Best gear bag for air travel.

Roller Duffel is my go to.  

Desert Rock Sports wrote:

Fly with an airline that accepts your regular climbing backpack and the gear packed inside as a carry on.

The Airline has nothing to do with it.  TSA in this country and and the equivalent abroad - and even then you are going to have huge descrepancies doing the exact thing with different agents at different times.  Europe is generally stricter - especially with carry on size/weight - but also has more variation.  A few years ago in the span of a week my wife and I flew Athens <->Santorini and Athens<->Kos (on the way to Kalymnos).  4 flights, same airline, same luggage (1 checked bag, i carry on, 1 personal item (rope for me))  smallish planes in a few days. We had 4 different results in terms of extra fees charged - from nothing to extremely aggravating.  The bottom line is that you are not going to get an absolute answer, anyone who tried to give you one based on a 1 off experience doesn't really have that much travel experience.  You can communicate with the airline all you want before you travel - but the answers you got aren't going to help when push comes to shove at security.

https://dmmwales.com/professional-products/bags/flight-45l-1

The DMM Flight 45L is specially designed to be the largest possible carryon size. I love mine. 

I like the company because of its sustainability and lifetime warranty. The bag in particular because it really is no nonsense. It's just a really well made bag with tons of storage and a comfortable carry. Material Is really nice, I think it will look fresh for a long time

kiral dave wrote:

I like the company because of its sustainability and lifetime warranty. The bag in particular because it really is no nonsense. It's just a really well made bag with tons of storage and a comfortable carry. Material Is really nice, I think it will look fresh for a long time

"kiral,"

Which bag are you botting talking about?

Elijah Benson wrote:

Also check out the MH Redeye. Good capacity but with a better harness for approaches.

I just used the red-eye for a trip to Italy this year and it was great! Super comfy, and great access. Very roomy, and also has features you'd want on a normal travel pack, like a laptop sleeve and lots of pocket organization

I just travelled to France, and put everything we "needed" to climb in a standard size, hard sided, carry-on roller. 

60m rope and bag (coiling it small helps), 15 draw sport rack, 2 pas, 2 anchors, 2 harnesses, 2 pairs of shoes, 2 belay devices, and chalk bags.

I think it was right around 30lbs. Made it super easy. The helmets, extra chalk, walkie talkies and things I didn't "need" to climb went into my checked bag.

Most of the foreign security wanted a peak, but it was mostly just to confirm/curiosity. Never got hassled.

TSA website explicitly states that climbing gear is acceptable as a carryon. You just can't have anything sharp like ice axes. And I know you can't take tent poles so probably can't take collapsible stick clips on board.

The carryon was super handy, and I always had my gear with me. It's definitely not as cool as a duffle though. But it sure was nice for the non- climbing parts of the trip to have all the climbing equipment in one bag that I didn't have to open.

Sparkington TheThird wrote:

I just travelled to France, and put everything we "needed" to climb in a standard size, hard sided, carry-on roller. 

60m rope and bag (coiling it small helps), 15 draw sport rack, 2 pas, 2 anchors, 2 harnesses, 2 pairs of shoes, 2 belay devices, and chalk bags.

I think it was right around 30lbs. Made it super easy. The helmets, extra chalk, walkie talkies and things I didn't "need" to climb went into my checked bag.

Most of the foreign security wanted a peak, but it was mostly just to confirm/curiosity. Never got hassled.

TSA website explicitly states that climbing gear is acceptable as a carryon. You just can't have anything sharp like ice axes. And I know you can't take tent poles so probably can't take collapsible stick clips on board.

The carryon was super handy, and I always had my gear with me. It's definitely not as cool as a duffle though. But it sure was nice for the non- climbing parts of the trip to have all the climbing equipment in one bag that I didn't have to open.

Traveling in or from the states is not an issue to bring climbing gear as carry on. Most EU countries are chill too.
But other countries can be way less cool about it in carry on so always do some research.

Oh and the walkie batteries can cause you issues in checked baggage if they are lithium as they are not supposed to be in the hold, cause ya know, fire. Germany did not like the walkies I had in my checked luggage before.

Mr Rogers wrote:

Traveling in or from the states is not an issue to bring climbing gear as carry on. Most EU countries are chill too.
But other countries can be way less cool about it in carry on so always do some research.

Oh and the walkie batteries can cause you issues in checked baggage if they are lithium as they are not supposed to be in the hold, cause ya know, fire. Germany did not like the walkies I had in my checked luggage before.

Good reminder. The walkie talkies ended up in my carryon on the way home.