The Best Way To Travel With Vinyl Records!
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Here are some tips about traveling with vinyl records, especially air travel. I also share two bags that I think are great options for carrying/transporting your valuable records
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Buy a cheap drone bag. It should have good padding all the way around and cardboard sheets will protect them even more. Mine can fit about 30 single LPs
I just use a 12x12" scrapbook case that you can find for $5-10 at any art supply store. If the hard plastic shell can prevent scrap paper from being damaged in transit, it can definitely protect those precious records. Mine has enough room for about 20 LPs, with a bit of wiggle room around the edges to stuff a layer of newspaper or something for some quick and easy padding. Toss that in any carry-on bag and you're ready to fly those records home.
That's pretty crafty Eric. Pun intended.
@@TooManyRecords omg this is saving me, I have a single vinyl I picked up out of state, because I was supposed to be able to leave it in an apartment. Plans changed.
I should just bubble wrap all the remaining negative space right?
To be honest, a way to travel with vinyl is to put the in a hard trolley, the one can go in the cabin, and put some bubble paper around the vinyl and keep them on the hard side of the luggage. On the other side just put some soft clothes. I do this since 2014 on a regular basis every three months, and I am super fine, no warps or other issues. Super secure.
How many do you manage to put in there ?
Nice video as always Matt! I think there’s great info here for all the travelers in the vinyl community; sadly I almost never travel so I have nothing to add to the conversation besides keep up the good work, my friend!
Just a quick note on Matt's recommendations. The problem with them is that while they are definitely convenient to travel with they aren't good for your back. Take it from someone who has a Trapped Nerve due to poor Posture you don't want to using bags with a shoulder strap. Unfortunately, this isn't something the companies think about when they are designing these bags and my guess is that most people don't either. But if I could go back in time I would definitely only use bags with 2 straps or carry things in containers I can carry in my arms. Hopefully postural health is something companies will take into consideration in the future. Thanks
I was literally thinking about asking you this today! Thank you!
Same wavelength!!
Hi Mat, you reminded me I had a domestic flight canceled and put on another flight seat 1A great you say it was the worst seat on the plane and yes I had about 8 records I bought on my trip and the flight attendant put them in the overhead and yes a late passengers hard case was shoved in against my vinyl 🙀 luckily they survived, they don’t understand our passion
amazing they survived.
Great recommendations!!!
Traveling with records is always stressful. I bring leftover mailorder bubble wrap whenever I fly now, so I can at least wrap them up nicely as one unit, whatever I choose to put them in.
That's a smart tip! And doesn't take up much space.
Vinyl traveling tip: No matter what always find a way to safely keep your records when traveling. Never trust anyone else keeping your records for you.
A $3 roll of Saran Wrap can create strength with your bundle and make them water-resistant
I bought a drone bag with padding and a strap inside that I can slide cardboard sheets between to make it more stiff. It's funny how I realized it was a perfect option for me because it was so cheap. It was on clearance at "Toys R us". I bought it when the store was closing for I think $15.
I use it often when I buy/trade in records at shops and when I bring them over to friends houses.
I like vintage record carrying cases.. Can usually get them fairly cheap and they offer a lot more protection than any of the newer soft cases. To each his own though. 👍
My backpack I use every day fits about 10-15 records. I've flown with it with about as many from The Netherlands and I also take it with me to record fairs where I sell records. It has no padding or anything, but it's either on my back or if I'm on a plane, under the seat in front of me, so damage is highly unlikely. I also put the records in a tote before putting them in the backpack. I haven't had any issues so far. I bought the bag at Marks & Spencer for half off (I think it was about 25-30 USD-ish) years and years ago.
In the 90’s when I DJ’d with vinyl and travelled for gigs I had a 50-100 records with me all the time. Technics made backpacks back then. Talk about heavy!
Dang! I can't imagine carrying records safetly in a backpack.
Saw this in my reccomended and was like cool but I’m never gonna use this, im just cool with my local record stores. a few days later I just found some beach house and deftones records in Florida and now here I am proving myself wrong lol. Thank you very much for this video.
ha! better safe than sorry :)
I love the idea of those bags for the rarer records. Most record stores are really cool about shipping them for you if you ask and will let you pack them how you want. I have even shipped less rare records from a store and they have also given me a smaller box that holds like 5 records or so to take with me which nicely fits in a tote bag if that is what you have.
I've asked many stores about shipping and they all say they don't... :'(
I just noticed that Neutral Milk Hotel shirt. Very cool!
Nice eye
Can’t believe how many records your bag can hold! Haven’t traveled in a while but if I do I’d look for a bag like yours but with wheels 😂
Hard to get wheel bags under the seat, and they sometimes make you check them.
@@TooManyRecords you’re right or make you put it up on the overhead compartment.
i live in dallas, but i went to hollywood for a week, had to get a record at amoeba music, now i have to figure out how to take it home lol💀
If I shop local to home, I make sure it is my last stop or if I have to stop elsewhere they come inside with me! If I have traveled on a plane and shop local record shops at my destination, I save myself the grief and have them ship for me or take it to the post office myself and ship it. The struggle is real! 😜
Nice, these are actually some pretty nice ideas in here between your video and the comments! Also, why does this video already has 3 dislikes???
All my videos get dislikes, there's a small group of people who don't like me and choose to dislike-bomb all my stuff. It's been happening for a while now. I'm glad you liked it though!
I'm about to move into a new city and first thing I did was to buy 4 sturdy and professional looking record cases for around 80 bucks each. quite expensive for me, but I think it'll be worth it since I'm planning to get a moving company to handle everything. The website said each case can hold up to 80 records, so yeah, quite a lot.
What are the cases, I'm curious? Have you seen my videos about moving cross country with records? That's a different concept than this one but it might help you ua-cam.com/video/7IP0TBWYqS8/v-deo.html
Guess it's something DJs would use for gigs, but I have a good feeling about these. Feel very solid in my hands.
weird, I posted a link to a picture of those cases but it's gone🤔
What cases?
Cheers for the video, could be useful to bring some empty cardboard vinyl mailers, with you incase you purchase a most have hard to find gem!
I'm going to Australia and New Zealand (and Fiji) in the fall 2022 and plan on doing some digging. If I find any must haves I'm probably just going to suck it up and pay for them to be extra safely boxed up and shipped back home. Lugging records across 3 countries and on multiple long haul flights is a logistical nightmare in my mind.
Yeah, definitely tough for the long haul. That shipping will be brutal though.
My tip? Mail them. There is a free FedEx box that will perfectly fit a 4 or 5 inch stack of records. You can mail it domestically in the United States media mail for about seven dollars.
Easy solution for a small bunch but if you pick up 20+ on your trip it can be cumbersome. Plus, sometimes you just don't trust the post office with some rare records.
So, who was calling at 5:16?? lol
I’m a pilot and when not COVID limited, I try to get out to record stores whenever I can. I always like the verity of looking in stores overseas and finding something different.
I usually just use a bag that holds about 7 or so records and pack that in my metal framed roller bag surrounded by clothes. So far, so good.
I went to 5:16 and tried to hear what you heard but I don't hear it lol
It sounds like a phone vibrating on a desk or a TV blasting through a wall.
@@bananagumboot87 - yep, vibrating phone. I had headphones on or I might have missed it.
I once traveled with records in the overhead. They were fine, but my mum's shoulder...not so much. She was sitting in the aisle seat and when someone opened the compartment, they'd obviously slid around a bit and thus fell out, hitting her shoulder on the way down.
OOF... that sucks
It is not a trend in bags (the orange), it is one of the smartest designs as it keeps the inside of the bags bright to help you not lose things deep inside. All black or dark brown bag liners are terrible and help you to lose things.
Have you tried the Selektor bags? I'm looking for a nice bag for travel that can hold records and an iPad.
I have severe anxiety whenever I buy a new album on a trip. I always put it in the trunk with the luggage, but I constantly check on it when I stop for gas or food. I can't imagine trying to get on a plane with it.
My tips should definitely help with that last part!
what about a record storage crate?
at 7 pounds for 35 records you are well within the 35 pound limit of the carry on.
For tha riddim.
Not the kinda info I was hoping to hear. This is only good for people who need to move a very small amount. I thought this was going to talk about in depth ways to move large amounts. Can always use some tips on that.. But when it comes to a tiny handful I think everyone besides a newb would know how.
You've seen this right? ua-cam.com/video/7IP0TBWYqS8/v-deo.html
What if you have 1200 records? That’s a lot of plane trips
This video is better for that: ua-cam.com/video/7IP0TBWYqS8/v-deo.html
$235???? How often would you use this geesh!!! You must be rich
Ship them yourself.
Magma is the best alongside Tucker & Bloom. Everything else is just a waste of money.
I've heard good things about Magma but T&B wins out design wise, for sure. It just looks and feels so high quality.