Sportube Series 3 Ski and Snowboard Case – Protective Travel Case for up to 3 Pairs of Alpine Skis and Gear, or 2 Sets of Snowboards and Gear

I am very satisfied with this case. It was used to ship two snowboards with bindings and boots via FedEx. On the return shipment, I picked it up from FedEx with a FedEx worker's boot print on it. The boards were well protected inside. It is telescopic. When empty it can be stored at less than four feet. Then it expands to whatever length you need to fit your gear. The wheels are small but work well. The case is so light, I rarely rolled it. For a long haul on a smooth floor like an airport, they would be fine.My one issue is with the ability to lock it. The bottom slides into the top. The bottom has a rib with holes about every inch. This rib slides into a slot in the top section. This slot has two holes that you can line up with the holes on the rib of the bottom. However, the spacing of the holes in the slot of the top section is different than the spacing of the holes in the rib of the bottom section. The case comes with a pin to put through these holes to lock the length of the tube and keep it closed. The pin is the same size as the holes, so once the pin is in, there is no way to use another lock for shipping or as luggage. I had to use a drill to make one of the holes in the rib of the bottom section bigger so that I could fit a TSA cable lock through the same hole as the pin. I did not want to only rely on a TSA cable lock to keep it closed during shipping so I had to use the pin. Maybe a stronger TSA lock would be good enough without the stock pin. The shipping decision was last minute, so I had purchased a TSA cable lock at the same time.Overall though, this is a good design and great product.

I just bought this case a few weeks ago and went on a trip with 3 buddies, each with their own soft sided snowboard bags. This was by far the easiest case to maneuver around the airport and hotel. Also everything felt more protected in the hard case as opposed to the soft sided cases. List of items that fit in the case which weighed in at 49.8 LBS: 157cm Snowboard with bindings, boots, jacket, fleece bib, pants, 2 knee braces, 2 wrist braces, shoulder brace, EVS body armor with hard spine protector, gloves, goggles, helmet. I also ordered the Sportube TSA lock and was really disappointed when I picked up my case at baggage claim the Sportube TSA cable lock was gone and only the cable that came with the lock was holding the Sportube together. By luck tension kept the cable in, but if it had opened while the airlines was handling my bag they wouldn't have been able to put everything back in correctly and keep the case closed. I was in Canada, so I ended up paying a premium to have another Sportube TSA lock overnighted to me at the hotel, as I had no way to hold the case together for the trip home. As someone in a previous review stated, there are two holes in the outer shell and multiple holes in the inner one. I'm not sure why, but the spacing is different, so you can't use both of the holes to hold the case together, only one. I would use the supplied clip that comes with the Sportube, over the TSA cable lock if you can only use one. If your handy, pack the case with all your stuff and close it, then put the wire case pin through the hole and take a drill and drill through the second hole into the inner shell so you can use Both the TSA cable lock and the included wire case pin. That being said, I purchased a second Sportube series 3 case and Sportube TSA lock and did the same modication for my brother. Highly recommend.

Really love this travel case! We bought and used this for our ski trip. It's a great case for multiple skis or snowboards and protects it well when checking it onto the plane. Looking out the plane window and seeing how the baggage handlers threw the luggage and ski bags, I was glad that I had our skis in this hard case. Our skis made it safely through shipments for our ski trip (roundtrip) in this hard case. It also has two wheels and a handle so that I can conveniently pull the case for easy transporting. It has a clevis pin which secures both halves of the case together and is TSA-compliant. I definitely recommend this hard case over any ski bag if you plan on flying to your ski or snowboard destination.

This is a hard plastic case that is divided into two sections. One section fits inside the other and is then pushed forward to the point that the total length is just larger than the longest packed item. Then a metal insert is placed through a tab in both sections holding them in place. The lower section has two wheels and the upper section has a hole through which a handle can be attached. Imagine dragging your skis by the tips and having the bottom of the skis riding on wheels and you have an idea of what this is like.The case does what it is supposed to do - protect skis and poles from the craziness of airline baggage handling. However, there are some problems:1) After loading up one section with two pair of skis, two sets of poles, and a pair of boots, I tried to fit the two sections together. Easier said than done. I tried to stand up the loaded section. That doesn't work - it won't remain standing. I tried to fit the sections together on the floor. This worked, eventually, but only with an unreasonable amount of foul language.2) The sections are held together with a single metal rod inserted through holes in the two sections. This seems like a recipe for disaster. All it would take is one stray suitcase to knock the rod out, whereupon the entire assembly would disassemble and your skis, poles, and boots would dump all over the innards of an Airbus, or perhaps scatter themselves around the baggage carousel. I'd prefer a latch or buckle or something a bit more reliable.3) With two sets of skis, two sets of poles, and a pair of boots, I was at 40 lbs, so this was handled by United without any extra fee. I frankly wouldn't have wanted more, since even with the handle and wheels, this was already about at my limit to drag from baggage carousel to the rental car transport at DIA (along with other baggage simultaneously).All that said, my skis arrived without incident and that, of course, is why I bought this case. I'd buy it again, but a few upgrades would be welcome.

Le attrezzature trasportate sono come in cassaforte, ma otto chili di peso da vuoto sono tanti: con i limiti imposti dalle compagnie aeree ne va tenuto conto. Le scale sono un bel problema, servono entrambe le mani libere.

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Just received delivery of the larger model (37w x 18d x 183l), which is intended to carry my daughter's new snowboard (164cm), but will also be investigated to see if she can also get her skis (168cm) to fit inside together with the board. I'm not convinced, but it would be great if she can.Although we've not used the case yet (but I have borrowed one before), I've noticed a few conflicting comments about "missing parts", though appreciate some of those posts are up to 3 years old.There is nothing in the current (Dec 2014) product description which promises any extras, though I'd noticed comments about getting one pack of 3 sets of the ski bands. When I ordered it, I added a set of bands, a pair of locking pins, and two of the detachable handles.....and a pack of the bags for holding clothes.When I opened the package up, there was one of the "spring loaded" locking pins (which to be honest I'd anticipate losing on any flight, as they don't really "lock"), and there was one of the detachable handles inside the case.Unless you're needing the case in a hurry for an imminent holiday, I'd suggest it's worth waiting till you see what is/isn't inside it, before buying the extras. I now have 3 handles, and only one set of ski bands.However, while I was reading all the reviews of the 3 different models, the price for the wider one dropped by over £20, so I guess I don't mind too much :0)While in the local ski shop today, organising bindings for the new snowboard I noticed a very basic board bag, with not too much padding, for £85. For that, you can buy one of these, which I'd suggest will keep a new board far better protected on flights, on your roof-rack, or in the loft. The two grab-handles along the spine make handling the case very easy. Although the open ends might seem very flexible to some, remember that once you put the two halves together, it becomes a lot stronger....and the more the overlap, the stronger it'll be. I'd expect this type of material to be less likely to crack than some other more rigid cases I've seen. Even if it does get bashed, I'd rather have a cracked/dented case than ruined skis/board.As someone else has commented, the value of the contents can easily add up to £1,000 to £1,500, so in my view this is a very worthwhile expense to protect that gear.Once we've used it, I'll post some further info.....

The Sportube 3 arrived within 48 hours using standard delivery so no problems there.On opening the box, the Sportube looks massive and my tests have proved that it is easily capable of taking 3 pairs of skis and for those of you who have been seduced by the dark side (snowboarders) there should be no problems fitting your boards inside.The Sportube is extremely heavy at just under 7kgs and if you are thinking of taking 3 pairs of skis on a flight then you may well have problems with the 23kg maximum case weight imposed by so many airlines these days. For myself, I intend to pack 2 pairs of downhill skis and 2 pairs of langaluf skis (yes they will all fit inside with room to spare) so the weight should be OK as the langlauf skis weigh hardly anything.On the minus side, hence the 4 star rating, the Sportube 3 arrived without the shoulder strap promised in the product description and without any bands to secure the ski bindings in the open position and without which the skis will not fit into the box. A phone call to Amazon has since resolved the problem and the missing parts are on their way.As a suggestion, you may find that a fully loaded Sportube 3 is too heavy and cumbersome to carry on your shoulder anyway so the towing handle may be a useful optional accessary although the handles supplied are perfectly adequate for pulling it behind you.Sportube do offer straps to secure the box to roof bars but, looking at the design the roof bars on your car would have to be set the right distance apart (not always possible unless you have roof rails) and even then I wouldn't be comfortable with this option.

Perfetta in tutti sensi! Ci entra tutta attrezzatura per la pesca subacquea oppure di apnea!