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I don’t know the brand of my dive bag, but it’s aprox the same size as my largest suitcase, with two zip on regulator pockets on top of that, and I’ve never had anyone measure it. They have however tried to ding me for weight. That is why I carry my heavy regulators and dive lights inside my camera bag as carry on. I think my large dive bag weighed 49 lbs on my last trip, and no one was the wiser that my pelican camera case weighed 65 lbs.
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With the airline weight and size restrictions I went with the lightest rolling duffle bag I could find. The reason it’s a duffle bag is there is never any room on a liveaboard to store a suitcase! And I got blue because everyone else waiting ar baggage claim has black. You don’t want one with dive flags on it announcing to third world baggage handlers that there is something inside worth stealing.
It’s a Delsey Helium
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I always recommend using a gear bag that is NOT scuba-specific....why advertise you have expensive gear in your checked luggage?
I have also had two scuba gear bags break the first or second time I took them on a trip, so now the ONLY bag I will use is a rolling duffel I bought from LL Bean. Reasonably lightweight but rugged, and the best part is if it every breaks a wheel, or the zipper breaks, whatever, they will replace it for free.
Can’t beat that....
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Aqua lung has a new bag that weighs 4 pounds empty and carriers a 100% lifetime warrenty... cost is about 200 us. Has more than enough to take 2 complete sets of gear and clothes...
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We actually use the largest Eagle Creek Duffle bag with no issues. The bag weighs about 1.5 lbs and after we pack everything other than regulators they usually come in about 40 lbs, so there’s lots of room for extra clothes for shore or souvenirs. They don’t have wheels, but 3 dollars for a cart or tip for a baggage porter is cheap when all is said and done.
We’ve been traveling with them for years with no issues.
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MDW - 1/04/2012 7:19 PM 
DiveCaddy. Can’t beat it. Fits everything and classifies as carry-on.
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BK641 - 3/02/2012 7:42 AM
Just watched the video’s on DiveCaddy, seems like a perfect bag for a 4 or 5 day trip to a warm weather destination.
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