Pilot gear...
06-07-2016, 05:46 PM
#51
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
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If you don't like jackasses stuffing their bags on top of yours just pick yours up and put it in an overhead bin. That guppy bag storage cheese grader sucks no matter what what kind of bags you have.
06-16-2016, 06:50 PM
#52
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"Everything is organized and goes back in the same place. With this case I can fit a 13" laptop, company iPad, personal iPad mini, kindle and all my chargers/cables."
Um, I may have found your problem....
FWIW, my Purdyneat (AKA LW) is going on 18 this year. Been back twice for zippers and through 2 sets of wheels, one handle and two kick plates (all DIY) and still keeps on ticking.
Nu
Um, I may have found your problem....
FWIW, my Purdyneat (AKA LW) is going on 18 this year. Been back twice for zippers and through 2 sets of wheels, one handle and two kick plates (all DIY) and still keeps on ticking.
Nu
06-16-2016, 07:54 PM
#53
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Joined APC: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,071
"Everything is organized and goes back in the same place. With this case I can fit a 13" laptop, company iPad, personal iPad mini, kindle and all my chargers/cables."
Um, I may have found your problem....
FWIW, my Purdyneat (AKA LW) is going on 18 this year. Been back twice for zippers and through 2 sets of wheels, one handle and two kick plates (all DIY) and still keeps on ticking.
Nu
Um, I may have found your problem....
FWIW, my Purdyneat (AKA LW) is going on 18 this year. Been back twice for zippers and through 2 sets of wheels, one handle and two kick plates (all DIY) and still keeps on ticking.
Nu
06-16-2016, 09:53 PM
#54
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
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I had to send mine back for a zipper after 10 years.
Replaced the crappy aluminum handle (which broke during a trip) with the stainless steel...it will last longer than I will.
I added a small piece of thin angle-steel on the bottom kickplate edge, since the aluminum being dragged over rocks or curbs was grinding it away.
It too will last forever.
The rivets are a weak point. The three that have failed I replaced with AN-3/series aircraft bolts with self-locking nuts (sts).
Wheels were getting hard to spin. Was going to replace them, and when I took the bolts out, found the bearings were covered with hair and carpet fuzz.
Cleaned it, packed new grease in the bearings (Fafnir; a good aircraft-quality brand), and they are great now, too.
Yeah, there are others that are lighter, cheaper, or fit in the overhead of an RJ, but mine has history.
Plus, everyone used them when I got in the biz. It just LOOKS like an airline pilot's bag!
06-16-2016, 11:09 PM
#55
Don't say Guppy
Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: Guppy driver
Posts: 1,926
Depends on natural, or flourescent light.
I had to send mine back for a zipper after 10 years.
Replaced the crappy aluminum handle (which broke during a trip) with the stainless steel...it will last longer than I will.
I added a small piece of thin angle-steel on the bottom kickplate edge, since the aluminum being dragged over rocks or curbs was grinding it away.
It too will last forever.
The rivets are a weak point. The three that have failed I replaced with AN-3/series aircraft bolts with self-locking nuts (sts).
Wheels were getting hard to spin. Was going to replace them, and when I took the bolts out, found the bearings were covered with hair and carpet fuzz.
Cleaned it, packed new grease in the bearings (Fafnir; a good aircraft-quality brand), and they are great now, too.
Yeah, there are others that are lighter, cheaper, or fit in the overhead of an RJ, but mine has history.
Plus, everyone used them when I got in the biz. It just LOOKS like an airline pilot's bag!
I had to send mine back for a zipper after 10 years.
Replaced the crappy aluminum handle (which broke during a trip) with the stainless steel...it will last longer than I will.
I added a small piece of thin angle-steel on the bottom kickplate edge, since the aluminum being dragged over rocks or curbs was grinding it away.
It too will last forever.
The rivets are a weak point. The three that have failed I replaced with AN-3/series aircraft bolts with self-locking nuts (sts).
Wheels were getting hard to spin. Was going to replace them, and when I took the bolts out, found the bearings were covered with hair and carpet fuzz.
Cleaned it, packed new grease in the bearings (Fafnir; a good aircraft-quality brand), and they are great now, too.
Yeah, there are others that are lighter, cheaper, or fit in the overhead of an RJ, but mine has history.
Plus, everyone used them when I got in the biz. It just LOOKS like an airline pilot's bag!
06-17-2016, 08:21 AM
#56
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Posts: 341
I commute, and I'm tired of lifting my LW bag into the overhead. I'm trying to decide between the Costco bag and the LW Stealth Air with side pockets ($290). I'd like to give the Costco bag a try, but I'm not sure I can live without side pockets.
06-17-2016, 09:22 AM
#57
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Joined APC: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,244
06-19-2016, 08:44 AM
#58
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Joined APC: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,861
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