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Thanks for the replies; looks like I'll stick with 80 for the time being - the more I play, the funner it is!

I've just taken my first kite for it's first flight today, a New Tech Pyro XS that I purcahsed on eBay... it wasn't as windy as I'd have liked, but I ended up staying 2 hours longer than I'd planned on having a good time! The question I have is this: Is 80' of line enough? When I got it up, it didn't seem like there was much line at all - I kept thinking that if only it were higher then I'd be able to keep it up for longer. Then I realized that the higher it was, the less responsive it would be - which leads me to wonder how much "enough" line is... and where you would even purchase the string. The two 80' lines I have now are Spectra #80, with flying straps and what not but if anyone has any advice, information, or opinions they could share with me I'd be very appreciative. Also, I'm not sure that this would make any difference but I purchased the kite because I'm going to be vacationing by the Red Sea in June (doing some diving) and remember that area has GREAT wind... last time I went to the Middle East (High School Senior Trip... about 4 years back) I kicked myself every day for not bringing a kite with me... By the way, I've already searched the forum for all topics containing "string" and "line" in the titles - no luck on anything close to answering my question. Just thought I'd add that in there.