Billy Thornton
2025-09-07 13:01:24
I just bought this case a few weeks ago and went on a trip with 3 buddies, each with their own soft sided snowboard bags. This was by far the easiest case to maneuver around the airport and hotel. Also everything felt more protected in the hard case as opposed to the soft sided cases. List of items that fit in the case which weighed in at 49.8 LBS: 157cm Snowboard with bindings, boots, jacket, fleece bib, pants, 2 knee braces, 2 wrist braces, shoulder brace, EVS body armor with hard spine protector, gloves, goggles, helmet. I also ordered the Sportube TSA lock and was really disappointed when I picked up my case at baggage claim the Sportube TSA cable lock was gone and only the cable that came with the lock was holding the Sportube together. By luck tension kept the cable in, but if it had opened while the airlines was handling my bag they wouldn't have been able to put everything back in correctly and keep the case closed. I was in Canada, so I ended up paying a premium to have another Sportube TSA lock overnighted to me at the hotel, as I had no way to hold the case together for the trip home. As someone in a previous review stated, there are two holes in the outer shell and multiple holes in the inner one. I'm not sure why, but the spacing is different, so you can't use both of the holes to hold the case together, only one. I would use the supplied clip that comes with the Sportube, over the TSA cable lock if you can only use one. If your handy, pack the case with all your stuff and close it, then put the wire case pin through the hole and take a drill and drill through the second hole into the inner shell so you can use Both the TSA cable lock and the included wire case pin. That being said, I purchased a second Sportube series 3 case and Sportube TSA lock and did the same modication for my brother. Highly recommend.
Rebecca Baumruck
2025-08-07 11:10:36
I actually bought this for my husband to use to transport photography equipment, specifically light poles, umbrellas for flashes, soft boxes, etc. The adjustable size of the case works out great for him to be able to adjust it for the equipment he needs on a given trip. The wheels are good quality and he likes the detachable pull handle to roll it, as well as the grips on the handles on the top of the case for lifting it in and out of the car. The bag is sturdy enough to hold up to traveling in a commercial airline luggage hold, but still light weight and decent to maneuver.
PrimeFan
2025-07-12 10:36:26
Really love this travel case! We bought and used this for our ski trip. It's a great case for multiple skis or snowboards and protects it well when checking it onto the plane. Looking out the plane window and seeing how the baggage handlers threw the luggage and ski bags, I was glad that I had our skis in this hard case. Our skis made it safely through shipments for our ski trip (roundtrip) in this hard case. It also has two wheels and a handle so that I can conveniently pull the case for easy transporting. It has a clevis pin which secures both halves of the case together and is TSA-compliant. I definitely recommend this hard case over any ski bag if you plan on flying to your ski or snowboard destination.
Illini216
2025-04-23 17:24:05
I am very satisfied with this case. It was used to ship two snowboards with bindings and boots via FedEx. On the return shipment, I picked it up from FedEx with a FedEx worker's boot print on it. The boards were well protected inside. It is telescopic. When empty it can be stored at less than four feet. Then it expands to whatever length you need to fit your gear. The wheels are small but work well. The case is so light, I rarely rolled it. For a long haul on a smooth floor like an airport, they would be fine.My one issue is with the ability to lock it. The bottom slides into the top. The bottom has a rib with holes about every inch. This rib slides into a slot in the top section. This slot has two holes that you can line up with the holes on the rib of the bottom. However, the spacing of the holes in the slot of the top section is different than the spacing of the holes in the rib of the bottom section. The case comes with a pin to put through these holes to lock the length of the tube and keep it closed. The pin is the same size as the holes, so once the pin is in, there is no way to use another lock for shipping or as luggage. I had to use a drill to make one of the holes in the rib of the bottom section bigger so that I could fit a TSA cable lock through the same hole as the pin. I did not want to only rely on a TSA cable lock to keep it closed during shipping so I had to use the pin. Maybe a stronger TSA lock would be good enough without the stock pin. The shipping decision was last minute, so I had purchased a TSA cable lock at the same time.Overall though, this is a good design and great product.
Deacon of Church of ULLR
2025-04-18 11:35:44
This is a great way to Fly around and Ski. Skis or Fishing Poles, etc. etc. Works especially well if one is trying to encourage an expert skier 14 yo that suddenly stopped skiing due to being PW. This product enables older cousins to yank the Tik Toking and Gaming 14 year old by the ears, and get them on the mountain again! Mountain destinations with no cellphone.. say Targhee! Big Sky! etc. etc. Great product. 3rd one I've acquired.
jerwilli
2025-03-31 15:23:06
A solid case to protect your skis when traveling. Fit 3 pairs perfect.
Andrew J. Kelly
2025-03-26 17:50:15
This tube is too heavy to be of use for airline travel. Three all mountain skis and this bag weigh 55 lbs.
Mario G.
2025-03-05 15:33:32
We were able to fit three pairs of skis and poles as advertised! The case is easy to travel with and easy to carry. It’s built tough and while this is my first trip with the case, I’m certain it will continue to be a great value for the money!
Janssens Carine
2025-03-02 17:11:13
Tr§s pratique pour un transport en avion. Permet de prendre planche et skis. Rangement aisé via l'emboitement de 2 pièces
David Comeau
2025-02-17 15:37:42
Rock solid and great for flying with skis. We fit two pairs of adult skis and two pairs of junior skis into it, no problem. The wheels and the removable soft handle make it relatively easy to tow around airports before check in. We have even strapped it to the roof rack of a rental mini van with ratchet straps and drove to the resort! we just put the straps through the handle. We bought the lock separately and it works a treat as well. Overall, a great investment if you are going to fly to ski destinations! The fact that we could do all our skis in one box and only pay one shipping cost (instead of three or four) with the airline is AMAZING! Saved three extra luggage charges! And the skis arrived in great shape, no dings on the edges like you could get with a soft bag. Overall, a great investment and its paid for itself already by the excess airline charges we have saved by combining our skis to one container.
Goashax
2025-02-09 12:46:11
Top Box. Werden diese verwenden um unser Angelmaterial sicher nach Norwegen zu bringen.klare Kaufempfehlung.Und die Farbe orange ist auch schön :-)
A Scot
2025-01-04 14:34:14
Just received delivery of the larger model (37w x 18d x 183l), which is intended to carry my daughter's new snowboard (164cm), but will also be investigated to see if she can also get her skis (168cm) to fit inside together with the board. I'm not convinced, but it would be great if she can.Although we've not used the case yet (but I have borrowed one before), I've noticed a few conflicting comments about "missing parts", though appreciate some of those posts are up to 3 years old.There is nothing in the current (Dec 2014) product description which promises any extras, though I'd noticed comments about getting one pack of 3 sets of the ski bands. When I ordered it, I added a set of bands, a pair of locking pins, and two of the detachable handles.....and a pack of the bags for holding clothes.When I opened the package up, there was one of the "spring loaded" locking pins (which to be honest I'd anticipate losing on any flight, as they don't really "lock"), and there was one of the detachable handles inside the case.Unless you're needing the case in a hurry for an imminent holiday, I'd suggest it's worth waiting till you see what is/isn't inside it, before buying the extras. I now have 3 handles, and only one set of ski bands.However, while I was reading all the reviews of the 3 different models, the price for the wider one dropped by over £20, so I guess I don't mind too much :0)While in the local ski shop today, organising bindings for the new snowboard I noticed a very basic board bag, with not too much padding, for £85. For that, you can buy one of these, which I'd suggest will keep a new board far better protected on flights, on your roof-rack, or in the loft. The two grab-handles along the spine make handling the case very easy. Although the open ends might seem very flexible to some, remember that once you put the two halves together, it becomes a lot stronger....and the more the overlap, the stronger it'll be. I'd expect this type of material to be less likely to crack than some other more rigid cases I've seen. Even if it does get bashed, I'd rather have a cracked/dented case than ruined skis/board.As someone else has commented, the value of the contents can easily add up to £1,000 to £1,500, so in my view this is a very worthwhile expense to protect that gear.Once we've used it, I'll post some further info.....
Umberto
2024-11-30 21:29:26
Robusta e funzionale, eccellente per trasportare l’attrezzatura sportiva. Molto soddisfatto