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My Leather luggage works one with the gold locks is a piece of doodoo. It's this one
http://www.crewoutfitters.com/browse...44-85-75-72-44
I've had it for less than 6 months, and the entire bottom is separated out of it. I've treated it with decent care, there's no obvious reason for it to be doing this (i didn't drop it from FL350)

I'm not sure if i got a bad one, adn LW is being cool about replacing it (i have to pay for shipping on the loner) but it's still frustrating as hell to pay $219 on a product that's already falling apart.

I'm gonna lose all my stickers :(

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Originally Posted by andy171773 (Post 379929)

My Leather luggage works one with the gold locks is a piece of doodoo. It's this one
http://www.crewoutfitters.com/browse...44-85-75-72-44
I've had it for less than 6 months, and the entire bottom is separated out of it. With no excessive wear and tear.

I'm not sure if i got a bad one, adn LW is being cool about replacing it (i have to pay for shipping on the loner) but it's still frustrating as hell to pay $219 on a product that's already falling apart.

I'm gonna lose all my stickers :(

Hope it was just a lemon.. I got the one for 180 with brushed nickel. I know it's not gold, but I bought a 26" stealth and the handle is silver so I figured luggage should match before I match my luggage.

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Originally Posted by SuperPilotJesse (Post 379931)

i'm not sure the 26 incher is giong to fit in the CRJ crew luggage storage thing. Double check it, but you may have to permanently gate check it. I'm almost positive mine is 22"..And that's already nearly impossible to fit.

I know a lot of people with the flight case you have, they like it..and it seems to hold up better than mine did.

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Originally Posted by andy171773 (Post 379936)

Yeah I'm not exactly sure about it... My really good friend has been on the CRJ for a couple of years at another carrier and it is what he has and he said it will fit. So I sure hope he is right. I sure can fit a lot more clothes in it that my 22".

I dont know anything about this either, but I have heard many say if it has the telescoping handle bars on there it will not fit in most cubby holes.

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Originally Posted by reevesofskyking (Post 379928)

I did the Harbor Frieght tool kit for a while.
I had it for about a year and I think that is about all you will get out of it. I found that no matter how hard I tried to treat it, I still threw it around, kicked it off/on the airplane. All the dents at first were a badge of honer. Then one day really was no surprise, I had to band the bottom with duct tape. 2 more months went by, then got dinged by the flight manager for not have a black bag. that was about the icing on the cake for me, I was fed up. it was not big enough to hold the charts and manuals we have at TSA. I could not imangine it would come close to working for anyone that flies to any more airports than we do. Some of you guys/gals out there have a bunch of jepp charts.
reeves

I definitely agree with everything you've said. At XJT we have a crap load of Jepp's also, and the Harbor Freight case seems to be about an inch or two shorter than other flight cases. Like I said, I've used mine for a year (reserve) and it's still in good shape.

When I'm ready for a replacement, I definitely won't be getting another harbor freight, but I think for the first year it's well worth the price.

With the amount of money we throw down on uniforms and luggage, I just wasn't ready to drop $200-300 for a good lasting flight case, but now with second year pay, I think I'm about ready.

the 26" bag wont fit in the crj crew bag storage, mine is the 22" and barely fits.

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Originally Posted by stoki (Post 379843)

I'm looking for one that is durable, looks good, and will just last me a long time without breaking down and cracking or w/e.

you looking for a flight kit or a wife?

$200 and three of six metal skid bumps gone and the remaining three loose. The locks appear to be on the verge of failure, and no internal pocket on the flap.

But, it fits perfectly in the CRJ and you can sticker it up. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by ksatflyer (Post 379887)

Not sure of a really good one, but stay away from the jepp flight case, Ive had it now since December, Im on reserve, and its already falling apart. So, I normally Id agree with "you get what you pay for" is incorrect in reference to the Jepp case.

I have a Platt catalogue case w/o the wheels. Aluminum frame, built well, about $100. I abuse it and it still looks good.

Fifth one down:
http://www.customcases.com/platt/attache_catalog.htm