Body sizes & classifieds

[LloydDobbler 2]

Hey, folks!

Up until now, I haven't yet found anything to suggest re: the site (or at least, nothing that affects me enough to warrant bringing it up...as the operator of my own web-based company, I know how it goes with bugs. Can't ever seem to squash 'em all)...but I now have a suggestion for the classifieds:

I noticed, when posting an ad for a used container or complete rig, there's pull-down menus to designate all the gear sizes, etc. But what would really help me (and some others like me) a lot is an "originally sized for" field. See, here's the problem: I'm 5'5", 117lbs. soaking wet...so even when I find the right container size (or "holds this size canopy" designation), the harness tends to be big enough for me to dive through & not touch the sides. I'm looking for a rig to hold a 150sf canopy, and I keep finding rigs that were built for someone 6'1" or so. Or 5'6", 160lbs.

(You get the point.)

Back to my suggestion, for instance, you might add a couple of lines to the database for the Containers category so when listing the ad it gives you a pull-down menu that asks for the "Originally built for someone XX-YY to QQ-ZZ", where XX & QQ are heights, & YY & ZZ are weights.

By standardizing it via pull-down menu, it would make it much easier for someone to search it...and thus for a person who's smaller or larger than your average skydiving bear to find a container that will fit him or her. (The women in the sport would probably really appreciate this site mod).

I suppose this would work for both containers and complete rigs...and perhaps for jumpsuits, as well. Again, it would just be darned convenient to be able to search by body size from the start...as opposed to just searching for the right container size in the subject, then sorting through 40 or so rigs where the person selling is 6'2", 200lbs. (thus rendering it unusable to me...well, at least without some serious work.)

Any thoughts? Thanks for pondering it.
KC