MustGoFast 0 #1 November 7, 2006 Just wanted some advice from the more experienced people on selection of a jumpsuit. I'm personally annoyed w/ the ugly malfitting student suits available to me and want to pick up my own this winter. Any advice on what to look for? I've heard from people at my DZ that Tony Suits would be a good idea. Unfortunatelly they have about 10 suits.. do I want a freefly, a space suit, a pit specail, the regular tony suit... I don't really understand the differences well enough to make an educated decision. For reference I'm 5'10" about 205lbs and have an interest in learning to free fly in the future. Is there a way to get a blend of a belly suit and free fly suit so I can try both out? Do I want booties or not? Any thing in particular it should or should not have?Skydiving... addictive & expensive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 November 8, 2006 QuoteIs there a way to get a blend of a belly suit and free fly suit so I can try both out? Sure, but it won't do either very well. What brand suit to buy has been discussed at length in many different threads. It comes down to that basically all the major manufactures put out a quality suit. Personally I like BevSuit for RW suits, but that's my personal preference. Others will differ. If you get a RW suit, then go ahead and get booties. You'll be glad you did. If you get a FF suit, then booties won't be an option for obvious reasons. You can get small grippers on a FF suit, which isn't a bad idea. Since you're a low time jumper and its a good idea to do 100-200 RW jumps (atleast) before moving on to FFing, then a decent RW suit with booties will help your learning experience and enjoyment more then you can imagine. For me I started FFing on jump 36 or so. Basically because I sucked at RW and couldn't fall slow enough to keep up with other jumpers. When I had 300 or so jumps I finally bought a good RW suit and started learning. Now I really appreciate RW jumps and am getting better and better doing RW with each jump. If you decide that RW is not for you right off the bat, then get a FF suit and get coaching. You don't have to have a suit to start with, but just like RW, dress for success. It will make things better. As for the fit of the suit and the materials you personally need on a suit a good RW coach or FF coach can help you with those choices for your first suit. After a few hundred jumps you'll have built the skills you need to the point to make the choice on what options you know you need to put into your next suit. It'll probably be about time by that point to buy a new suit anyways.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenneth21441 0 #3 November 8, 2006 You could always ask your local friendly rigger to make you one durning the off session... Like here in the Northern USA. The best thing about that is you pick the design, materials, and how you want it to go together. I know personally that is what I do with my down time is make jump suits for myself along with repairs to the ones from years past.Kenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
