Casch 0 #1 May 11, 2003 Has anyone else had this problem? You have a beautiful opening, you grab rear-risers to control the opening and steer away from traffic, and it's time to grab the toggles. Most of the time it takes me forever to get my hands through the toggles. A lot of the time I end up pulling them down just so I can open them up with both hands and get my hand through. I was wondering if there was an option when you get your own gear, to sew a little plastic cable into the toggle to hold it open in a "D" shape for easier grasping? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #2 May 11, 2003 there are a couple of simple "home remedies" as well as come rigger-aided solutions. on way is to take the bottom inch of toggle and push it, at the fold, back up into the rest of the toggle and crease it as best you can.. making sure it's trapped this way when you put the risers in the container..... once the pressure is released it will try to spring back to where it was but the extra folds will keep it open. a similar way is to make a new fold at the bottom of the velcro and fold the rest of the excess upward.. the original crease again making things a bit more "3d" and yet another method is to fold the outter portion of the toggle in half lengthwise, so that it can't lay flat against the inner (to the riser) portion. the only real downside to these it that it's something to have to remember to do for sever packjobs for the changes to "take" and must still be done fairly regularly to keep then what way. an alternative is to get your rigger to sew stiffeners into the bottom crease of the toggle to make it pop open. good luck, and blue skies Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #3 May 11, 2003 I simple solution for velcro-less toggles is to put the bottom keeper of the toggle through the top of the elastic on the loop instead of the bottom. You will have to be sure your top keeper stays good shape for the opening shock. Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #4 May 11, 2003 An easy method is to fold the fabric toward the top of the riser rather than toward the 3ring. After opening, gravity will do it's thing. Here's a picture. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #5 May 12, 2003 have you entertained the option of obtaing some shorter risers? i don't know what your utilizing, but i'm assuming they are 18" risers, assumation, nothing else, if this is the case, get a new set of risers.--Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #6 May 12, 2003 I'm jumping student gear for the time being, so I don't have the option of changing risers or altering the toggles. But I've recieved some good ideas vie posts and PM's about how to rig my toggles when I have a pair of my own Thanks all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymick 0 #7 May 12, 2003 I had the same problem with my first set of gear.. the toggle would sit really flat against the riser which made it a bitch to get my hands thru so after each jump I would put a fold in the botom of the toggle so it would stick out and eventually the toggles became set in this shape (hope that made sense Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
