Basejumperjeff

I do not diagree with your points, but I do feel that as with any equipment we use there are aspects that we need to pay attention to, enough slack in the bidle while going hand held, not to much slack while going hand held, longer delays, more than two seconds, require a stowed deployment instead of hand held. Climbing within an constained area requires the jumper to be aware of his or her gear, a quick feel with hand will tell you if your bridle has been snagged. I almost always jump with a buddy so I have a second set of eyes for pin checks. I think with all the advancements over the past few years we all have to be aware of the dangers that introducing new equipment into the sport can create, Just as with the velcro rig, someday someone will ask if they should buy a new fancy type of container or the good old pin rig. I personnally think we will start to see a decline in the sales of velcro rigs. Just as we will start to see a increase in the sales of vented canopies. And in 10 years there will be something else we will all be arguing about wether we should buy or not.

Just my own two cents, My first rig was a twp pin rig. It was a great decision. I realized this when an experienced jumper showed me something. He put a packed pin rig and a packed velcro rig beside each other and picked them both up by the pc. The pin rig opened, the velcro rig did not. The pins were pretty tight too. The comment about misrouting the bridle and forgetting pull-up cords and stuff make me laugh, I know mistakes can happen but if you are not thourogh enough with you pack job to overlook these things, then maybe BASE is not the sport you should be doing. Just my two cents.