Dive Kit bag - Liveaboard

[diving_moose]

Hi,
I am going on my first liveaboard in jan and plan on doing alot more in the future. Just wondered if anybody had any recomendations for a kit bag which idealy is on wheels etc also i need something that will take all the normal gear and my normal clothing for the trips. Any ideas what is good etc.
Lee

[HelenP]

Hi,

I've recently been on my first liveaboard. I bought one of these bag (I'm 99% sure this is the one I've got) to take my stuff in:

http://www.cherryzebra.com/router.cf...5&cfid=1683050

Its a not a dive bag but I found it great for carrying gear in because its divided into two halves (two zipped compartments) and a full dive kit fits happily into the one half leaving you the other for clothes etc (i managed to get everything into it and I'm female ). Its on wheels though pulls from the handle (ie doesnt have a telescopic handle) but i found it quite easy to pull around. And its fairly light so doesnt take up loads of your weight allowance before you start.

HTH

Helen

[diving_moose]

Helen,
Thanks for the info i take it you could get your fins in this bag as well with no problems. Its a good price compared to what you pay for a specific divebag.
Lee

[Woz]

Whatever you get make sure it's a soft one as with the limited space on a liveaboard they are easier to stow.

[John N]

Something soft is useful as liveaboards have to stow all the bags, usually in fairly cramped conditions.

A non-divers bag is worth a look as it doesn't advertise that it contains expensive dive gear.

I picked up a Northern Divers wheelie bag (a big holdall type thing) pretty cheap at a dive show and it's done a decent job.

[SCUBA Chick]

Originally Posted by John N

A non-divers bag is worth a look as it doesn't advertise that it contains expensive dive gear.

I'll second this sentiment as on a recent trip to the red sea (into Marsa Alam) there were several people who arrived there with slashing damage to their dive bags. We have hard non-dive hard cases which are a bit of a pain when it comes to storing them but we do manage to fit all our dive gear in them (just!!!) and have had no problems with anyone thinking there is anything worth nicking in them...and we have had the cases for 8 years now so they are defo standing up to the test of time...

Now if I could only sort out my hand luggage problem

Kathy

[recurve]

Mark-B has a wheeled dive case he has been hawking around for a while. Drop him a PM with a ridiculous offer and you might be pleasantly surprised.

[ratcliffe]

An alternative would be a hockey/ice hockey kit bag that the goalkeepers use. The come on wheels, zip up and are nice and big. They generally cost 30-35 pounds in the field hockey shops, I don't know how much they cost in the ice rink shops.

[HelenP]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Helen,
Thanks for the info i take it you could get your fins in this bag as well with no problems. Its a good price compared to what you pay for a specific divebag.
Lee

Hi Lee,

Yes fins fitted no prob.

Helen

[Brian of Aquanauts]

I use a beaten-up MacPac rucsack and a netbag for my kit. Regs, torch/cannister, computer and mask in hand luggage. Let em see that they only get to nick a BCD, fins and wetsuit. Never had a problem travelling round the world. Never had an item stolen as my luggage doesn't look expensive.

Once on the liveaboard it all packs down real small.