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Where is the best place to order packing clamps? I've been using the hardware store clamps and the spring tension is way to high. Don't want to damage my canopy.

try a BASE gear dealer/manufacturer.

Home depot or equivalent.

Edit: Just re-read your post and realized that's what you're using.

I use the orange handle clamps. Which clamps do you use?

wow it is amazing how stupid u are yah they make specail clamps for base jumpers hahahahah u idiot just buy the cheap ones or dont be such a pussy

 

I weigh 210 soaking wet and I don't use clamps.

give the guy a break magot. seriously everyone i've started making special base clamps. They are 100 dollars for a set of 6 and 150 for 12 or however many you need to pack flat with bungees etc. THey are said to have the perfect amount of spring tension. PM me for payment options.

Best source is Home Depot. Get the orange ones. The green ones right next to them are a quarter the cost, and you feel the difference when you pack with them. I've used almost every clamp on the market (don't ask), and I'm sold on the orange Pony brand ones you can buy at Home Depot for about 4 bucks.

Oh, and as Maggot said, but in a more politically correct fashion, use the clamps as a tool, not a crutch. If you feel like you need the tools to pack, take a trip to Twin Falls and force yourself to pack without them for a weekend. After that you'll appreciate them for making things easier, without feeling crippled without them.

Thanks Tom, orange handles-home depot. Simple answer for a simple question.

I saw a clamp that Ray L used that was about 10 inches long, wooden, and totally flat, so it wasn't just the tip of the clamp that was holding things in place it was 10 inches of flat surface. It looked real nice. Hopefully he will comment on where he got it, because I would love to have a few of those.

those clamps are called parallel clamps and they are used for wood working and just for the record unless in jumping at b-day i always use clamps the orange ones and thskydive dude get coloerd electrical tape to put around them from the metal to the rubber then the rubber does not fall off and no one say's thats my clampi use purple and remember there's know stupid questions but your a dumd ass hahahaha just kidding not