Bases our, bindings in. Touching the other skis top sheet. How do you pack the tube?
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Ski Travel Bag or Tube
- Thread starter TDCSPRINGS
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Just like that. How do you think the skis can be damaged?
Binding marking up itself and other top sheet if it were to fall off the luggage cart and suffer hard impact. Yeah, I know, tools not jewels. The triple ski bag I bought to transport two parrs of skis has straps to keep skis in place and padding in between. It had a built in boot bag IIRC, but I never used that Boots go in carry on.
Sure, I guess that could happen. But seems like a non-issue in practice.
This is good to know. One of our Sportubes just got crunched by SW. Skis are OK, pole was bent, we now have a $300 SW travel voucher.
Sportube is clunky and is not the easiest to lug around, however with $3k+ (have double and carry Kendo and Redster typically) worth of gear I’ll deal with the hassle. TSA will open the tube up so I recommend you make it easy for TSA and any Baggage handlers by marking your tube so they know exactly which hole to use to secure based on the length of your gear. Used daughter’s nail polish.
My double tube has built in straps to hold the skis down just like soft bags.
my singles came with Velcro straps to tie the skis together extremely tightly so there is no wobble room for damage you can see how I used them here. When they’re cinched down they are extremely tight. Even if the tube got tossed around, Which it does,Even by me,The skis don’t move.
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My single tube came with same straps. (one of which I managed to break making them too tight-my razor sharp edges cut into it. I leaned my lesson and still have one good one.) Still touching though.
Tried some sticker labels I hand on hand first (mailing/folder labels), however they just didn’t stick well to the slick surface. Since I was traveling the next day I went to plan B to be safe.
A Pelican-style ski case would be fantastic. It would be complete overkill, and really heavy, but it would also be secure and easy to pack. And would solve the issue of TSA/airport security being entirely incapable of putting a sportstube back together properly. Just open the lid, check the contents, and close the lid. The longest Pelican currently makes, from what I can see, is 58 inches (147cm). These sportstubes just seem like a pain to deal with.
Just need to clean the tube well before applying. Also helps when doing it in warmer weather. My stickers are good to go. if you notice the single tube I have one on the top and one on the side. The side one is lined up the top isn’t. That’s for different length skis. Shorter ones match one sticker set the longer skies match the other.
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See my post below basically every ski I have is a different length
This is why I think I'm going to go with the Dakine double that will be easy to fill with other gear, TSA won't screw it up and it'll store small.
The Dakine hard case is a monster, but looks to be much handier to pack than the SportTube.
Last year the airline crushed a friend's SportTube and the skis inside. He had no problem getting them to pay for new skis & case.
I haven't had the TSA open a ski bag in a few years. Their new scanners do a very good job.
Last year the airline crushed a friend's SportTube and the skis inside. He had no problem getting them to pay for new skis & case.
I haven't had the TSA open a ski bag in a few years. Their new scanners do a very good job.