Which AAD do YOU use

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

I have two CYPRES (one "S") 2's and one nearly-expired CYPRES in my three rigs.

[jurgencamps 0]

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The cypres is a "simple" device with one purpose. It doesn't have extra crap in there to do things that 99% of people don't need. You said it yourself. You have a neptune, so why does your AAD need to count jumps. I can understand if your a DZO and you are using them in DZ rigs and you want it for accounting purposes, but they should just sell a DZ version that has that crap and keep the device simple.

An AAD should have 1 button that you can press to turn it on / off and thats it. Any fancy functionality is in my opinion an added complication that is not needed in a device that should really only be there for 1 reason, to prevent your death.

The vigil and the Argus also have only one button. To access the setupmenu you have to push the button a 4th time, so, no extra buttons. BTW your cypres also logs some/lot's of jumpinfo. So the info is there, why not use it?

I own a Cypres I, I jump regulary a Vigil (tandem) and I probably will buy a Argus because I like the swoopmode.
Now I have the opportunity to chose. Do I take a one mode cypres II, where I have to decide if I take the expert (Pro: normal activation speed in case of a high speed spinner and I'll blackout, ..., contra: high speed, multirotation hookturns) or the speed version (contra, pro = vice versa) or the multimode Argus where I can switch between the expert and the swoopmode?
I can choose solution x, somebody else can choose solution y.

Gr

Jurgen

[dragon2 2]

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I have a cypres 2. I sometimes jump from pressurizable aircraft, and other AAD's sometimes have trouble with transient pressurization. (Specifically Vigils fire, and Cypres 1's turn themselves off semi-permanently.) If you don't jump from such aircraft (jets, C-130's) it's not much of an issue.

Argus acts the same as a cypres2 in this situation.

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[piisfish 140]

that's easy. The one with factory maintenance

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[USPA 0]

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TRIED AND PROVEN.

Trouble is, second hand cypres I isn't always as easy to find... (and very expensive compared to 3rd generation, but that's not an issue for you)

The trouble with skydiving; If you stink at it and continue to jump, you'll die. If you're good at it and continue to jump, you'll see a lot of friends die...

[koppel 5]

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that's easy. The one with factory maintenance

So an Argus then

I like my canopy...


...it lets me down.

[tbrown 26]

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I use an organic AAD. Namely my left hand.

So is that an Analog Activating Device ?

Those work extremely well, down to about 750 ft, after that they may be too slow. And like anything else, they can fail if they're broken (it happens).

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