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02-13-10, 06:53 PM #1
Need help quick! Suggestions for flight check-in case for full tower+2 monitors
So, the shipping container arrived late last night, and over the next few days I find myself facing a dilemma. The shipping container is being picked back up next Tuesday, so everything that is going in it needs to be packed in and ready to go by then. However, the container doesn't arrive in Africa until more than a month after we do, and I was recently told I'd need to have access to my computer for the work I'll be doing.
Long story short, I need suggestions for a sturdy case that will fit a tower + 2 monitors. The keyboards and crap I can throw in my suitcase, but I'm concerned about the case and the monitors. The case is a full tower, the two monitors are 21" and 24".
Help me out, folks!
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02-13-10, 07:06 PM #2Re: Need help quick! Suggestions for flight check-in case for full tower+2 monitors
is this a commercial flight? If so i'd really really try to avoid having it as check-in baggage, as even the fragile stuff they don't do a great job of handling "with care." through a quick google search there are cases that might work, but are expensive (at least 500+).
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02-13-10, 07:20 PM #3
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Well, carry on isn't exactly an option, and I have plenty of packing materials available (bubble wrap, foam inserts, etc), so I could theoretically take a basic Rubbermaid storage case and flight-proof it as best I could. I was just hoping for some better ideas from those of you who may have had to fly with their rigs before.
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02-13-10, 10:20 PM #4
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I think your best option is going to be to spring for a cheap laptop in the mean time (or maybe get the company to spring for one); take everything apart, stick the components in ESD bags, wrap everything liberally with bubble wrap and reassemble the big rig on the other side. You'll spend about as much on a laptop as you will either buying a solution that can take your (rather prodigious) system, or else replacing all the parts the airline is going to break in transit.
And they will break stuff.
Draco
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02-14-10, 01:20 PM #5
Re: Need help quick! Suggestions for flight check-in case for full tower+2 monit
Guys, you're missing the point. The work I'll be doing requires my current rig (or at least three parts of it). A laptop won't cut it. I need to figure out a way to safely pack the tower, monitor, and Cintiq tablet. I've got bubble wrap, foam, hell, just about anything you can think of that involves packing. I just need an idea for a container. I checked Newegg for cases without any luck, and the closest thing I could find were laptop cases.
The container's gotta be packed up by Tuesday, and if I can't figure out a way to get my rig on the plane with me, it's gotta go in the container, and I'm screwed once I hit the ground across the pond.
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02-14-10, 01:30 PM #6Re: Need help quick! Suggestions for flight check-in case for full tower+2 monitors
these are what my dad uses to haul laptops and other computer equipment around. Mad expensive though.
http://www.pelican-case.com/
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02-14-10, 02:48 PM #7
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I would disassemble it and ship it in pieces packed individually into some hard plastic case or rubber-maid container.
You'd hate to find a snapped off PCIe slot because your 600 gram gfx card weighed down on the slot when being dropped in transit. Especially overseas.
With the monitors, you're taking your chances but I would just wrap em in towels/blankets and shove them in a rubbermaid tub.
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02-14-10, 05:45 PM #8
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pelican cases are tough as hell, military uses them. Or there is a place here in San Antonio that makes custom shipping boxes, they look like what bands and such use to haul equipment. Lots of foam and individual wrapping. Pelican cases come in various sizes and they have humidity control. Like was said very expensive, they are also made here in San Antonio.
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02-14-10, 05:59 PM #9
Re: Need help quick! Suggestions for flight check-in case for full tower+2 monitors
when jeffzilla flew down here he took old couch pillows and lined the inside of a Rubbermaid container with them he had no problems..get the one with the snaps on the top so it doesn't pop open..
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02-14-10, 06:29 PM #10
Re: Need help quick! Suggestions for flight check-in case for full tower+2 monit
Originally Posted by Consultant
I think between a disassembly and some heavy duty storage trunks overstuffed with bubble wrap and high density foam, I should be ok. I forgot that I had about 5,000 cubic square feet of sound dampening foam made for recording studios, and they're pretty tough, so I think a triple-bubble wrapped monitor surrounded by 10 inches of foam should be good.
My main concern is the Cintiq. Anything else breaks, I'm looking at the most 500-700 bucks to replace, while the Cintiq means a solid 2 grand that I doubt the airline or my warranty would cover.
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