A history that lives on the rig

Tap the tag on a rig and its record opens: what the rig is made of, and what a rigger recorded doing to it. The record belongs to the equipment, so it goes with the rig when the rig changes hands.

Postage included in the United Kingdom. Delivery and returns

What it is

A small card on the rig, and a record behind it

A Rig Tag is a card that lives on your rig. Hold a phone against it, or scan the QR code printed on it, and it opens that rig's record on DZSpotter. The record holds the container, the reserve, the main and the AAD with their serial numbers and dates of manufacture, every repack and appraisal a rigger recorded, and how many people have owned it.

The record is the thing that matters, and it belongs to the rig rather than to you. Sell the rig and the history goes with it instead of disappearing into your old phone. The tag is just the quickest way to open it: the same record has its own permanent link and works without a tag at all.

A Rig Tag card, showing the QR code and the tag code

Sell without asking to be believedA buyer opens the record themselves and reads every repack and appraisal a rigger entered, each with the rigger named. Link it to a DZSpotter gear listing and they can read it before they message you.
The history goes with the rigRelease the record when you sell and it stays with the equipment for the next owner to claim, so it does not disappear into your old phone.Handing it straight to a named buyer is Rig Tag Pro and above.
A rigger sees what has already been doneWhoever has the rig on the bench reads the container, reserve, main and AAD with their serial numbers and dates, without ringing round. What they add stays on the record after the rig moves on.
Repack and AAD details to hand at a new dropzoneThe last reserve repack a rigger recorded and the AAD fitted, on one page you can open at the desk instead of hunting through a logbook. DZSpotter reports what was entered and works nothing out from it.
Photographs that identify your rigUp to six on the record: the container, the data card pocket, any repair or patch. Enough for somebody to recognise it in a stolen report, which is why they are free on every tier.
Mark it lost or stolenPuts a notice on the record and stops the tag going straight through to it, so somebody who has found the rig sees the notice first. You take it off yourself when the rig turns up.Rig Tag+ and above.

DZSpotter does not inspect equipment and does not decide whether a rig is fit to jump. It shows what a named rigger wrote down on a date, and nothing more than that.

Rig Tag cards are on sale.

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How it works

Three things, once

A Rig Tag card held in one hand, showing its size

A tag is never programmed with your rig. Every one is made identical, carrying a link and its own chip number, and the two are joined in your account when you claim it. That is why a tag can be handed to you at a dropzone by somebody who has never seen your equipment.

Get a tag

A small card that goes on the rig. Every tag is identical when it is made: it carries a link and its own chip number, and nothing about your rig.

Tap it

Hold a phone against it, or scan the QR code printed on it. It opens a page in the browser. There is no app to install and nothing to pair.

Claim it to your rig

The first time it is tapped it asks which rig it belongs to. That is the moment the tag and the record are joined, and it is the only time you have to do anything.

What it is good for

Three moments it earns its place

It goes where your packing data card already lives, which is where a rigger looks first: under the reserve pin cover flap, or in a pocket on the backpad. Somewhere flat, findable, and well away from anything that moves.

60 × 44 mmSmaller than a bank card. It goes in beside the packing data card rather than taking its place: that card stays the record of reserve packing.

A Rig Tag card being slid into the data card pocket on a rig

Selling a rig

A buyer taps the tag and reads the history themselves: the components with their serial numbers, and every repack and appraisal a rigger recorded, with the rigger named. You are not asking them to take your word for it.

A rigger at the bench

Whoever has the rig in front of them can see what has been done to it and by whom, without ringing round. What they add stays on the record after the rig has moved on.

A rig that turns up

A rig left in a hangar or handed in at a dropzone carries a link to its record, so somebody can work out where it should go. Reuniting it still depends on people talking. This gives them a starting point.

Already have a card?

Hold your phone against the tag and it opens by itself. If the chip will not read, or the printed code on the front is scuffed or missing, type the code here instead and it opens the same page.

Get one

Buy a Rig Tag

Cards are posted by hand in small batches. Each one carries a code you scan or type to link it to a rig on your DZSpotter account.

Postage included in the United Kingdom. Cards are posted by hand. Delivery and returns

The hardware

Physical Tags

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The starting currency is a guess from your location, so change it if it is wrong. Card and postage prices are set separately in each currency, not converted.

$10per card

A small card that goes on the rig, next to the packing data card. Tap it or scan its QR code and the rig’s record opens. It is hardware, priced once rather than by the year, and it works on every plan, Free included. No plan includes a card, and you do not need one to keep a record: every record has a QR code and a link of its own.

Cards in quantity

For lofts, dropzones and riggers fitting tags at repack. The price per card is set by how many cards go in one order.

Cards in one order, and the price per card
1 to 9	10 to 49	Fifty or more
$10	$8	Enquire

Cards and the Loft plan are different things. A card is hardware, priced once per card. Loft is the yearly fleet record for a loft or dropzone looking after other people’s rigs, priced by how many rigs are on it. Cards open the records, and Loft is how you see every record you look after on one page. One does not replace the other.

What there is

Tiers

Free is free for ever, not a trial. Anything marked as not built yet does not exist and is not running anywhere: it is listed so the plan is legible, not to suggest it is nearly here. Stopping a paid plan drops you to Free and your record and its history stay exactly where they are. Plans are priced in pounds sterling, whichever currency is chosen above.

Twelve months, bought once. About two months cheaper than paying at the monthly rate.

Free

Anyone with one rig and a link.

Freealways

No card, no trial, no expiry.

One rig record
Everything you record yourself: components, serial numbers, dates
Up to six photographs of the rig
The last twelve months of service history
A public link and a QR code for the record
Release the record when you sell the rig

Free for ever, not a trial. It does not expire and it never asks for a card.

Rig Tag+

One rig, with the full history behind it.

£29a year

Save £6.88 a year

Or £2.99 a month.

Everything in Free
The complete service history, however far back it goes
Email reminders for your recorded repack and AAD dates
Lost and stolen mode

Stop paying and the account drops to Free. The record and its history stay where they are.

£29 for 12 months

Rig Tag Pro

Up to 3 rigs of your own.

£49a year

Save £11 a year

Or £5 a month.

Everything in Rig Tag+, on up to 3 rigs
Email reminders for your recorded repack and AAD dates
Download the full history as a spreadsheet or a data file
Transfer a record straight to a buyer’s account

3 is the cap. Above that, Loft is the tier built for it.

£49 for 12 months

Loft

A loft or a dropzone looking after rigs for other people.

£99a year

Annual only. Up to 5 rigs. 6 to 10 rigs is £135. 11 or more, talk to us.

Everything in Rig Tag Pro, across the whole fleet
Email reminders for your recorded repack and AAD dates
Reserve repack and AAD dates for every rig in one place
Customer rigs appear on your Loft page when you record a repack on them as a verified rigger
Download every rig’s history in one spreadsheet or data file
Tags for the whole fleet, ordered togetherNot built yet

Annual only, because a loft plans by season rather than by month.

£99 for 12 months

£135 for 12 months

Side by side

A cross means not included on that tier, not that it does not exist.

What each tier includes. Prices shown annually where a tier has both.
Feature	Free Free	Rig Tag+ £29/year Save £6.88 a year	Rig Tag Pro £49/year Save £11 a year	Loft £99/year
Rigs included	1	1	Up to 3	4 to 10+
What you record yourself	Included	Included	Included	Included
Service history you can read	Included for every account during launch	All of it	All of it	All of it
Rigger appraisals	Included for every account during launch	All of it	All of it	All of it
Public link and QR code	Included	Included	Included	Included
Let the record go with the rig	Included	Included	Included	Included
Photographs on the record	Included	Included	Included	Included
Lost and stolen mode	Included for every account during launch	Included	Included	Included
Email reminders for your own dates	Included for every account during launch	Included	Included	Included
Download the full history	Included for every account during launch	Included for every account during launch	Included	Included
Hand it straight to a named buyer	Included for every account during launch	Included for every account during launch	Included	Included
Repack and AAD dates in one place	Included for every account during launch	Included for every account during launch	Included for every account during launch	Included
Download every rig at once	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Customer rigs on one page	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
How it is billed	Free	12 months, once	12 months, once	12 months, once
Twelve months, bought once		£29 for 12 months	£49 for 12 months	£99 for 12 months £135 for 12 months

Prices shown annually where a tier has both. Tap anfor detail.

Free

Rig Tag+

£29/yr

Save £6.88

Pro

£49/yr

Save £11

Loft

£99/yr

Rigs

4 to 10+

Your entries

Service history

Launch

All

Appraisals

Launch

All

Link and QR

Let it go

Photos

Lost mode

Launch

Date reminders

Launch

Download it

Launch

Hand it over

Launch

Fleet dates

Launch

Fleet file

Customers

Billing

Free

12 mo

No plan includes a physical tag. The card is priced separately and is the same price on every tier, including Free. A record works without one: every record has its own link and QR code.

Just need the full history once?

£2 for a month

Opens the complete service history on your record for one month, then stops on its own. No physical tag: a QR code and a link, the same as Free. It is for the week you are valuing a rig, insuring one or showing it to a buyer, not a way in to a subscription.

These are the prices. Single cards can be bought above.For ten or more, or to talk about a plan, email info@dzspotter.com. Plans are priced in pounds sterling: Rig Tag+ is £29 a year, Rig Tag Pro is £49 a year and Loft starts at £99 a year. Cards are priced separately in each currency: £10 in the United Kingdom, $10 in the United States and €10 in the euro area.

Questions

The things people actually ask

Where does the tag go on my rig?

Next to the packing data card pocket, because that is already the place on every container where the paperwork for the rig lives, and it is where a rigger will instinctively look. On most containers that pocket is under the reserve pin cover flap on the back of the rig, or in a pocket on the backpad, the padded part that rests against your back. Where exactly it sits varies by manufacturer, so find your own data card first and put the tag beside it.

Why next to the data card and not somewhere more visible?

Because that is where anyone who needs it will look without being told. A rigger at the bench goes to the data card pocket before anything else, and putting the tag anywhere else means explaining to every person who handles the rig where you happened to stick it. It also keeps the tag away from the parts that move: it must never sit where it could foul a closing flap, a pin, a cutaway cable, an RSL or a reserve handle. If you are in any doubt about the spot you have chosen, ask your rigger before you fit it.

Does fitting one alter my rig?

It is not a modification to the harness or container and nothing is sewn, drilled or unpicked. Anything attached to a rig is still a question for the person responsible for its maintenance, so if you have any doubt at all, ask your rigger before you fit it.

Can I fit it myself?

Yes, and it takes seconds. If you would rather a rigger did it, or your dropzone has a view on what may be attached to equipment on its airfield, follow that instead.

Who can edit my rig information, and how?

You edit everything you put in yourself, from your own management page: the components, their serial numbers and dates, the photographs and who can see the record. Nobody else can touch any of it. Service entries and rigger appraisals work the other way round: those are added through DZSpotter by the rigger who did the work, and you cannot edit them, because they are that rigger’s statement about your equipment rather than yours. If one is wrong, tell us and we take it up with the rigger who recorded it. DZSpotter staff can edit records for support, and every destructive change they make is logged.

What happens when I sell the rig?

You release the record, which closes your ownership of it and leaves everything else untouched. The record, its service history and its link all stay with the rig, and the buyer claims it. The history is the point: it is not yours to take away with you.

What if I lose the tag?

Claim a new tag to the same record. The record is not lost with the tag: the tag is only a way of opening it, and the record is always reachable from its own link and from your account. The old tag keeps opening the record, so whoever finds it lands on your rig’s page. If you would rather it stopped working, email info@dzspotter.com and we withdraw it.

Can a tag be copied?

Every card is write-protected before it leaves us, so nobody can change the link on it. The link itself can be read and written onto another chip, the same as any QR code can be photographed and reprinted. A copy would only open the same page, which shows the serial numbers, photographs and rigger entries of the real rig, and nothing on a tag can change any of those.

Does this replace my packing data card?

No, and it must not be treated as though it does. The packing data card remains the legal record of reserve packing under the applicable aviation regulations. A rig record is a convenience copy of information that already exists on that card and on the equipment itself. What the card has to carry depends on the country, and our guide to what records a rig legally needs sets it out.

What happens if I stop paying, or if DZSpotter disappears?

The account drops to Free. The record, its components, its photographs and its history all stay exactly where they are, and nothing is deleted. Free is planned to keep the last twelve months of service history, and any record created before that limit starts keeps its full history permanently. During launch every account, Free included, also keeps lost and stolen mode, the history download and the other plan features, because the plans are not enforced yet. You can download the full history as a spreadsheet or a data file at any time, so the record can be kept outside DZSpotter.

What happens to my data if I stop using DZSpotter?

You can make a record private at any time, which removes it from public view, and you can ask us to sever your name from it. When your name is severed the ownership period stays on the record as an anonymous one so the chain of owners does not develop a hole, and the entries a rigger made stay too, because those are the rig safety record rather than your personal data.

Who can see my rig record?

You choose. A record is private by default and only you can see it. If you make it public, anyone with the link can read it, and even then your name is not shown unless you tick a box to show it.

Does it work without an app?

Yes. There is no app and there is not going to be one for this. Tapping the tag or scanning its QR code opens a normal web page in whatever browser your phone already has.

Is there an NFC tag for a skydiving rig?

Yes. A Rig Tag is a card carrying an NFC chip and a printed QR code that fits on a rig beside the packing data card. Tapping it with a phone, or scanning the QR code, opens that rig’s record in a browser. There is no app and nothing to pair.

How do I keep a service history for my parachute rig?

Create a rig record on DZSpotter, which is free, and enter the container, reserve, main and AAD with their serial numbers and dates of manufacture. A rigger can add what they did and sign it with their name. The record has its own link and QR code, and a physical tag is only the fastest way to open it.

Does the tag interfere with my AAD or anything else on the rig?

The chip is passive. It has no battery, no transmitter of its own and does nothing until a phone is held against it. Fitting one is not a modification to the harness or container: nothing is sewn, drilled or unpicked. It must never sit where it could foul a closing flap, a pin, a cutaway cable, an RSL or a reserve handle. Anything attached to a rig is still a question for the person responsible for its maintenance, so ask your rigger before you fit it.

Can a buyer check a used rig history before they buy it?

If the seller has a record and has made it public, yes. The buyer opens it themselves and reads the components with their serial numbers, and every repack and appraisal a rigger entered, each with the rigger named. DZSpotter does not verify or grade any of it: it shows what was written down and by whom.

Is this the same as my logbook?

No. A logbook is a record of your jumps. This is a record of the equipment: what it is made of, what a rigger did to it and when, and who has owned it. The two do not overlap, and the packing data card supplied with the rig remains the legal record of reserve packing.

Do I have to buy a card to use it?

No. A rig record is free and works on its own, with its own permanent link and a QR code you can print. The card is hardware, priced once, and it is the same price on every tier including Free. No plan includes a card.

Quick answer

A Rig Tag is a 60 x 44mm card that fits on a skydiving rig beside the packing data card. Tap it with a phone or scan the QR code printed on it and the rig's record opens in a browser: the container, reserve, main and AAD with their serial numbers and dates, and every repack and appraisal a rigger entered, each with the rigger named. The record belongs to the rig, so it goes with the equipment when the rig is sold.

Key facts

A Rig Tag card is 60 x 44 mm and carries an NTAG215 chip plus a printed QR code and a short code.
It needs no app: a tap or a scan opens an ordinary web page in the phone's browser.
Every card is made identical and carries no information about any rig. The card and the record are joined the first time the card is claimed to an account.
A rig record is free and works with no card at all, because every record has its own permanent link and QR code.
The card costs 10 pounds in the United Kingdom with postage included, and is priced separately in dollars and euros rather than converted.
DZSpotter does not inspect equipment and makes no assessment of whether a rig is fit to jump. It shows what a named rigger wrote down on a date.
The record is a convenience copy. The packing data card supplied with the rig remains the legal record of reserve packing.

Limits

What a Rig Tag is not

It is not an airworthiness assessment. DZSpotter reports what was entered and calculates nothing from it.

It does not replace the packing data card. The card that came with the rig stays the legal record of reserve packing, and the tag goes beside it rather than in place of it.

It is not a tracker. The chip is passive, has no battery and no position of its own. It does nothing until a phone is held against it.

It is not a theft recovery service. Marking a record lost or stolen puts a notice in front of whoever opens it. Getting a rig back still depends on people talking to each other.

This record is a convenience copy maintained by the rig owner and by riggers. It is not a legal document. The packing data card supplied with the rig remains the legal record of reserve packing under the applicable aviation regulations. Always check the physical card.

Create a rig record

A record works on its own. You do not need a tag to make one, and you can add a tag to a record you already have.