Which broomstick

The Cleansweep One was the first-ever broomstick intended for sporting use, with a focus on speed and velocity. The latest, the Cleansweep Eleven, was manufactured and released in Ron Weasley gets this broomstick when he becomes a Prefect. He uses the broom as acting Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, which helped him in winning two Quidditch Cups. However, in , the Comet Two Ninety came out, making speed alterations better than its predecessor.

Which Broomstick published a piece on the broomstick, highlighting its ability to jump to 60 miles per hour within a manner of seconds. To this, Ron defends his own broomstick, the Cleansweep Eleven, indicating that his broom was superior to the new one. The Nimbus was named the fastest broom in the world when it was released in Its predecessor, the Nimbus , is said to have reached mph. The Nimbus was praised for its light feel and speed. It was the ideal broomstick for Seekers, though it was topped just a year later by its successor, the Nimbus As one of the wealthiest Wizarding families , the Malfoys can afford to buy the entire team the expensive brooms.

The Nimbus Racing Broom Company released this updated racing broom after the success of the model. History Talk 4. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Universal Conquest Wiki. Clearly there must be publications for the enthusiast. It is only to be expected that such a popular name would be used to publish for the Wizarding enthusiast community. In the article on Brooms, it is suggested that performance brooms may, in the Wizarding world, be linked with older wizards trying to regain their lost youth, just as performance cars are linked to older Muggles.

We can guess that the editorial and advertising policies of Which Broomstick will be slanted towards this demographic, despite never seeing the inside of a copy.

Looking at this from the viewpoint of the Muggle, we have to guess that the top-of-the-line Nimbus, Comet, and Clea Sweep brooms would be analogous to our sports cars, while the Firebolt would be a Formula-1 racing car. The acceleration alone would make the Firebolt harder to handle than many commercial brooms.

In this light, we would rather wonder how Sirius could have considered getting such a potentially dangerous broom for his godson. We can only think that Sirius based his decision on having seen Harry flying on his Nimbus once, possibly shaded with Sirius' known affinity for taking risks. As an aside, one wonders whether there is a brisk business in racing brooms sold to wizards trying to recapture their lost youth, similar to the Muggle sports-car market?

As wizards generally live longer than Muggles, this would likely be wizards in their 70s and 80s Study questions are meant to be left for each student to answer; please don't answer them here. It is perhaps of interest to note how much Harry relies on his broom for his self-image, apparently more than he does his wand , which would be central in most wizards' self image as being the tool used to create most of the magic that permeates their lives.

Harry's wand loses some of its glamour used in the old sense of the word for him when he discovers, immediately after purchasing it, that it shares provenance with the wand used by Voldemort. It seems that Harry picks up flying as his center, when he discovers that he is naturally good at it, better in fact that even his arch-rival Draco , who has boasted of his ability. To date, Harry has been lauded for an achievement that he doesn't recall and believes he had little to do with; flying is an ability he has managed on his own, one which he can accept praise for, as it is his own doing, and additionally one that is a link back to his dead father, also a flyer of noted ability.

Why then should not the tool that allows Harry to achieve these victories become a vital part of his self image?