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left side first vs. right side first...
more food for thought, on my personal rig, i used to go left side first, as i liked the way it looked when packed, after a trip to twin with friends who jump the same container, they would pack right side first, after trying it both ways i prefer right side first. however i still like the way left side looks better, right side seems to have many more pros...

pros
-the closing pin will always be relative to the last grommet it passes through, that being said, when it passes through the left side last, it has about 1/2-3/4" more clearance on the TUCK pocket...

-the tuck tab and the top flap are one in the same, reducing resistance in opening sequence...

im sure this varies depending on the rig, as my perigee pro tuck was completely different, but the point to the thread was to have people who pack in the order they do, based on how they learned, to take a look at what the pin position is/would be with a small adjustment.

Depends on the container. Because of how the tuck flap needs to tuck back under, You can't close a DP left side first. And I might mistaken, but I think you can only close the ZAK left side first and Perigee right side first, but it has been a long time since I packed either of those.

Edit: What rig is it?

my rig is a badseed, where left side tucks into right side, perigee pro tucks under itself i believe, which makes that a non issue, you can only pack right side first, helium has a similar tuck style, i believe gargoyle as well...

Well, crap. Sorry man. That is pretty much the only rig I don't have experience with at all. I will have to step out of this one.

Edit: I can tell you that the Summit is designed to close left first and while nothing catastrophic will happen by closing it right left, the design was intended for left / right closing, it could potentially put additional tension on the pin, and not pack as nicely. Did you reach out to Bad Seed regarding this?

Very similar attitude from badseed, although they recommend right side first, it's not believed to be catastrophic either way. I just like the added pin clearance from the tuck pocket, when going right side first.

IIRC, the reason skydiving rigs number their flaps is to make sure people go right-left on the side flaps (the top-bottom flaps vary because of rig design). The reason for this is very simple: 99 percent of all rigs are deployed by your right hand and the throw action causes the bridle to cross over the top of the container and there is a slight tendency for the pilot chute to "pull" the bridle and pin to that side.

Ergo, putting the right flap over the left creates a snag hazard, where the bridle could snag under the flap between the edge and the grommet/loop. Putting the left flap over the left eliminates this potential snag hazard with a right-hand throw.

Such a snag is of course a rare occurrence but why create the hazard when it is so easy to eliminate it?

Having said that, I cannot speak to how that concept plays out with the rigs in question because what I just described applies to single-pin skydiving rigs, the main containers of which are wider than they are tall. Obviously a 2-pin container that is taller than it is wide has different dynamics, but I wanted to let you know where the original custom came from.


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I packed today, and closed both ways to show the difference in pin clearance, I colored the edge of the flap red to make it more obvious to the clearance.

must have kept that to yourself

edited sorry, tried to post from phone the first time...