| i have one of those flimsy weightless hand held bags that i fit my housing and macro port & dome port in. that weighs in at 7kilos. i also wear a photographers vest which contains 3 lenses, hard drives, batteries, a charger or two, filters, and a video camera. i then have 2 dslr's over my shoulders. i also wear combat trousers which i have the pockets stuffed with whatever else i can fit in. my wife has a similar holdall with video housing, strobes and ultralight arms and brackets and a tiny laptop.
i usually get pulled over when going through the security checks, but i dont mind that if i can get all my gear on without extra charges.
once i am through the security checks i just re pack our bags and hope we dont get re weighed at the boarding gate.
what we have decided to do next week is to check in online 24 hours prior to departure so we will have our seats already. my wife will go and queue up whilst i am outside sucking on my last benson and hedges. once she has checked in, we will then re sort our hand luggage so that when i go to the check in desk mine is also under the limit.
i am prepared to wear whatever it takes from my luggage to get on the plane without paying the money grabbing to$$ers anything.
i know i will look like a complete idiot, but whats new.  |