I've never been able to get a kite to stay up for more than a minute or 2. But I still wanted my daughter to have a good experience with one. So after reading a few good reviews on this rainbow kite I decided to give it a try. I think it was about $14 so if it didn't work out... well, I'd be annoyed about it, but it wouldn't be the worst thing... ive had my kiting dreams crushed many a time before. Normally our kiting experience is a little something like this: we go in with "HIGH hopes", we wait for the "right wind" (which definitely tests our patience) and I run around like an idiot that is continuously throwing and catching some crap-tastic piece of plastic, with intermissions of me untangling a messy spool of knotted string. If it goes in the air it only lasts for a few moments and then it's gone... with all of my energy. It ends with me feeling incompetent and frustrated. Why can't I fly a darn kite? It's for children! Surely I should be capable. My daughter is bummed that it doesnt fly and thats a wrap....as I say to myself, "please, please don't ask to play with this thing for another year!" That was soooo NOT the experience with this kite!!! This kite arrived neatly packaged and a few days early. I was planning to add this to her christmas gifts, but when it arrived I thought, "we live in ny. Why wait until freezing cold almost January to fly this thing?" It's autumn and wind is in season! That very day I took her to the park, along with my mom. She hasn't been the same since my Dad passed and doesnt go out, or smile much anymore. This kite gave me a memory that I will cherish forever! This kite is so darn simple to fly! And not just fly, but soar! It went up on our very first try and it didn't come down until I brought it down. It was awesome!! Not just for my daughter, but it filled some missing childhood memory for myself as well lol. I finally got to fly a kite! And better still.. both my daughter and her grandma got to fly it! And grandma's hands are not what they used to be... just before I got her to try it she said "I'm no good at that.. no, no, no... my hands. I cant...blah blah"... "yes, you can mom!" And she did! She did it with ease! My 4 year old did it with ease! I did with ease! Three generations together, ranging from 4 to 64.. all so capable of flying this kite. It was incredible to see them running together, smiling and laughing. It really touched my heart. The kite is bigger than I expected and it doesn't seem to be cheaply made. The rods are strong and stable, the material arrived and still is inntact... not made of plastic. The string is strong too, so it doesn't knot as easily as others do. But its long enough to get it soaring high.... higher than in the pics taken. Once i had it in the air for a few minutes I was even able to maneuver it around a bit. And of course the little one was pumped about it being rainbow :) I want to take a second just to say thank you to this company, to the seller, and to anyone else who went into making/creating this oh-so-simple-to-fly kite. I never in a million years expected that spontaneous trip to the park to become such a meaningful day... who knew it could start with a good, sturdy kite! I can't recommend this kite enough! Seriously...there's no need to go on looking. This one is a winner! Ps.. I am in no way paid to write reviews, nor do I receive any kind of discounts... this is just the perfect kite :)