Ripcords are usually the easiest to see because they are mounted to the front of the main lift webbing. Teflon cable ripcords and throw-out handles are still visible, but a jumper may unintentionally lose stability while pulling or groping for a handle. Ripcord floaters can be found by visually following the ripcord housing and grasping the ripcord cable with both hands and then pulling. The ripcord handle is at the end of the cable. Throw-out floaters are sometimes delibrately packed in by jumpers.
Some jumpers leave several inches of the pilot chute apex dangling from the mouth of the pouch.
Pull-out handles are not visually accessible to a jumper. Some may consider this to be an advantage. One may be less likely to blindly grope for a handle than grope for a handle in sight and thus, less likely to lose track of time and altitude. Jumpers can watch the ground or their altimeter as they try for a pull-out handle, since no visual sighting is required. Floaters on pull-out systems may be found quickly following the container pack with your hand towards the pin.