Ski Boot Bags

Tony_H wrote:

Adam67 wrote:I have been looking for a ski boot bag for ages now that complies with airline regulations for hand luggage, ie 56x45x25cm. A pair of boots sat next to each other in a bag is too large, which is 99.9% of boot bags. Does anyone know of a bag that complies. Boots on top of each other in the bag will do it. Straps that can be used as a rucksack would be great. Frustratingly most online shops don't offer the bags dimensions. I have found one bag that possibly complies. There is a gap in the market. :?:

Pack them in your suitcase that you check in and use your hand luggage allowance for other things like gloves, goggles, etc. you can't pack ski boots any better or safer than that.

Agreed.

I always put my boots in the hold, jeez they are so heavy i wouldn't want tyem in my ruck sack.
They have been in my suitcase and more recently i pack them in my ski bag with my skis and poles.

Pack then in Ya ski bag 8)

Boots in rucsac. Total rucsac weight last year, under 13kgs.

Tony_H wrote:It may be easier if I repeat:

Pack them in your case. You're usually allowed 20 kilos and with boots in your case, you can't seriously have more than 20 kilos in your bag?


Don't run the risk of problems at the airport, and the potential stress of worrying whether you'll be allowed them as hand luggage. Pack them in your hold case or check the boot bag in as my mate does - something I'd never do having seen them thrown about and coming off in pieces.

Your luggage went missing for several days on one ski trip you made, did that include your Boots?

I bet that was no fun at all.

You should buy something like this which has a split level design - boots in the bottom section and clothes in the top. It's a roller so you won't feel the weight as much as a rucksack! :D

http://www.snowbiz.co.uk/luggage-c46/travel-bag-c51/surfanic-surfanic-97-litre-roller-bag-sky-camo-blue-p409?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=surfanic-97-litre-roller-bag-sky-camo-blue-suw10585053-517&utm_campaign=froogle#960

I have always put my boots in the hold baggage. Having heard too many stories of people being refused them either at airport security or at the gate, I don't want to risk taking them as hand luggage.

Most airlines let you have either 1 or 2 hold bags per person, as long as combined they don't exceed the weight limit (usually 20kg). I always use my soft boot bag, but completely stuff the boots and surrounding the boots with socks, boxers, thermals, hats etc to protect them from the inevitable rough treatment from the baggage handlers.

That means I can then take a smaller bag as my second bag, since quite a bit of volume has been transferred into the boot bag in the shape of underwear!

Mostly I have flown on charter-type flights, e.g. Monarch, Thomson etc. The budget guys (Easyjet etc) I think charge per-bag, rather than a weight allowance to do with as you see fit, so of course YMMV.

bandit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:It may be easier if I repeat:

Pack them in your case. You're usually allowed 20 kilos and with boots in your case, you can't seriously have more than 20 kilos in your bag?


Don't run the risk of problems at the airport, and the potential stress of worrying whether you'll be allowed them as hand luggage. Pack them in your hold case or check the boot bag in as my mate does - something I'd never do having seen them thrown about and coming off in pieces.

Your luggage went missing for several days on one ski trip you made, did that include your Boots?

I bet that was no fun at all.

One in a million. And you rent some until yours turn up which is covered on insurance. The airline were totally responsible for not loading the bags in this scenario which is massively unlikely to ever happen again.

blackpool-skier wrote:You should buy something like this which has a split level design - boots in the bottom section and clothes in the top. It's a roller so you won't feel the weight as much as a rucksack! :D

http://www.snowbiz.co.uk/luggage-c46/travel-bag-c51/surfanic-surfanic-97-litre-roller-bag-sky-camo-blue-p409?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=surfanic-97-litre-roller-bag-sky-camo-blue-suw10585053-517&utm_campaign=froogle#960

These bags are superb. Still counts as checked in baggage though so same as what most of us have been saying.