Dive Gear.. never loose your luggage again.

[Cheeky]

Cool idea. I wouldn't mind spending the $50 for the device, but the $13 a year stuff is where I lose interest.

Personally, I keep all my dive gear in my carry on: regs, computer, mask fins, wetsuit and my wife packs my BCD in her carry on.. it is a tight fit. I just don't trust the airline workers, because I'm afraid they will misplace it or steal it. I can always buy more clothes in Cozumel if they lose/steal my checked bag, but I would be ticked to have to trust my life to used rental equipment.

Your fins fit in your carry on? They've been checking carry in sizes in Canada pretty closely......mine won't fit.

 

[Bonuss]

I have had my luggage lost twice, once in Mexico and once in Ukraine. Both times, the airline knew exactly where it was, and got it to me the next day.

Like I said, this device is interesting, but until I know of cases where the airline needed help finding my luggage, I am probably not willing to pay for this.

Well then I guess yours were not really lost then..
Bob in Co

 

[DA Aquamaster]

A friend of mine flew Air France to Europe and they managed to lose her luggage, first sending it to the wrong destination, saying they'd get it to her, then losing it completely and permanently. They've given her an unending barrage of bureaucratic crap in terms of having to file and re-file multiple claims, having unreasonable timelines (you must submit the claim via fax within 24 hours - but we won't confirm receipt of the fax/claim for 21 days), detailed inventories of every item in the bag, then demanding receipts for every item listed on the inventory, etc.

Now, were talking French people here, where showing them on your phone exactly where your lost luggage is at may not help much, but it's something worth trying.

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About 25 years prior to that in my USMCR days, the airline lost my bag and then admitted then while inquiring about it before my flight home, admitted they had no clue where the bag was at and that is was probably permanently lost. They had me fill out the forms for replacement of the bag with a new one of similar design and reimbursement for the contents. While I was in the process of doing that, my bag went by right in front of me on the conveyor behind the counter, having finally arrived at it's original destination just in time to be re-checked for the flight home.

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When it comes to dive gear, we pack it all into Generation II Dive Caddies and carry it on.

 

[KD8NPB]

interesting, however it seems to me that there isn't anything you can do about it if your luggage gets on the wrong plane.

The only difference would be that you would know before you took off instead of after you landed. Not sure if that is worth 50 +13/year

It'd be cheap insurance if you were traveling with a rebreather.

 

[LiquidDivingAdventure]

I'd be interested to see how some folks get all their dive gear in a carry-on. My wife and I each have a diver gear bag that weighs in at just under the 50 lb limit. Try as I might I could not get our BCDs, regs, fins, mask, snorkel, wetsuits and booties, SpareAir tanks, lights and batteries, save-a-dive kit, and all sorts of misc stuff like bug spray, sunscreen, de-fog. Maybe the simple answer is pack clothes as carry-on and rent gear... As for the tracking device, looks neat to me as I'm a gizmo guy, but 2 dive gear bags + 2 clothes suitcases + camera gear tells me I need 5 of those gizmos.

 

[nimoh]

Well then I guess yours were not really lost then..
Bob in Co

I suppose you could look at it that way, sort of splitting hairs IMO

It'd be cheap insurance if you were traveling with a rebreather.

I think it could be helpful, but there is no guarantee that wherever your luggage goes, it will be sitting in a place that it can obtain a signal to report its position.

 

[mstevens]

Your fins fit in your carry on?

I'm not the person you asked, and my fins currently live in a closet in Cozumel. However, the last several times I traveled with them they did fit in carry-on (in a DiveCaddy system). They are Cressi-Sub full-foot Pro-Star in size Large. I do have to flip the foot pocket to reduce the length, but they squeak through that way.

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I'd be interested to see how some folks get all their dive gear in a carry-on.

We used DiveCaddy systems, which work great to hold a full-size BCD, mask, fins, snorkel, regulator, wetsuit, computer, camera, and several days of clothing and toiletries all in a size that (just barely) meets carry-on requirements.

 

[John_B]

Going through MIA, this would be the first thing stolen out of your luggage.

 

[Cheeky]

I'm not the person you asked, and my fins currently live in a closet in Cozumel. However, the last several times I traveled with them they did fit in carry-on (in a DiveCaddy system). They are Cressi-Sub full-foot Pro-Star in size Large. I do have to flip the foot pocket to reduce the length, but they squeak through that way.

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I'm going to have to try some more configurations and get those fins in my carry-on!

 

[azscubadude]

Going through MIA, this would be the first thing stolen out of your luggage.

At least you could track it..