Slingshot Octane 2010... why drop the Rev name?

Why did Slingshot dump the Rev name? .. because it is more than a Rev3. Not good enough...

As if kites don't lose enough value year on year just by the annual nature of kite releases. Dumping the name states that the previous kite had a brand problem, which the Rev did not have.

Surely a Rev with minor changes or major changes could still be a Rev. Can you see Toyota dumping the Landcruiser or Camry name just because they are totally different?

Thanks for thinking about consumer re-salability Slingshot and instatly superceding the Rev concept.

Marketing out of control....

I'm about to buy a 7 and 11 rev2 and I was wondering the same thing about the name change to Octane, for the 2010 developments.

I tend to agree with Hammer, why a name change, and particularly back to an old name that was for a c-kite.??

Sure jackgearo, why the fuss it just a name, but that's kinda what the names are for, to help consumers identify with the range of products. I think hammers point about resale is also probably valid. A line of kite that was only around for 2 seasons doesn't generate much confidence, unless you'd specifically heard good things about them.

Almost feels like 2 marketing egos, bitching over whose name for the kite is cooler, and this year the guy who wants the name 'Octane' won the donut eating contest. Rev might make his comeback for 2011..... :)

I do look forward to having a crack on an Octane and if it's a corker which fits some different performance slot, I'll eagerly watch this forum dissapear into the archives!

To add to this whole argument you would think Slingshot would understand what we are on about, being the masters of kite name longivity with the "Fuel"....

Anyway, I've had my bitch. Thanks Seabreeze

i'll take that, but no reason to bring my brain cells into it. It's a fair discussion and it's people like you who make these forums a waste of space. You'd probably buy a 2004 Octane if "Slingy" told you to.

that's fair jackgearo, if the c-octane were well regarded for jumping high (slingshot wasn't on my radar back then, -I don't remember really seeing them or trying to be sold one in local kiteshops). Is that a marketing angle they are putting on the new Octanes, big air.?

Charl dv. I know you tried your best, but what was your point?! To have 1/2 a brain cell I'd be so damn busy remembering to breath and blink, I wouldn't have time to ingratiate you with a reply.

To take this to a new and more ludicrous level of nitpickery. Why name all the kites on the theme of fossil fuel burning machines. When I first got into kiting I was completely blown away by the power of this silent beast.
Humming lines and my heartbeat was all that could be heard, between teabaggings. :)

Because by making this sudden name change it has created a f load of discussion on this kite generating a sh!t load of interest in it which in turn will make alot more people want to try it. Old octane riders will want to see if it feels the same, rev riders want to try it, new people who rode neither will be like wtf is going on lets try it..

just on this lil seabreeze thread alone its already got huge discussion going over a simple thing as a name change, doubt there would of been this much interest thrown at it if it was just another rev etc.

and at hammer. you dont hve to pm me saying hey c u n t and have a winge about me dropping a lil bomb in this thread.. its a forum, if you take a forum this serious i would take a step back and re evaluate my priorities and life in general.. light hearted fun is what its about.. my light hearted fun is stirring people up for a giggle and if you actually take some of the crap i ramble on here serious then i feel my life has failed... sh1t if anyone takes anything i say seriously in general aswell id b worried

yer i got what you meant too lol, it is pretty ironic that such a green friendly sport was named after such anti green stuff... but i guess it had purpose..

you got to remember SB isnt the only place people talk, there are a ton of forums like this around the place and then there's the talk on the beaches aswell...