Rigs are expensive pieces of equipment, but having your own to take to the DZ can mean so much more freedom to enjoy your jumping and you learn a lot along the way, so we've come up with some options to help out when it comes to making this big financial commitment.


There are four components to a rig: the container, AAD, reserve canopy, and main canopy. We offer rentals for a complete rig, AAD only, and main canopy only.


Your Options:

Rent now (buy later)

Whole rig

While you rent with XDream you accrue a rental customer discount that will be taken off the purchase price of a rig or components of a rig - this discount is 20% of what you've paid so far in rental fees.

For example:
You rent a rig on a monthly basis at £240/month. After renting for 8 months, you'd like to purchase a complete rig through XDream. Your accrued rental customer discount would come to
£240 * 20% * 8 months = £384 off the purchase price of a new rig.
The rental customer discount may be applied to a brand new, second-hand, or mixed components of a rig.

Rig components

If, for example, you were to rent a whole rig from XDream then purchase a container, reserve, and AAD (no main), your accrued rental customer discount would be broken down and apply to the components you're purchasing (it's not an equal split as each component depreciates at a different rate). 

If you continue to rent a main canopy after purchasing the other 3 components, you get a discounted canopy rental rate of 25%.

The standard rate of a canopy only rental would apply if you've bought a container, reserve and AAD from somewhere else.

Renting a main canopy and then purchasing one through XDream, whether brand new or second hand, you'd accrue the same discount as above of 20% of your rental fees so far.


Buying a rig and renting in the meantime

We always quote you the full price of whatever you're planning on purchasing, including VAT, import, customs, shipping, etc., so there are no hidden fees or nasty surprises. When buying a rig, you can:

  1. Pay all upfront
  2. Pay for each component in turn (in full) when needed
  3. Pay 50% upfront and 50% before shipping from the manufacturer(s)

Each option has its benefits and limitations, and affects what sort of rental deal we can offer.


1. Pay all upfront

GOOD: This secures the quoted price of your complete rig. We'll place the orders and communicate with the suppliers when needed so your rig comes together smoothly.

DOWNSIDE: It can be a lot of money to spend in one go.

RENTAL: You will get a 50% discount on your rental in the meantime. That goes for a whole rig if you've bought a whole rig, or a canopy rental if you've purchased a main. 


2. Pay for each component in turn when needed 

GOOD: Splits the cost of a rig - e.g. buy the container, then the canopies after a few weeks, then the AAD closer to the due date of the first few components. We'll let you know when each component needs to be paid for so the order can be placed with the supplier.

DOWNSIDE: The exchange rate could change (which affects our prices) and the suppliers could increase their prices, meaning the price of the components you're buying later on down the line could get more expensive. We'll try to let you know if we see anything like this coming up, but we can't guarantee catching these changes every time, unfortunately.

RENTAL: Rentals are per the normal process and prices but you'll continue to accrue your rental discount (20% of the rental fees paid) for the components you're yet to purchase. Once the container, reserve, and AAD are paid for, your rental fees for these components will be discounted by 50%, and you get a 25% rental discount on the main canopy. Once all are paid for, your rental will be 50% off until your rig arrives and is ready to jump.


3. Pay 50% upfront and 50% before shipping from the manufacturer(s) 

GOOD: Gets your order in the queue with the manufacturers. Means payments for the rig or components can be split and easier to manage. You can pay the remaining whenever you want (if the exchange rates are particularly good at some point, you can take advantage of that), but we'll let you know when the remaining is required so it can ship from the manufacturer.

DOWNSIDE: It's a risk - the remaining 50% is subject to change with the exchange rates and/or updates from the suppliers - this could go up and be more expensive, or lower.

RENTAL: Rentals are per the normal process and prices but you'll continue to accrue the rental customer discount (20% of rental fees paid) which will come off the remaining amount to be paid.