Advance IMPRESS 4 summary review (after two seasons)

[@flybubbleparagliding]

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[@FlyBoy77]

Thanks for the review! I purchased an Impress 4 last year and I've been very happy with it. It's extremely well made with superb attention to detail. It's super comfortable and solid feeling. The Impress 4 definitely calmed my Phi Allegro down and made it more enjoyable to fly vs. my former Ozium harness. I prefer to fly without the seat board installed, and the harness has a great feel. It is a bit more bulky and heavier than the Ozium/Lightness type harnesses, but the impress is one of the lightest high-end XC harness available. I'm super happy with it...the Impress 4 is a fantastic harness. It's absolutely worth the premium price.

[@flybubblecarlo]

Belated thanks for your thanks - glad you like the review, and the Impress 4! Thanks for sharing your pilot feedback! 👍

[@NelsonsWings]

So good to see a FlyBubble review video! We missed you! Welcome back! 😁

[@flybubblecarlo]

Belated thanks, Nelson's Wings! 😁

[@hanumandorje584]

Fantastic review!! One question, where you got the removable panel for the instruments? Do you guys sell them?

[@flybubblecarlo]

Sorry for the late answer, didn't see this until now. For any gear enquiries like this, best to email us: flybubble.com/contact-us

[@flybubblecarlo]

In answer to your question, that's an Advance LIGHTNESS 3 Cockpit Panel. Yes we do sell these, and various other cockpit panels and flight decks: flybubble.com/accessories/flight-decks

[@SerbanOprescu]

1:03 You've always been trying to catch Nancy, Carlo... :)

[@guilhermeb7615]

Your favorite harness used to be the lightness 3, this is the new favorite one? Or maybe it was Nancy's

[@flybubblecarlo]

Hi Guilherme B! 😀 Truth is I don't have just one favourite harness for everything, since different ones best suit different activities and situations. Paragliding is so diverse nowadays! 🪂 My personal favourite high-end pod harness is currently the Impress 4, for the reasons explained in the video. If I didn't do a lot of walking and running, I'd fly in it most of the time. Since I mostly fly locally from small hills - often walking back up and running around - and enjoy hike and fly, the harness I fly most with is my Lightness 3, which I'm still very happy with. It's a great all round harness! 😁 Nancy's main harness is also her Lightness 3, which she's also very happy with. 🥰 For more hike and fly XC on bigger hills and mountains, my favourite ultralight pod harness is currently the Supair Strike 2. For playing on the hill, I prefer a more simple open, upright harness. Horses for courses! 🙂 Harnesses for... um... [insert word here]! 🤓

[@guilhermeb7615]

@@flybubblecarlo Many thanks! I'm with you :)

[@ChristianSchebitz]

thx a lot! Bought it!

[@flybubblecarlo]

Great, how have you found it - any pilot feedback to share with others?

[@ChristianSchebitz]

@@flybubblecarlo I flew it last year in a lot of competitions. It is very comfortable and build in greatest quality. One main feature for me is the windshield, because if you are flying high and fast for hours this makes a very big difference. At the time I am testing the Woody Valley XR7 against it. In that you get the ice cold air directly in your face... In flying I find both of them very easy to handle. Only advantage of the XR7 is the 6l water container... if you need more weight... Otherwise I prefer the Impress 4 an will keep it.

[@Vbluevital]

Thank You

[@flybubblecarlo]

A pleasure, thank you! 🙂

[@osmera_pg]

Sorry, but where are experiences after two seasons???? I think you forgot to add the second part, this is the part one - first impression from 2 years ago....

[@flybubblecarlo]

Hi Stanislav and Leanja - thanks for the feedback, I'll take it on board. 👍 Actually I recorded a lot more detail than is show in this video but in the end we decided not to make a very long video going into every detail, which takes a lot more time to create and risks boring the majority of viewers. The first part of this video is indeed our first impressions - much better edited than I did it originally, with extra info. We decided to include this so everything is in one place for viewers. The second part adds our experiences after two full seasons, in summary. We worked out that this says everything it needs to say in much less time. For those who want lots of detail, they can check the product info, the manual, other reviews and pilot feedback. As it turned out, our experiences after two full seasons of flying the Impress 4 didn't change all that much, they mainly just confirmed and reaffirmed our first impressions. Actually the more we fly the Impress 4, the more we like it. Of course it's not the perfect or even right harness for everyone, or every sub-discipline of flying. I'm just sharing our opinion about it, in summary, in this free video. For those who want every detail about it from us, we offer our professional service.