Best Bag for Airline Travel

not a big fan of the company but i have beaten the hell out of my Burton Wheelie bag from last year and it's great. i forget what they call this year's.
it has removable compartments, room for a bunch of boards and gear. extra pockets on top and another long one on the bottom. nice plastic reinforcement on either end, i've never had any damage.
this has been a thread before... i think, but i can't find it.

i have used a Dakine bag and it got pretty beat up on the flight back.  i did stuff 2 sets of gear in there though and it was only designed for one.

Originally posted by hoon my favorite in WATER CAMO!

that is sexy stuff. i force myself to pretend that Analog is a different company because i love the clothing. i have the Analog Black Hawk Down Jacket from a couple of years ago and i love the hell out of it. snazzy clothing, i've never bought any other outerwear besides that jacket (still the most expensive piece of clothing i have ever purchased and it was on sale!)


Edited by evernod - Nov/18/2006 at 6:33am

Originally posted by mobynick Hey im going to with an Airplaneto. But i dont have a big wheelie bag all i got is thin shell where my boots, bindings and board can be in. Is it going to work. Or is my gear going to be smashed?

pack all of your outerwear and as many of your clothes as you can fit and your stuff should prbably be alright.  you want to try and find a way so nothing gets bent or banged, wheelie bags have some reinforcement in the ends and are sort of padded all the way around.
i have a board bag and i personally would never trust a disgruntled airline employee with it.



Edited by evernod - Nov/18/2006 at 1:09pm

AG is the sickness. i have so much of their shit and i cannot stop buying more.

BHD is a sick coat.

I noticed some bags have hard plastic casing on the ends. Is it necessary to have or is just for added protection + keeping the bag stiff so you can wheel it without it folding?

Originally posted by Nu-Nu I noticed some bags have hard plastic casing on the ends. Is it necessary to have or is just for added protection + keeping the bag stiff so you can wheel it without it folding?

i believe it's partially to retain stiffness, but mostly to protect the ends because they are most likely to slide up or down and bump into things.
when i pack boards to ship in a box, i always bubble wrap the tips. the edges are less likely to come in contact with anything hard.

and it works well. i got my wheelie bag out of stOrage yesterday and that thing has taken a beating, but my boards are all still happy.

Originally posted by mobynick Well for a guy like me that dont have money to buy a big wheelie bag for flight trips... I will just tell them that they have to post a ''handle with care'' sticker on it then it wont take that much beaten i hope... But maybe i can put alot of sot things like my pants and shirts like that to protect it a little

seriously you need to pack it well. the carriers i think are trained to save their backs and not bend over. everything gets thrown. have you ever watched out the window at them loading things on the plane? it's horrifying.

i would say though, if you can afford a plane ticket and overpriced room, you can't afford not to protect your stuff.




Edited by evernod - Nov/20/2006 at 8:12am

thanks for the tip.. i'll make sure to keep everything snug in my board bag when i pack my gear up..

Dakine bags are hot, $65 sounds like a sweet price if you are close to them.

If not, I would suggest something from SierraTradingPost since they have a ridiculous $20 off $50 coupon right now if you use Google Checkout. They also have some 10% off $110 coupon (check www.bensbargains.net).

I bought the High Sierra AT Wheeled Double Snowboard Bag:
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/product.aspx?baseno=71881&CN=High-Sierra-AT-Wheeled-Double-Snowboard-Bag

They have another one that is just under $50, so if you buy something to pad the order you could be walking away with a bag for $30 plus shipping.