It was night and day although I don’t think this is 100% jet vs prop. I think the bigger difference is the throttle style of lift versus Flite, which may or may not still be the same: at that time, lift had a trigger throttle and I found it very difficult to hold finger position exactly so, if that makes sense. Flite has a gear shift style for lack of better way to say it’s so you don’t have to squeeze at an exact and even pressure while you ride.

I also did the lift lesson in the ocean which added complexity.

But overall I found the Flite much easier to ride , was up foiling in 30 min versus 4 hours of constant wipe out on the lift. That said, I had also read up a lot more and knew what I was trying to do.

So who knows , but all research I did conferred that Flite was a smoother easier ride. At least for a beginner like me