 Poster: A snowHead
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Fed up with carrying ski's, boot bag and a holdall around airports etc. So I'm trying to buy a new larger bag that will fit my ski boots, helmet and kit all in one.
Not sure if a duffel type bag is best or a wheeled bag would be easier to handle. When I have looked online it seems that wheeled bags weigh 4kg's empty so when you add ski boots and kit you could easily end up the wrong side of the airlines 20kg limit on baggage. yet the duffel type bags only weigh 1.5kg's but are not as easy to handle.
What do you use and any recommendations??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Wheeled bags are much better for getting through airports, specially if you're also carrying skis. I use an old Karrimor clamshell and my wife has a massive Salomon. It's easy to go over the weight limit if you buy a really big bag and fill it, so picking the right size is important. Boots, ski clothing and gadgets, toiletries etc go in the bottom half of the clamshell. Non-skiing clothing goes in the top. Helmet goes in my carry-on rucksack as it's an awkward shape to pack in with the boots.
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I use one of these:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9154885.htm
It only weighs 2.1kg. I put all my gear including ski boots and helmet in there (and sometimes even ski jacket when flying to an airport where I know I won't be walking half a mile across the tarmac in the rain). It's perfect for the job as it's nearly as light as a bag without wheels, but can be pulled around easily whilst carrying skis.
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I have this massive Atomic wheeled duffel bag with a boot compartment on each end that my wife bought for me years ago. It's still in remarkably good nick despite many, many encounters with baggage handlers!
Being a duffel bag, once in resort, it can be folded flat and tucked out the way. Plus it makes me look like a pro 
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