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06-05-2016, 08:01 AM

#41

APC225

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Stoops

Binder clips. Sounds ridiculous, but very useful and cheap. Great for holding sun Shades in place and for keeping light out in the hotel rooms... Fwiw.

In hotels several hangars usually have clips. Great for sealing the curtains together.

06-05-2016, 08:22 AM

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Alfred E Newman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by APC225

In hotels several hangars usually have clips. Great for sealing the curtains together.

I'll second that!
Works like a charm and I can apply the saved twenty-five cents I didn't have to spend on a binder clip toward my next beer.

06-05-2016, 09:07 AM

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Dave Fitzgerald

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfred E Newman

I'll second that!
Works like a charm and I can apply the saved twenty-five cents I didn't have to spend on a binder clip toward my next beer.

Sorry, I thought you were going to say, the van driver tip...

06-05-2016, 10:25 AM

#44

FAAFlyer

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I use the hangars with clips to close the drapes at hotels if necessary.

I've been using the same travel pro luggage now for 16 years. I changed out the wheels with inline skate wheels about 11 years ago. Still rolls great.

06-05-2016, 10:31 AM

#45

APC225

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Since they recently added a prohibition for using opaque sun screens/shades, get these translucent cellophane sheets, available just about anywhere, and have a few of them laminated in 10 mil plastic at an office supply chain (office max, staples). Blocks sun and stiff enough to jam into a window. In the end, about $3 each.

http://m.kmart.com/cello-sheets-8-1-2inchx11inch-48-pkg-6-each-of/p-021V006123699000P?sid=KDx01192011x000001&gclid=CNW 07aCzkc0CFQmSaQodFJ8OsA

Last edited by APC225; 06-05-2016 at 11:01 AM.

06-05-2016, 11:25 AM

#46

Shrek

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Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine

I have a 26 inch Luggage Works, a 22 inch Luggage Works, a 19 inch Strong Bag, and a 22 inch Strong Bag. The Strong Bags are so much better than Luggage Works. After 3 months (I did abuse them dragging them around on the NYC subway) the Luggage Work bags looked terrible and had plenty of ripped pockets and broken zippers. My Strong Bags still look mostly new and are a few lbs lighter.

Do you fly the Guppy?
The doghouse rips the LW pockets.

06-05-2016, 11:41 AM

#47

Snuffaluffagus

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For those with the costco bag, does it fit okay in overhead bins? I commute on everything from CRJ, Airbus, to 737. I know it'll get gate checked for a CRJ, how does it hold up to the abuse?

06-06-2016, 03:53 AM

#48

Airway

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Snuffaluffagus

For those with the costco bag, does it fit okay in overhead bins? I commute on everything from CRJ, Airbus, to 737. I know it'll get gate checked for a CRJ, how does it hold up to the abuse?

Currently commuting with the thing. Haven't put it in the smaller rj overhead bin but it fits wheels out or in on the guppy and bus no problem.

Handles the abuse fine, even with a 60lb luggage works savage sitting on it in the guppy cockpit.

06-07-2016, 05:49 PM

#49

Setopbug

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Quote:

Originally Posted by M5000

...the only way the first class passengers can scope out their prospects with the flight crew is with the shoes, and watches. Ha!

Damn right, Skippy!

Of course, the huge rolls of fat cascading over one's two-sizes-too-small pants aren't doing one any good either.

And make sure to wear your old wings.