why a packer?

[shunkka 0]

after a lot of posts about packers i think this question is a normal one

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[MuffDiver 0]

I usually pack my own, but when I do hire a packer it is out of sheer laziness on my part.

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[hookitt 1]

When I do use a packer it's because I feel lazy or don't have time.

I didn't have time to pack when when I trained, but beyond that, I've almost always packed for myself.

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[FrogNog 1]

If there's one more load and I really want to be on it, or if the 3 other people there need me to be on it , I will sometimes have someone pack for me. If that person is one of the riggers that taught me to pack, chances are good it'll open right.

And I pack so slow.

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[quade 4]

Need ONE more category:

There's no way to do what I do without one.

For instance . . . let's say you're involved with a team that does back-to-back jumps all day long. There's just no way to train like that without having somebody else pack your rig.

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[Nightingale 0]

because I was paying to rent gear, and it takes me two hours to pack.

If I pay a packer, I can do five jumps

If I pack for myself, I can do two.


Now that I have my own stuff (or at least, it will be totally mine when I give GroundZero the check next week), I pack for myself more often because I don't have to worry about the rental fees.

[osuskydiver 0]

why pay 5 bucks when I can trash pack my canopy in 4 mins. It looks nasty but it opens nicely.

By the time you read this you have already read it.

[boxingrrl 0]

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Need ONE more category:
There's no way to do what I do without one.

Yep-- flying camera and doing back to back tandem videos I often have to pay a packer (and/or borrow my honey's rig) to keep up. And then there's just the end of the day laziness...

[Amazon 7]

Sometimes I pack my own other times I hire a packer.. depends on how I feel that day.. If I just want to jump and have fun I get one of the packers to do it.. most of our packers are young kids working their way thru college etc. That way I can talk with friends.. log my jump or have a nice cold coke on a warm day.
Is that lazy???Nah I was in an accident 11 years ago and I dont bend and roll around on the ground as well as I did when I was 20..... and I can afford it... and I remember what it was to be young and not be able to make as many jumps as I wanted because I could not afford it.

[Jimbo 0]

Because I am the laziest bastard the world has even known. Five bucks is a small price to pay if it prevents me from actually working.

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[indyz 1]

Usually it goes something like this: I've already done 5 or 6 jumps, packing for myself, my back is sore, my fingers are dry and bleeding (I hate that), the sunset load is dirt diving in 5 minutes, and we're on a 15 minute call.

[Rdutch 0]

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Need ONE more category:

There's no way to do what I do without one.

For instance . . . let's say you're involved with a team that does back-to-back jumps all day long. There's just no way to train like that without having somebody else pack your rig.

True but not true, I can film a team and get out at 10'500 ft and land and pack before the next load, but doing that all day everyday gets old, so I usually hire a packer after a while. But that is a good reason to hire a packer, actually most of the time I see teams get packers and the video person packs themselves.

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[airdweller 0]

>why pay 5 bucks when I can trash pack my canopy in 4 mins. It looks nasty but it opens nicely<

Ditto.

Also every four packs is another jump you either lose if you have someone else pack, or gain if you pack yourself. It starts to add up

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[WrongWay 0]

1. I'm lazy.
2. In most cases, they're faster than I am.
3. Allows more time to debrief the last dive or brief the next.

Just my $.99 super value meal....

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[sdgregory 0]

1. Noone on earth packs slower than I do (and my lines are color coded!)

2. I would rather spend the time drinking a coke/chatting with friends.

3. I pack so slow you could drive to pheonix from tuscan and back and I might have the canopy flaked.

I'll practice my packing at home when there is no rush and try to learn better techniques and increase my speed. Once I can get my pack job down to fifteen 20 minutes I will pack for myself and save the 20 bucks for 4 pack jobs and get another jump.

When it takes as long as I do a four jump day becomes and exhausting experience and I always feel rushed. Ruins the fun. And fun is what it is all about.

Or am I mistaken?

[shunkka 0]

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And fun is what it is all about.
Or am I mistaken?

TRUE... very TRUE

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"jump, have fun, pull"

[garyharbird 0]

Doing Tandem video and aff back to back all day I have to have a packer or I will only do 10 jumps aday instead of 15-20.
Yeah ray When I used to film a team we would get out at 10000 and sometimes i would pack myself, but like you said it gets old fast
Gary

[Vertifly 0]

My answer option wasn't there.

It's all relative. Four years ago, I couldn't afford it. Now, I can. Plain and simple.

Of course, if there aren't any packers on the DZ that I feel comfortable with..... $$$$ or not - I'm packing for myself.

[shunkka 0]

it`s interisting
88 votes/only one say that the packer packs better
is that the true?

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"jump, have fun, pull"

[flyangel2 2]

Couldn't vote, cause you didn't have my reason.

The only time I use a packer, is when the local packers here are working off money or an item owed to me. IE, one packer worked off a cypress.

When I LO at the WFFC, because of being so busy, and it being so hot, I use a packer that is working off his/her expense to get them there and home. BTW, I also feed the packer that I take with me.

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[flyangel2 2]

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only one say that the packer packs better

Not all the time in my experience. When I'm doing big ways, I like to pack for myself. Then I know what kind of opening I'm going to get, and if it's going to be on head. A must if your doing big ways.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[rocketdog 0]

i think its important to know how to pack your own canopy.... HUGE PET PEEVE if you can't!

although -- if i had the $$$ to throw away after every jump i'd probably have a packer too : ) it can be hard on the back after a full day of jumping...

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