| For UK use I have a large wheeled crate, (£15 from Wollies, blue with red lid) which like your holds all my gear (other than drysuit) and keeps the van dry. In Scapa I have taken the whole box onto the boat, but everywhere else it lives in the vehicle.
For boats I have a large mesh rucksack which will "just" take my wing, regs etc for going on boats. More generally though I assemble my gear on shore so it is just fins/mask/reel/dSMB/torch and food/drink in the bag. As it's mesh it takes up no space when empty and is quick drying should it get totally soaked on the boat (almost inevitable in RIBs).
For travelling/flying I have a large padded bag, alot of people say to avoid branded dive bags as the advertise the value of the contents to dodgy baggage handlers. Personally I avoided wheels as it makes the bag heavy so have a rucksack design, it's not as easy to carry round the airport but a damn sight lighter than my twinset.
I then take the mesh bag as hand luggage so as to have it for transporting gear whilst on holiday, full it's way too big for the size restrictions but half packed it's fine.
Last edited by Jenkins : 09-02-08 at 04:58 PM.
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