After 51 jumps I finally bought my own gear. A Mirage G4 M6 with a Turbo Z205 main and a Swift 200 reserve. One jump on the Turbo Z and I knew I had to buy another main canopy. After alot of research for a soft opening canopy I decided to buy a Storm 210. The first jump went well. Front riser turns are responsive, rear riser turns are virtually effortless. Toggle turns are different in the fact that it take a little more togle input to start a turn. The brake lines seem long but resist the urge to shorten them. At a wing loading of 1.1 I could not stall the Storm with the toggles. Didn't try it with the rear risers yet. The landings are sweet. For me Storm is alot easier to land than the Sabre 2 210. I flared too high and the Storm let me down very gently. In my opinion the Storm is a very docile canopy with a little faster glith speed than a student canopy. I would recommend the Storm to anyone coming off of student status who wants a fun canopy to fly!!! One thing that I noticed was people telling me it was a CRW canopy but PD has a CF Storm that is geared more for CRW. The basic Storm is just right for me, a low time weekend fun jumper.
