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Title: Reel bag
Post by: Andrew Poulos on August 22, 2009, 01:30:16 PM

Hi,

Anyone know where I can find a bag, the flat style to store reels at home like the dogfight etc in? Not looking for a travel bag, just something for home to keep them out of the way.

cheers

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Janelle O'Connell on August 22, 2009, 09:46:00 PM

Hi Andrew,

Are you looking for something with a hard case or is a soft case suitable for what you want?

We have a case that is soft sided, with dividers inside.  You zip it up.  We use them for storing fly reels but have customers that use them for storing spin reels.  Will stick a dogfight in it tomorrow and see how many reels will fit.

Cheers,

Janelle

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Andrew Poulos on August 23, 2009, 06:54:15 AM

Hi Janelle,

I was looking for one of the soft cases with dividers. Let me know how you go with checking with the DF.

cheers

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Duncan O'Connell on August 23, 2009, 07:08:31 AM

Hi Andrew,

Here is the pic of the Falcon case with a couple of reels inside. There are plenty of dividers so you can keep the handles separate to the reels. They are priced at $32.95

Cheers

Duncan

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Andrew Poulos on August 23, 2009, 08:58:32 AM

Cool...I will take that bag...for $32.95 and 2 saltigas its a bargain  ;D

How much to get it to sydney?

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Duncan O'Connell on August 23, 2009, 01:27:49 PM

Hi Andrew,

I think we could do a special deal on the courier - only $3,000 door to door - today only though!

Janelle   ;)

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Jay Burgess on August 23, 2009, 01:34:11 PM

G'day Janelle, how suitable would this bag be for travelling? Or do you have any other options that are more suitable for taking on trips? When I went to Bugatti I had all my reels stored in their neoprene pouches and then packed into a soft sports bag and one of my stellas bail was damaged in transit.

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Jon Li on August 23, 2009, 02:01:42 PM

Those camera bags should be suitable , check : http://www.lowepro.com/ (http://www.lowepro.com/) and http://www.tamrac.com/welcome.htm (http://www.tamrac.com/welcome.htm) . They are very well padded inside n out .

Jon .

Title: Re: Reel bag
Post by: Duncan O'Connell on August 23, 2009, 02:34:23 PM

Hi Jay,

The bag is padded but potentially can still get squashed, as can many of the camera bags.  If I was travelling I would still pack pack the reel bag close to the center of my suitcase/bag with clothes around it.  Handy once you get there because you just pull it out and the reels are together and you can carry them around with you.

If you are looking for something bullet proof and hard that can get bashed around this is not the case.  A pelican case is brilliant (you can even jack a car up with them -ask Duncan to tell you that story) but the weight factor then comes in to play.  Generally the more rigid they get the more the weight increases.

Cheers,

Janelle