease seems to work great, it opens up with no effort at all, but again... it is made up of hard plastic and some parts are so thin they seem too fragile. I'm afraid sand and salt with time may compromise it's functioning properly having accidental releases. Hope it has been thoroughly tested. On the pics on website, all Nobile riders are riding the kites with different bars and different quickreleases!!! What does that mean?

Don't get me wrong kite is good, but it's just another kite, there is nothing remarkable about it. It's a kite with big brand price tag but minor brand quality and solutions. Maye the kite was not tuned properly, but the issues regarding the bar and some quality concerns about the kite make me want to wait a bit till I order one of these. Some things on the kite (shape some stitching,etc)seem identical to other so called minor brands, so I'd rather go for the minor brands and pay less for practically the same kite rather that having to pay so much for the huge NOBILE writing on the kite.
I also didn't like the fact the the bag isn't expandable. I get the feeling things were somewhat rushed or that not all the necessary testing was done. Of course they are minor issues the ones I noticed on the bar, but WTF i noticed them immediately, how is it that they slipped nobile's attention?"