LJinFLA
Contributor
Get serious, DAE airlines has a limit of 44 lbs of checked baggage from Curacao to Bonaire!
This is my first trip traveling with gear by air. Since I live in Florida I almost always drive to great diving, or take a cruise. i have not had to try to squeeze my gear into a plane. I did a lot of reading hear before I started to try to figure out what to take. Though there are not a lot of specifics, the best advice I got from here was to start by making two piles, one pile of the the "must have" things, and one pile of the "nice to have" things. i did this, and then split out the things that I will carr on in my travel vest and my backpack. I am still WAY overweight on the must have in the checked baggage. and I have not even gotten to clothing or toiletries!
Here is what I have:
Carry-on: (weight unknown)
Two sets of Regs(might only take one)
Sav-a-dive kit, parts, bulbs, light sticks, etc. (not even in normal box, in a bag to save 2lbs)
One Mask
Dive computer
Dive Alert
One small submersible dry box
Camera
Strobe (for Camera)
Lots of Batteries and a charger
Must have dive gear in Checked luggage: (36lbs not including any suitcase, clothes, or toiletries)
BC - SP Knighthawk XL (9lbs)
Fins
Sausage and finger spool
Knife
3/2 wetsuit
boots, gloves, hood
Snorkel
compass
Second Mask (I know, questionable)
two flashlights (no Batteries)
Strobe light/marker (no batteries)
Slate and fish ID cards, and Deco Tables
Two Plastic Hangers for gear
suntan lotion and bug stuff
Dive log
Now I need clothes, Toiletries, swim suits, and worst of all, the suitcase. I need to get one for this. My boat bag just won't cut it. I was going to get a Storm case since they seem as strong as the Pelican ones but are much lighter. Now I am thnking even the Storm is too heavy. The big Peilcan is 35lbs by itself. The same Storm case is 22lbs. The cheap Samsonite hard suitcase I am looking at as an alternative is 15 pounds. Maybe I should even go to a soft side case and save another 3 to 5 pounds but I am afraid of damage to the gear. Which one should I get?
I also thought about taking my laptop, and my video camera and housing instead of the still camera, but that would be even more weight!
Wow, how do you guys do it? Suggestions? What really is the weight of the gear you take. Am I going to really that far over what you really take with about 60 lbs of Gear, clothes, and suitaces? I don't think I have over done it here, and I haven't even touched my "nice to haves" like power steip/surge protector for charging batteries, a reel, Gatorade powder, Etc.
Help me out,
LJ
This is my first trip traveling with gear by air. Since I live in Florida I almost always drive to great diving, or take a cruise. i have not had to try to squeeze my gear into a plane. I did a lot of reading hear before I started to try to figure out what to take. Though there are not a lot of specifics, the best advice I got from here was to start by making two piles, one pile of the the "must have" things, and one pile of the "nice to have" things. i did this, and then split out the things that I will carr on in my travel vest and my backpack. I am still WAY overweight on the must have in the checked baggage. and I have not even gotten to clothing or toiletries!
Here is what I have:
Carry-on: (weight unknown)
Two sets of Regs(might only take one)
Sav-a-dive kit, parts, bulbs, light sticks, etc. (not even in normal box, in a bag to save 2lbs)
One Mask
Dive computer
Dive Alert
One small submersible dry box
Camera
Strobe (for Camera)
Lots of Batteries and a charger
Must have dive gear in Checked luggage: (36lbs not including any suitcase, clothes, or toiletries)
BC - SP Knighthawk XL (9lbs)
Fins
Sausage and finger spool
Knife
3/2 wetsuit
boots, gloves, hood
Snorkel
compass
Second Mask (I know, questionable)
two flashlights (no Batteries)
Strobe light/marker (no batteries)
Slate and fish ID cards, and Deco Tables
Two Plastic Hangers for gear
suntan lotion and bug stuff
Dive log
Now I need clothes, Toiletries, swim suits, and worst of all, the suitcase. I need to get one for this. My boat bag just won't cut it. I was going to get a Storm case since they seem as strong as the Pelican ones but are much lighter. Now I am thnking even the Storm is too heavy. The big Peilcan is 35lbs by itself. The same Storm case is 22lbs. The cheap Samsonite hard suitcase I am looking at as an alternative is 15 pounds. Maybe I should even go to a soft side case and save another 3 to 5 pounds but I am afraid of damage to the gear. Which one should I get?
I also thought about taking my laptop, and my video camera and housing instead of the still camera, but that would be even more weight!
Wow, how do you guys do it? Suggestions? What really is the weight of the gear you take. Am I going to really that far over what you really take with about 60 lbs of Gear, clothes, and suitaces? I don't think I have over done it here, and I haven't even touched my "nice to haves" like power steip/surge protector for charging batteries, a reel, Gatorade powder, Etc.
Help me out,
LJ