Originally Posted by
jacko1066 Does anyone have any tips they can give me for transporting the rucksack in the plane hold?
I was planning on putting my 70litre pack inside a massive footy hold all iv got. Will this work?
I seem to remember reading somewhere covering your pack in gaffa tape and stuff but I would rather not do that tbh.
Cheers
Steve
My Sabre will probably be going inside its rain cover. I wrap all the plastic clips in gaffer tape, tape the straps to the bag, then put the rain cover over (tied on too) so only the carry straps stick out. I'll take the hip belt off too and put that inside.
If there is any spare weight, I may chuck it inside a DIY Pertex sack to save the rain cover.
If I take my lightweight pack instead, that will go with me in the cabin so I can mollycoddle it and all the kit will go in the hold in a duffle bag. I've got a Brit army deployment bag which is much lighter than the 4.5kg sabre and at £12, I'm not bothered about it getting ripped.
Don't forget, a 70l pack will still be able to go in the cabin as long as its not stuffed with kit-if it'll squash in the box they have by the check in desk, its good to go and you can use the footie duffle as hold baggage on its own.