stowing your slider / slider down

[pringles]

I just packed up from my jump last night. I found that my slider bumpers are thrashed. They have shown some wear (not much but some) for a while. Last night though they just seemed to fall apart. One is just barely hanging on. I think that the slider gromets that are free (not tied down) are ruining the bumpers/putting extra wear on the gear. So my question is for those of you that jump slider down as opposed to slider off. How do you stow your slider? If you get a chance to take pics during your next pack job if you have time that would be great. I would post pics of my set up but I don't have a camera to do so.

Thanks

[crwper]

I leave the rear slider gromets above the bumpers. That way, the bumpers prevent the gromets from interfering with my toggles. The front bumpers I slide up the lines briefly, bring the slider over the bumpers and links, and then put the bumpers back on the links. This keeps the front of the slider from going above the bumpers. I've only done maybe 20 jumps this way, so I don't have really good data on wear, but it seems to be working alright so far.

Michael

[CrazyThomas]

Sliding the front slider grommets over the links and then replacing the slider bumpers is the method I use also. About 20-30 jumps with that set-up, so as before, I have little wear and tear info.
A main thing (Mr. Obvious says) is to remember to keep the rear slider grommets free sliding on the lines, and not tie them down, or slide them past the links. From what I have heard, this is for the purposes of off-heading correction more than toggle interference. Something like with all the grommets tied off, pulling down a riser to correct off heading has less of a dramatic turning effect, and more of a braking/stalling effect.
Any other reasons out there to NOT secure the rear slider grommets?
ALternatively, has anyone experienced negative consequences of leaving a slider on, and simply tying it down, rather than removing it? It is way more convenient for me to secure it than remove it, but I could maybe see some hang-up issues on deployment, or some off-heading issues due to the front being constant width, and the back being variable (not secured) width.

Other thoughts?


Thomas

[pringles]

I guess my question was more for what are you doing with the mesh fabric? I basicly quarter it down between the risers and then pile the rest on top of the rear risers over the toggles. I have some pics on my camera and will have them up in a day or two.

[CrazyThomas]

>> I guess my question was more for what are you doing with the mesh fabric? I basicly quarter it down between the risers and then pile the rest on top of the rear risers over the toggles.

That is an excellent question. I guess I never really worried about what to do with the fabric. I just would bring the bottom of the pack job to the container, and then make sure the links are in the corners, and not twisted or misrouted. I never really paid attention to what the fabric does, or where it goes. This is something I may begin to look at more closely in the future. I'm glad you clarified your question, and I would be interested to hear what other people do with the slider fabric, whether they do something special with it, or let it lie where it falls.
It's definitely something for me to think about.....

Here's to safer flicks...

Cheers!,
Thomas

[imported_Johnny Utah]

Here is how I do it.


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[Ronald Overdijk]

Just my 2 cents:

The discussion started with wear and tear of slider bumpers.

With all this (re)moving the connector links and slider bumpers, just to put the slider below the 2 front bumpers, I guess it would be easier and quicker to use the short bridle with button which most manufacturers put on 1 (or 2) of the front risers.

That is what I do and it works fine (for years now). Before that, I have about 50 jumps with the slider positioned lose above the slider bumpers.

Ronald Overdijk

[pringles]

Ok
I finally got a friend to email me some pics. Seeing that my computer sucks and I cant upload them to my computer myself. I do somthing similar to what johnny does with his slider. Hopefully my attachments work.