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There is a misunderstanding. In that statement I was talking about the morpheus pc's. The mesh on the apex is way to dense, or thin and added to that is the placement of a morpheus logo on the apex. to me it just wouldn't work, although this is an opinion and i havn't seen anyone jump a morpheus av yet.

As for the 99 jumps with the Asylum av, I changed it for another Asylum 42 av simply because i wouldn't do more than 100 jumps with any given pc. The pc was still in excellent condition and i intend to keep buying pc's from Asylum.

Well, first when you get them, the mesh is so stiff you can't even stow a 42. Then after some time the msh goes all floppy.
Then the mesh used on their av's doesn't seem like it would have any effect at all, it's pretty much like using f111.
I did 99 jumps with an av 42 from Asylum and just replaced it on principle because it was just about in the same condition as when i bought it.

ok, it was too windy to jump off the cliff.
my buddy was still busy packing when i got to his house. Tom i started second guessing myself after your post but now i am absolutely certain you can't close the Gargoyle left over right. There's just no way on earth unless they build them differently for us South Africans, you know being in the southern hemisphere and driving on the left hand side and all...
The Gargoyle is an unbelievable piece of equipment. The attention to detail is amazing and this is consistent on all 6 containers i have seen so far. There's just no cutting corners. And that's leading to the only bit of criticism i would have on it is the delivery time. Two people I know waited almost 6 months for their containers to arrive. Then again, that's probably 'cos the whole world wants one. Well there's that and the fact that their pc's are real crap. I had wanted one for a long time and scored a luck with a friend who traded one with less than 10 jumps on it.
I still have a Perigee Pro, and although it still looks beautiful when packed after 150 jumps or so, there are still a few twitches. For example the pin cover flap is hot knived at the top and bottom leaving two nice pieces of burnt nylon right next to the bridle. I have seen this on the french zak as well. Also the back straps are connected within the lift web as opposed to wrapping around the lift web. All these things that cut production time simply don't occur with the Gargoyle.
Any way, this is turning into a personal gear review and i am veering completely off the original subject.
Nicknitro, your rig looks awesome dude and with my experience (158 jumps), i am not in a position to give any rigging advice. I am sorry if i seemed to be criticising, just the idea of a stiffener in the pin cover flap makes total sense to me.
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poc

The Gargoyle last I checked closes left then right.

mmmmhja, right over left.
You guys got me worried so i went to the baserigs website. It closes right over left and the bridle tucks under the left flap. Now, does that mean i have an inbuilt defect? The gromet seems low enough not to tuck it the way you have shown in the pics under the right flap. Thanks for the pics though, pretty helpful. Ok going to jump my favorite 'e' now but this thread has left me a little worried.
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poc

Hey Sam, good to hear from you. I see you're a regular at this forum. You showed me your new rig before you left and it is pretty neat. Tom, i had read your review a very long time ago indeed and just remembered the cover flap thing. i went back to it with regard to this particular rig. In other words, I am not denying the Odyssey has evolved, probably even to the point where it is at least on par with the Gargoyle (after seeing Sam and Mick's new rigs).
Nicknitro, understood about the cover flap but still don't understand the snaging point problem. The Gargoyle is a similar type of design but closes right over left, you just can't close it the other way. I am looking at her now but I just can't see where the bridle could get snagged. I also take the bridle out of the container through the middle as opposed to the top to the first pin. Looking at the pic of yours, i can't see the snag point either. Bah it's late so maybe it will occur to me when i've had some sleep.
Sam, next time around don't come in summer but rather at this time. It's been real good lately (then again it was a real crap summer).
Thanks for the replies all.
poc

There doesn't seem to be a stiffener in the pin cover flap. I may have misunderstood Tom's review on the Odyssey. In the review Tom speaks of the lack of stiffener in the pin cover flap making the rig unsafe for delays exceeding 6 seconds. Just need some clarity on that.

"The Odyssey FX pin cover flap is the primary culprit. Since the flap has no stiffener, it tends to pop open when exposed to high speed airflow. Once this has occurred, the pins can easily be extracted by bridle flap (the bridle between the pins is longer than the pin spacing--as it should be--and the extra length of bridle tends to flap when exposed to the airstream)."

Also is there a reason for configuring the closure left over right (as opposed to right over left with the gargoyle where the bridle comes out on the lhs) or is it really not important?

Looks pretty good otherwise.

poc

Hi I'm Patrick, a local Cape Town jumper.
Lots of slider down 'E' jumps here, all leagal and easily accessible.
A slider up bridge jump about 5 hours drive from here which we visit once in a while.
We will be happy to show you around if you come this way.
My cell number is: 083 683 7576
Email: poconnor@iafrica.com
Drop me a mail.
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POC