Tube Stoes

[zennie]

Haven't really seen anything on this subject.

Are there any drawbacks to using tube stoes for your primary locking stow?

[Tom Aiello]

I generally avoid stows I think might be too strong. I figure, if by some weird chance you end up with the stow hanging up, it's going to be a lot easier for air pressure to snap a rubber band than a tube stow.

[bps]

I second what Tom said. In addition:

1) I'd be afraid that a tube stow may not hold your primary locking stow long enough. (check out how easily lines slide out of a tube stow next time you see one on a skydiving rig)

2) One of the primary purposes of using tube stows in skydiving is their longevity. Seems like it wouldn't matter on a BASE rig since rubber bands used for primary stows last a very long time.

Just my thoughts,

Bryan

[BASE_689]

> I generally avoid stows I think might be too strong.
Ehhmmm, I use a tube stoe for primary locking stow...
...simply because I saw a tube stow installation and in use in the BR packing video.
I thought it was the way to go.
Anyway, never had any inconvenient with using a tube stow.
I use the small size one.
Anybody with some good/bad reports about use of tube stow?

[space]

Double wrapping is the way to go unless you are doing ultra low IMHO. I (me) as a packer found that one should be able to (in skydiving) pickup the pod/bag off the ground with the closing stow. This seems to be the norm now if you read the packing mains info. The worst thing about Tube stows are that they lengthen over time and use and one must stay on top of the degradation of holding power.
take care
space

[obi]

I have been using double-wrapped tandem-tube-stoes for years and never had a problem with it. Every elastic band lengthens over time, not just the stoes. Just replace whatever you use when it gets too old/long.
But I do mostly big jumps. For low slider-down stuff I don't use it at all.