Ok, here’s the situation; I need to be able to get a significant amount of clothing and sundry items around airports while still carrying a rucksack full of electrical toys which makes putting bags over shoulders quite difficult.
Winter trips are obviously the worst ones because of carrying thermals for work and extra overalls in case we get days of continuous rain so I’m going to replace my existing bags with new. For the last 7 or 8 years I’ve used a Berghaus bag that has compartments at either end for dirty clothing and an overall capacity of 70l but no wheels meaning it has to be hung over my shoulder and bounce off my rucksack. That was always ok because I just had a couple of boxes in my truck where I kept my work gear plus a 40l bag to carry it on site. The trouble now is that I’m out of the country a lot more of the time so I’m going to have to take it all on any flights I make.
Excess baggage costs are irrelevant and if I need to take even more then it’s ok, the company will always pay it because they simply don’t care. I reckon I can get away with buying another 70l bag for personal items and a 100l one for work PPE and a small box of what I consider to be essential tools so hit me with recommendations to suit these requirements:
Must be robust overall but it’s very important to have strong wheels.
Preferably at least water resistant but not necessarily totally waterproof.
Preferred if they have dirty/wet compartments to keep clean stuff clean when finishing jobs.
Not hard cases, we’ve got plenty of those already and I prefer holdalls because they normally have shoulder straps and if I have to walk up a few flights of stairs hard cases are shit
Cost? I’ll be claiming it back so it has to be deemed to be realistic by my line manager who just happens to be Romanian and judges costs against Romanian salaries but understands that living in Western Europe of the UK ramps prices up. I’ll probably get away with up to £200 per bag.
Winter trips are obviously the worst ones because of carrying thermals for work and extra overalls in case we get days of continuous rain so I’m going to replace my existing bags with new. For the last 7 or 8 years I’ve used a Berghaus bag that has compartments at either end for dirty clothing and an overall capacity of 70l but no wheels meaning it has to be hung over my shoulder and bounce off my rucksack. That was always ok because I just had a couple of boxes in my truck where I kept my work gear plus a 40l bag to carry it on site. The trouble now is that I’m out of the country a lot more of the time so I’m going to have to take it all on any flights I make.
Excess baggage costs are irrelevant and if I need to take even more then it’s ok, the company will always pay it because they simply don’t care. I reckon I can get away with buying another 70l bag for personal items and a 100l one for work PPE and a small box of what I consider to be essential tools so hit me with recommendations to suit these requirements:
Must be robust overall but it’s very important to have strong wheels.
Preferably at least water resistant but not necessarily totally waterproof.
Preferred if they have dirty/wet compartments to keep clean stuff clean when finishing jobs.
Not hard cases, we’ve got plenty of those already and I prefer holdalls because they normally have shoulder straps and if I have to walk up a few flights of stairs hard cases are shit
Cost? I’ll be claiming it back so it has to be deemed to be realistic by my line manager who just happens to be Romanian and judges costs against Romanian salaries but understands that living in Western Europe of the UK ramps prices up. I’ll probably get away with up to £200 per bag.
