Comet 260

Comet 260
Broomstick information
Producer	Comet Trading Company
Made	c. 1985
Usage	Travelling; Quidditch playing
Owners	Skye Parkin Jacob's sibling Draco Malfoy Cho Chang Nymphadora Tonks

"The Comet Trading Company's finest racing broom. Starting to show its age, yet still an extremely versatile and a great first broom"

— Description

The Comet 260 was a broomstick manufactured by the Comet Trading Company.

History

1980s

A Comet 260 broomstick

After winning her first house match, Skye Parkin received a new Comet 260 from her father. She intended to give her previous Comet 220 to her protegee, Jacob's sibling, as her friend had no broom of their own, but the broom went missing. Skye suspected that opposing house player Erika Rath had stolen the broom but this proved not to be the case. Several Crup puppies that Hagrid had been looking after were teething. They had somehow gotten a hold of the broom and chewed it to destruction. Hagrid felt responsible and, with the support of the house team, he and Madam Hooch arranged for Jacob's sibling to also receive a 260.

1990s

Nymphadora Tonks with her Comet 260

Ron Weasley believed the Comet 260 looked flashy, but they were not in the same league as the Nimbus 2000.

Two years later, Oliver Wood claimed a Comet 260 would look like "a joke" next to a Firebolt, and after seeing the two brooms in action, Lee Jordan agreed that Cho Chang's Comet was "no match" for Harry Potter's Firebolt.

The Auror and Order of the Phoenix member Nymphadora Tonks owned one of these brooms, and flew with hers to help transport Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive to 12 Grimmauld Place as part of the Advance Guard.

There was a tantrum during the Gryffindor Quidditch team's tryouts in 1996 that involved a crashed Comet 260 and several broken teeth.

Known owners

• Skye Parkin
• Jacob's sibling
• Draco Malfoy (formerly)
• Cho Chang
• Nymphadora Tonks

Behind the scenes

• In the GBC version of the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game), Ron Weasley owned a Comet 260 which he lent to Harry so he would be able to catch the Winged Key in Filius Flitwick's chamber to get to the Philosopher's Stone and it was revealed to be a beginner's broom; however, in the books, Ron used a Shooting Star before his parents bought him a Cleansweep Eleven, rendering this information non-canonical.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned only) (Appears in GBC version)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
• Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions