2024 DuoTone Unit D/Lab Review

[@franpinyol8500]

best review so far in youtube ! thanks

[@Wing-Tips]

thankyou.

[@flywithandryx-tw9zk]

thats a very nice an a realworld review. Thank you !!!

[@Wing-Tips]

thanks, always best to keep it real and tell it how it is.

[@targadave]

Great review. I ride Slicks and the 2024’s will be out shortly. The Unit reviews are still really helpful for me. I guess the only thing I’d take partial exception to is that wing technology improvement is still happening so quickly that you need to replace every year. I’ve had my SLS Slick quiver for almost 2 full years and am thrilled at how well they have held up. Never even considered that with the original Slicks or Echo’s. If I go for 2024 Dlab Slicks I expect to keep them for 2 seasons.

[@Wing-Tips]

Certainly it's true that the wing designs now are good enough that you can run them two seasons and they will actually last two seasons. I did get to test the SLS Slick against the 2023 Slick last year and I have to say the new one was actually quite a big improvement on the SLS as it incorporated some completely new design elements that made it more forgiving when well powered (this was when I was doing writtem reviews for interested parties as opposed to video reviews). I guess it depends on whether you want leading edge comfort / performance or whether you are happy to save some money and upgrade at a slower cycle.

[@youdigsurf]

Very detailed review thanks 👍🤙

[@Wing-Tips]

thanks, we try to cover as much as we can.

[@northyvids]

Great test once again thank you! Any plans to test the Ozone flux in comparison?

[@Wing-Tips]

if I can get hold of one on demo - it seems in the UK these aren't easily available to borrow for a test - at least not locally to me.

[@strekke1986]

Cool review! Seems like you are not a fan of the Duotone leash - why, and what leash do you suggest instead?

[@Wing-Tips]

It's a coiled leash of fairly heavy coils, so when you pump it smacks you right in the face - which hurts. It also does not have a clasp of any sort and is just wrapped velcro, so if you catch it it can just tear straight off and bye bye wing. The attachment from the wing to the wrist is at right angles via a very hard metal/plastic connector, which if you fall on your wrist is pretty painful. The whole thing is a disaster from top to bottom. I use Ensis wrist leashes or ION waist leashes which are significantly better, safer and more comfortable.

[@GARAASJ]

Does the dlab unit have the same longevity as the dacron version, or does the canopy bag out quicker?

[@Wing-Tips]

I don't currently run a D/Lab in my quiver, so it's hard to say. There is one argument that if the leading edge is stiffer then the canopy takes more load as there is no give in the leading edge. There is a counter argument to this that leading edge stretch is more responsible for bagging than canopy stretch. So I don't know but there doesn't seem to be D/Lab owners calling out that their wings are bagged, which you would probably expect if this was a more prominent issue on a more expensive wing.