|
crazy_fingers84
Dec 2, 2008, 10:12 PM
Post #2 of 46
(3152 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 11, 2006
Posts: 418
|
any pack that fits in the little box when you are checking in . . . 22" x 14" x 9" the total height, width and depth of your pack cannot exceed 45"
(This post was edited by crazy_fingers84 on Dec 2, 2008, 10:18 PM)
|
|
|
|
|
viciado
Dec 2, 2008, 10:25 PM
Post #3 of 46
(3136 views)
Shortcut
Registered: May 9, 2003
Posts: 429
|
To send the bag as checked luggage, your choice should work. Total dimensions should not exceed 60 inches. To carry it on see above post, PLUS many airlines have been putting a weight limit on carry on. Check with your carrier. Looking at the bag you linked, my guess is that it would not go in the cabin unless you took it nearly empty. Do a search on backpacks as checked baggage. There are loads of hints you could probably use.
|
|
|
|
|
tigerlilly
Dec 2, 2008, 10:42 PM
Post #4 of 46
(3128 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 2, 2006
Posts: 564
|
If you're talking about using it for a carry-on, that should work. I have a slightly larger bag I have used (small Mt. Hardwear Trance, about 3000 cu in). The removable top lid helps - I usually separate it and stash it under the seat and put the main bag in the overhead bin. Just don't overfill the main bag, i.e. don't fill the main bag more than "just full", or have a lot of stuff strapped on the outside. I did have to gate check the main bag on the puddle jumper leg of a recent flight. Keep any snacks and essentials in the top hat so they stay with you on board.
Kathy
|
|
|
|
|
sungam
Dec 2, 2008, 11:33 PM
Post #5 of 46
(3098 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 24, 2004
Posts: 26804
|
Cilogear 30l with the compression straps dun up about 25% tightened. Not to mention it's pretty much the best pack out there (dyneema 30l anyone?)
|
|
|
|
|
caleb_danner
Dec 3, 2008, 12:00 AM
Post #6 of 46
(3082 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 18, 2007
Posts: 226
|
sungam wrote: Cilogear 30l with the compression straps dun up about 25% tightened. Not to mention it's pretty much the best pack out there (dyneema 30l anyone?)
|
|
|
|
|
sungam
Dec 3, 2008, 12:07 AM
Post #7 of 46
(3077 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 24, 2004
Posts: 26804
|
caleb_danner wrote: sungam wrote: Cilogear 30l with the compression straps dun up about 25% tightened. Not to mention it's pretty much the best pack out there (dyneema 30l anyone?) could you give me a link to look at this pack it sounds intriguing
The packs are great (plus the dude who makes them is a rc.commer!) I have the 30l BSH and the 60.
|
|
|
|
|
shimanilami
Dec 3, 2008, 12:14 AM
Post #8 of 46
(3073 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 24, 2006
Posts: 2043
|
Just make sure you take off the skis and axes before you try to board.
|
|
|
|
|
lobstertronic
Dec 3, 2008, 1:01 AM
Post #9 of 46
(3044 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Aug 14, 2007
Posts: 59
|
[takes notes] Right. No axes. Got it.
Anyone had problems with the aluminum stays in a carry-on backpack?
As a precaution, I've been removing them from my 30l carry-on, and putting them in my 70l checked bag.
Am I being paranoid? Over cautious?
|
|
|
|
|
crazy_fingers84
Dec 3, 2008, 1:04 AM
Post #10 of 46
(3041 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 11, 2006
Posts: 418
|
with all the heightened security in this country, i do not think you are being over cautious.
|
|
|
|
|
sungam
Dec 3, 2008, 1:22 AM
Post #11 of 46
(3029 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 24, 2004
Posts: 26804
|
lobstertronic wrote: [takes notes] Right. No axes. Got it. Anyone had problems with the aluminum stays in a carry-on backpack? As a precaution, I've been removing them from my 30l carry-on, and putting them in my 70l checked bag. Am I being paranoid? Over cautious?
|
|
|
|
|
Bats
Dec 3, 2008, 1:24 AM
Post #12 of 46
(3028 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Dec 27, 2007
Posts: 486
|
70lbs or less is free on some airlines
|
|
|
|
|
yodadave
Dec 3, 2008, 12:57 PM
Post #13 of 46
(2971 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 11, 2008
Posts: 510
|
check your individual airline, they can vary a little.
35l is the biggest i've ever gotten away with, and even that has been challenged a couple of times.
The nicer you dress/look the less likely you are to have problems, sad but true. Also if they challenge you on weight most climbers can claim that they weigh less than the average and plead for a little leeway.
|
|
|
|
|
hhelbein
Dec 3, 2008, 2:47 PM
Post #14 of 46
(2948 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 16, 2007
Posts: 112
|
I have fit my stuffed Mountain Hardwear 50 liter pack, which is bigger than this REI pack, in overhead bins multiple times with some room to spare. It gets a little tighter in the smaller bins of the Fokker Tri-planes some of the regional discount carriers are flying. Worse case, gate check it.
|
|
|
|
|
markc
Dec 3, 2008, 3:07 PM
Post #16 of 46
(2938 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 21, 2003
Posts: 2481
|
sungam wrote: hhelbein wrote: I have fit my stuffed Mountain Hardwear 50 liter pack, which is bigger than this REI pack, in overhead bins multiple times with some room to spare. It gets a little tighter in the smaller bins of the Fokker Tri-planes some of the regional discount carriers are flying. Worse case, gate check it. Wont work any more, they have a little basket it's gotta fit into before you go. Don't forget you can have a "laptop case", too. Extra space? 
Yep. My concern wouldn't be where I could cram it in the plane, but if I could get it past the gate attendants. Find out the size and weight guidelines from your airline, and check it before you go. I've started weighing all my checked baggage at home.
In case you have to check it, you may want to bring another bag to throw it in. When I check my pack, I throw it in an old army duffel. That way I don't have to worry about loose straps or buckles getting caught.
|
|
|
|
|
tigerlilly
Dec 3, 2008, 3:11 PM
Post #17 of 46
(2930 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 2, 2006
Posts: 564
|
Bats wrote: 70lbs or less is free on some airlines
Which airlines are those, and it that domestic or international? I flew last month, and it seems most of them are now charging a fee for the first bag, and jacking the price up even higher if it is over 50lbs.
Kathy
|
|
|
|
|
hhelbein
Dec 3, 2008, 3:14 PM
Post #18 of 46
(2927 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 16, 2007
Posts: 112
|
Well, regardless of official rules, I just did this in last few weeks on Continental and US Air. In me experience, if you can get it to fit in a bin, they won't stop you.
Edit: Both Tigerlilly and I have MH Trance packs. Airline friendliness must be a feature of this pack.
(This post was edited by hhelbein on Dec 3, 2008, 3:18 PM)
|
|
|
|
|
wormly81
Dec 3, 2008, 3:57 PM
Post #19 of 46
(2912 views)
Shortcut
Registered: May 9, 2004
Posts: 280
|
I don't know where you have been flying to and from, but I've been busting my 3000ci CCW bag onto flights every couple weekends with a full rack (including nut tool), ropes, rock shoes, approach shoes, helmet, harness, jacket, and single change of clothes. This usually means that its overstuffed (has the extra sleeve that comes up from the main pack).
The downside is that I get stopped 50% of the time at the security gate. What I do to stop this from being a problem is I get through the metal detector as fast as possible and stand right in front of the person looking at the xray screen. When they do a double take and look up I'm right there smiling at them. Usually they dont know what to say and I mention that its "rockclimbing gear". Most of the time they make me show them the nut tool and then it goes right back in so I try and pack that in the middle of the pack (close enough to get to quickly, not close enough to get to TOO quickly).
Even when there isnt room on the plane for the bag I prefer trying to carry it on because at least I know it made it to the plane before going outside of my view. I also get to stand right there and wait for it to be unloaded in case there was a problem. I am worried about the legal implications of freaking out out if my gear was ever lost by the airlines.
|
|
|
|
|
Alpinisto
Dec 3, 2008, 4:08 PM
Post #20 of 46
(2906 views)
Shortcut
Registered: May 11, 2007
Posts: 118
|
tigerlilly wrote: Which airlines are those, and it that domestic or international? I flew last month, and it seems most of them are now charging a fee for the first bag, and jacking the price up even higher if it is over 50lbs.
^^^This iz korrekt.
(I shudder to think how much it's gonna cost just in baggage fees to get the family down to see the Mouse come February...)
|
|
|
|
|
northfacejmb
Dec 3, 2008, 4:23 PM
Post #22 of 46
(2893 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 2, 2006
Posts: 234
|
I own that pack and I love it! I haven't tried to carry it on, but I'm very sure that it will as long as you don't fill it completely.
|
|
|
|
|
mike_devildog
Dec 3, 2008, 4:37 PM
Post #23 of 46
(2876 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Sep 9, 2005
Posts: 111
|
This past March My buddy and I went to Jtree, flew from Pittsburgh to LAX, my carryon was my climbing pack ....the arcyteryx miura 50 with full rack, helmet, rope!
It was pretty damn comical to see the TSA peoples expressions when the pack went through the Xray machine! I looked at it like..well this is specifically a climbing trip, I rather have the airline lose my checked baggage, then the equipment needed for the source of the entire trip! Good Stuff! By the way, that pack I highly recommend!!
|
|
|
|
|
mike_devildog
Dec 3, 2008, 4:41 PM
Post #24 of 46
(2869 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Sep 9, 2005
Posts: 111
|
Here she is..little expensive retail...Fortunately I prodealed it!
http://www.arcteryx.com/product.aspx?Miura-50
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
caleb_danner
Dec 4, 2008, 4:48 AM
Post #25 of 46
(2786 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 18, 2007
Posts: 226
|
So nobody has had trouble getting through the security wit all their climbing stuff particularly midway and Spokane thoes are the airports that i will be flying to and from school
i figerd it would be ok but i wasn't planning on taking my nut tool
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
