HENGDA KITE Professional Outdoor Kite Line Winder Winding Reel Grip Wheel with 650 Feet (60LBS) Flying Line String Flying Tools with Lock for Kids and Adults

Very flimsy. Winding knob is dainty and snaps off very easily, had to glue it in. There is no anti-reverse feature and locking the rotation is dome by folding the knob down. Too small for an adult hand. There are way better winders out there for a way better price. Also the string is spun, not braded. Seller stating that this is a professional product is a joke, and a bad one.... One more thing: the spot where the removable (why?!!!) winding knob is attached protrudes into groove for the string thus creating a bump on the wound string.

Does not performs well. Specially for kites bigger than 2 feet

Looking for a kite line winder, I careful read lots of reviews to make sure it would fit my large, adult male hands. I bought this unit based on that criteria and wanting a strong kite string. It sat in my garage for almost a year before I could try to use it (thus the rust on the metal parts). The first time I used it, the thing worked great for about 30 minutes. I was thrilled. Then when I tried to wind the string in, the green handle broke off and the kite unreeled about half of the roll before falling down. As you can see, they engineered it to have a metal part inside the winder anticipating that it would need extra strength. Too bad the plastic that holds on to the metal part wasn't strong enough for the job. Without the knob to reel in string and lock the reel from unwinding, it's useless. Also, the included string frayed on the first use.

Buy a reel winder if you want a kid to be able to easily put a kite up nice and high. Much easier to hold than the silly little pieces of plastic that come with kites. No way a kid is gonna bring a kite down from several hundred feet without something like this. I would have given 5 stars but the line appears to have been spliced/tied together in one place rather than being one continuous line. That said, we've used it a few times without issues and have had kites 400+ feet up. Maybe more.

This is kind of small for an adult hand. It is not as pictured. It shows a nice eyelet for the string to go through but in reality it's just a stamp[ed piece of steel not even smooth on the underside. The string is about as cheap as you can get. The included swivel snap is so small I wouldn't try to catch anything bigger than a fat minnow on it. For low lever kite flying entry level it might be ok, but not for big stuff that costs big bucks. Not impressed.