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I tried searching, can't find much in the way of a comparison.

I'm wondering if anyone here has jumped 2 or more of the ultralight canopies, and could shed some light on the flight characteristics of each.

My main contenders are the Squirrel Ibex, and the Asylum Feather. But if you have jumped the Atair Peak (ultralight Trango) I'd like to hear about that as well.

The Trango was already an ultralight canopy - the development of the Peak wasn't to make it lighter but to change its flight characteristics.

Ive jumped the Peak, OSP and Trango all in ultralight.
Peak and OSP are my two main buddies now, love em!

In pack volume the peak is the winner for terminal jumps, but the OSP does it all. Low or high. Depending on what you want, you can't go wrong with either.

Line stripping is most of the prob. well and canopy lifetime. but most BASE canopies out live the jumper. Flight character may be slightly dif because of the advancement of tech. Clamps are nasty on such canopies but should still out live.
Take care,
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I wish this was true in my case I think I can still squeez a few hundred more jumps out of my blackjack.

400+ on the feather, maybe 80 on ibexes, 150 on a trango 1.

Feather is my favorite, and flies and flares more like a skydiving canopy, but still flies nicely in deep brakes. Its my go-to on the vast majority of wingsuit jumps. I weigh about 165 and found the 240 to be my favorite, with a 220 being a little zippy for using on every jump. I have been jumping an ibex 250 and 230. The size difference makes a big difference at this loading as the 250 is pretty floaty, and the 230 is much zippier. i had a 245 trango and it was my least favorite of these, but still a good canopy. Havent jumped the peak yet. Im not really a fan of spectra lines in base, but ive had a few canopies that have had them.

As far as an ultralight OSP is concerned, I dont think I would get one to use as a slider up only wingsuit canopy, but it probably willl be the nicest slider down of the group. All depends what kind of jumping you want to do with the canopy as well. ZP noses help the life span, but open a bit harder as well Id say on average.

^What he said.

Until the last few years, all base canopies were multi-purpose. Now manufacturers have gone two different directions and make canopies that are intended primarily for slider up, and canopies that are multi-purpose.

I have a fair number of jumps on an Ibex and a couple on the Proxy. They are pretty spicy base canopies that fly and flare like skydiving canopies, but don't sink as well as older designs. They're great if you are jumping into consequence-free LZ's, but for anything technical I reach for my OSP every time.

I am anxious to jump the Peak and Lobo and see how they do for versatility.