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Hi everyone
Apologies if this is a really silly question, but will a Burton wheelie gig 166 bag fit a board that is 166cm long?
My husband has just got his first board (a Salomon Ace 166w - he's tall, got lots of muscle and huge feet!!!) and its not exactly going to fit into my 156cm bag so we need a new one... The Burton bags don't seem to be too extortionate and we can easily get a 166 but I'm not sure how tight they are and whether the 166 really refers to the space inside the bag that is available for the board.
Does anyone have any idea? Finding anything longer than 166 looks like it might be a bit more difficult but we don't want to end up with a bag that we can't use.
Cheers
KT
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I can get 191 skis into a 185 Da Kine board bag. This is fairly useless as to Burton dimensions admittedly but you'r have legitimate course to return if a 166 board din't fit into a 166 bag.
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Just get him one of these:
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This will make sure the board sits flat and you can pack it to protect the edges.
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I have the 166 Wheelie Locker and it has at least 70mm more than my 159.
It is an excellent bit of kit and has now survived over 20 flights of the baggage handlers worst abuse.
I can easily load it up to my Easyjet max of 32kg.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
I've got a Burton 166 bag (not the big coffin style wheelie bags but just a board bag), and my 167 Burton Baron goes in it with maybe a cm or so each end to spare.
I'm a sad act and when I pack it i put a lengh of pipe lagging round the edges of the board for extra protection and with the extra thickness around the edges this still just about squeezes in.
I bought the bag when BA used to give you a free piece of sporting equipment, so I just wanted a smallish board bag as I always took it along with a wheelie suitcase, but now it's back to one piece of luggage I regret not buying a bigger coffin/wheelie bag that you can fit more in. I can normally ram in/pad it out with a fair amount of clothes, but not enough if it's my only single piece of luggage, so I wish now I'd have gone for a coffin bag.
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