I've seen a few pilots posting video's of the different techniques they use to pack their paraglider. Most of these focus on speed and efficiency for hike and fly style flying with lightweight equipment.
This is my technique, for a full weight wing (an Ozone Delta 2 ML) and also a bulky full size race harness (SupAir Sharmane FR) with both 15cm foam back protector and airbag. With a big harness, packing is even more challenging than with lightweight equipment, so there is perhaps even more reason to consider how you pack your glider.
Often beginners are taught to detach their gliders before packing. I did this too for years, and as a result, clipped my risers in the wrong way around before flying once. I learnt that this does not make your glider perform much differently, except that the speedbar line will rub on the risers. Now I always leave my glider attached to the harness after a flight. This saves the mistake of clipping a riser in facing the wrong way, forgetting to attach the speedbar line, or attaching the speedbar line on the wrong side of the riser or through a strap. Leaving your risers attached also helps to eliminate line tangles when laying out, and encourages you to pack the glider in close to the harness.
Where I fly, our launches can be small, so there is almost never the luxury of large grass spaces to lay out your glider and sort out lines. A packing technique that allows the glider to comes out of the bag in a predictable way the better. When flying XC in my local area, we might be packing up on dusty fields, with a lot of dry brush and twigs that catches on lines, or we might be in gravel dry river beds or on a road, so efficient use of space and avoiding tangles is a big factor. It's also often really hot, so I like to be as efficient as possible. When it is 35C (95F) you want to get to shade as soon as possible!
This packing technique takes the minimum amount of space, as there is no need to lay out the entire glider. It can also be done when it is quite windy because you are never attempting to lay the whole glider out.
This is my technique, for a full weight wing (an Ozone Delta 2 ML) and also a bulky full size race harness (SupAir Sharmane FR) with both 15cm foam back protector and airbag. With a big harness, packing is even more challenging than with lightweight equipment, so there is perhaps even more reason to consider how you pack your glider.
Often beginners are taught to detach their gliders before packing. I did this too for years, and as a result, clipped my risers in the wrong way around before flying once. I learnt that this does not make your glider perform much differently, except that the speedbar line will rub on the risers. Now I always leave my glider attached to the harness after a flight. This saves the mistake of clipping a riser in facing the wrong way, forgetting to attach the speedbar line, or attaching the speedbar line on the wrong side of the riser or through a strap. Leaving your risers attached also helps to eliminate line tangles when laying out, and encourages you to pack the glider in close to the harness.
Where I fly, our launches can be small, so there is almost never the luxury of large grass spaces to lay out your glider and sort out lines. A packing technique that allows the glider to comes out of the bag in a predictable way the better. When flying XC in my local area, we might be packing up on dusty fields, with a lot of dry brush and twigs that catches on lines, or we might be in gravel dry river beds or on a road, so efficient use of space and avoiding tangles is a big factor. It's also often really hot, so I like to be as efficient as possible. When it is 35C (95F) you want to get to shade as soon as possible!
This packing technique takes the minimum amount of space, as there is no need to lay out the entire glider. It can also be done when it is quite windy because you are never attempting to lay the whole glider out.