Check the Tamrac line. We have several and have been really happy with the products and the company.
No matter which brand/model you look at, compare weights. None of them are light, so you use up a lot of your weight "allowance" in bag weight rather than photo gear. I tend not to use them on planes, however much I might use them day-to-day.
Remember that whatever large bag you have:
1. it will be tough to get it up into the overhead compartment, if it even fits at all
2. Most of the time, they will require you to check it at the gate and then pick it up when you de-board.
Sandy
Posted by David Bernal on February 16, 2013 at 1:27 PM
Hello Patrick
Check out Think Tank Photo's Airport line of roller bags. They are excellent and designed to fit in the overhead compartments of aircraft. I have the Airport International and have no trouble getting it into the overhead, I travel with it all of the time. For some older configured overheads you may have to place the bag sideways vs wheels first. Other than that no problem. One note, make sure what type of aircraft you are traveling on. With any Boeing or Airbus plane no problem. Any small commuter type of craft, beware. You are dependent on the airline company people to treat your bag carefully which does not always happen. I watched a United Bag person drop my bag from the hold of a Canadair jet to the ground, even though I was yelling at them to not drop it because there was camera equipment in it.
Posted by Hali Sowle on February 16, 2013 at 4:26 PM
We have Think Tank Airport International rollers and have never had a problem, except as David said, on commuter aircraft where they wouldn't let us carry them on board at all.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on February 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM
I also used the Airport International v2 for a few years, fantastic bag for air travel. I just recently sold it because my new position in my company doesn't require travel any longer. The International version is pretty much guaranteed to be accepted for carry-on for all but the smallest commuters like Hali mentioned. If you have a laptop, look into getting their low-profile divider set which will allow room for a laptop in a sleeve to lay on top of the gear inside the bag. If you don't need the laptop storage, then you'll like the deep pockets, allows many lenses to go in vertically in the pockets, even with extra foam stuffed down inside. I really like the TT stuff, built like a tank. I carry my gear in their Retrospective 20 bag now.
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5 repliesNo matter which brand/model you look at, compare weights. None of them are light, so you use up a lot of your weight "allowance" in bag weight rather than photo gear. I tend not to use them on planes, however much I might use them day-to-day.
1. it will be tough to get it up into the overhead compartment, if it even fits at all
2. Most of the time, they will require you to check it at the gate and then pick it up when you de-board.
Sandy
Check out Think Tank Photo's Airport line of roller bags. They are excellent and designed to fit in the overhead compartments of aircraft. I have the Airport International and have no trouble getting it into the overhead, I travel with it all of the time. For some older configured overheads you may have to place the bag sideways vs wheels first. Other than that no problem. One note, make sure what type of aircraft you are traveling on. With any Boeing or Airbus plane no problem. Any small commuter type of craft, beware. You are dependent on the airline company people to treat your bag carefully which does not always happen. I watched a United Bag person drop my bag from the hold of a Canadair jet to the ground, even though I was yelling at them to not drop it because there was camera equipment in it.