Spotting complete-rig deals

[Joellercoaster 6]

This is sort of a train of thought post...

I started off thinking about used gear after I get my A. But then a number of people pointed out that I'm an unusual shape, and that I'd almost certainly have to get any container/harness customised unless I was incredibly lucky.

So then I thought, why not buy a new container made for me, then put used canopies in it? I looked at used canopy prices, and thought that sounded doable.

Then in some other thread, the subject of complete new-rig deals came up. Someone mentioned being able to get an Icon/Pilot/Smart combo for less than what I'd been aiming at for my new/used hybrid purchase!

That deal wasn't applicable to me because I wasn't in the market for a rig yet (I'm still not), but it sounds like these things do come up - you just have to know where to look. "Buy our container, put two new PD canopies in it, pay $X" sort of stuff.

So my question is, where do you look, when you know where to look? I'm in the UK, but travel is cheap. And I have a couple of tickets to the US in October that I won by accident

(For what it's worth, I think the combined web price for an I7/Pilot 210/Smart 220 on the Aerodyne site is still pretty damn impressive, but I don't really know what I want yet, so any deal is worth looking at.)

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"I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan

"You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at?

[mr2mk1g 10]

There's talk of these deals on this website so check here.
Check the manufacturers website for their deals.
Check any dealers websites - some of these may well have offers which are unique to them.

I personally[/p] haven't head of a deal which beats the Aerodyne deal on, finacially speaking only of course. But then you might find better.

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[bob.dino 0]

Where in the USA are you going to be in October?

Ring or email the gear stores near you (eg. if you'll be in Southern California, Square1 at Perris is a good shop). They'll have a number of different offers and should be able to guide you in the right direction.

Ring them long before October, as there can be quite a long lead time for components - for example, I believe Performance Designs currently have a 8-10 week delivery time for main canopies.

[Joellercoaster 6]

Well, the current plan is to spend a while in NoCal, since we have some friends in San Francisco. But we'll do a bit of medium-distance driving around, for sure... I haven't hooned down the Pacific Coast highway in several years.

A trip to Perris would be a definite possibility, if I could convince MrsCoaster to look the other way.

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"I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan

"You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at?

[mr2mk1g 10]

Then contact square1 and see what they can put together for you. They're good guys. + kick a Brit called Adi in the balls for me while your there (all in the name of fun of course).

[Joellercoaster 6]

Haven't met any Pommy skydivers yet, but I'm about to. Will hold my fire on the ball-kicking for a while... we have a cricket team for that.

Looking at the Square1 site, their prices on Aerodyne gear are already cheaper than the manufacturer's web prices, not even considering any whole-rig deals. This is looking good =D

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"I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan

"You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at?

[mr2mk1g 10]

This brit's at Perris so you'll not see him till you hit california. Gives you time to work up a good swing. hehe.

Just remember to add california sales tax on to the prices (aint a lot) but yeah - they've got nice prices and as I said, they're good people.

[Squeak 17]

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Ring them long before October, as there can be quite a long lead time for components - for example, I believe Performance Designs currently have a 8-10 week delivery time for main canopies.

12 I'm still waiting for mine

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[bob.dino 0]

Shite. I have a Samurai on order (Big Air Sportz; made by PD) and I'm seriously hoping it makes it to Perris for the start of August when I'm there. That's nine weeks from ordering.

Fingers crossed.