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just curious, poking around some sites here and haven't come across any container options for left handed tossers...

any imput?

jeff

talk to hollyhjb, all her gear is left handed. no difference but the way the BOC is sewn on... you could always go handheld too ;-)

Have the BOC installed for left hand deploy or have it turned around if that's the hand you desire tossing with.

Should be the same as your skydiving rig in that sense

High right to left cross wind I'll sometimes go lefty hand held

If you want to order a new left handed rig, ask the person building it to sew the BOC on for a lefty. I doubt that'll be a problem and might not even cost you any extra money. Lots of options don't make it on the order form.

I've seen people that have rigs for leftys. If you're buying a used rig and want to get it switched, that's not too difficult or expensive a task for someone qualified. If you're borrowing a rig, you can always go hand held lefty or righty (like hookitt said), or if you want to go stowed do it righty. Just don't forget which hand to pull with (I've seen that too).

thanks for the imput, thats what i figured i just haven't come across any chatter on the matter

jeff

Morpheous has the lefty option on their order form, that's how I first realized it was even possible. (That was before I even started skydiving.)

Anyway, the big issue here would be to have all of your gear the same. People that have lefty and righty rigs tend to have a mis-reach. Tandem masters are usually a lot better at doing it right though.

My advice: Don't do it, unless you have to. It gets really annoying with borrowing and buying/selling gear.