Just got back from 16 days in Ireland and before I went I used a friend's much modified airboss with rubber feet ($6@ Radio Shack) to protect the oh so vulnerable bottom, a third cinch strap ($2 @ Walmart) and the clothes on that side stayed put very well while the 2 strap side let clothes slide all over and get wrinkled as usual. I have been using the bundling method similar to what native women in East Africa have used for centuries to carry loads without wrinkling or creases.
I've had this bag for around 2 years now and I'm fairly confident it will be one of the best investments I've ever made. It is nearly a "perfect" one carry bag and built like an absolute tank.
I've had an Air Boss for some years now. I simply love it! My oldest son has one thing on his wish list for his birthday: A Red Oxx Sky Train. We'll see. Until his birthday, he borrows my Air Boss. :-)
wheeled bags are Verboten in Europe with all the cobblestone streets. They are the mark of the tourist. As an adventurer, we travel with one bag so we can stay mobile and dont stick out as foreigners. With the proper additions this has the potential to be a world class bag....
Verboten? Mark of the tourist?? No, they're not. Europeans use wheeled bags all the time, and every flight crew, international and domestic, everywhere, uses wheeled luggage. The only people who use backpacks and shoulder bags are college kids. Backpacks and shoulder bags are the mark of children. Grownups use wheeled bags. If he put this thing on wheels, it'd be great, but he can't, not keeping it made-in-USA. It seems nobody in the USA can make luggage frames. All US-made bags are basically duffle bags and they differ only in where they put the pockets. Nobody in the US seems to be able to make frames or wheels, and I've looked (please, show me I'm wrong with a link!). Duffle bags are crap if you want to keep your clothes somewhat wrinkle-free... which is fine if you are a college kid but grownups need real luggage. With stiff frames and wheels. Only large bags mark the tourist.
Jim, great design and apparently great build quality. However, my only concern is (like 90% of business travelers): need a bag with wheels(rollers), that can accommodate laptop, and 2-3 days clothing.
nohidden back pack straps. no padding in the floor of the center compartment .. no way for women to carry that load for long. and it desperately needs 3cinch straps in each side compartment. I used one on a trip to Toronto and then a week and a half in England. my clothes slumped because of lack of a third cinch strap. Needs a complete redesign.
You should NEVER have an exposed nametag. @ SEATAC and every other airport there are staff who walk around looking for exposed nametags and telling the owners to remove them and place them INSIDE the bag. CRIMINALS also walk around airports and look @ nametags and phone their friends and give the address to ROB that home since there's nobody home
This was the most useless bag I ever bought. With 2018 carry on limits of 55 cms and usually 7kgs this is pretty much useless, gave it one trip on international and went back to a roll on bag on the return leg
Well my experience with this bag is very different. As a seasoned road-warrior, I have had a series of Tumi rolling bags, which are very good, but heavy when empty and have limited space (20-inch roll-on bag). I bought the Air Boss having read various reviews. It is a revelation - much lighter han a Tumi, with much more capacity. It's true that you need to use packing folders and cubes, and it lacks a hanging-garment section, but it is a fabulously versatile and totally bomb-proof bag.
Just got back from 16 days in Ireland and before I went I used a friend's much modified airboss with rubber feet ($6@ Radio Shack) to protect the oh so vulnerable bottom, a third cinch strap ($2 @ Walmart) and the clothes on that side stayed put very well while the 2 strap side let clothes slide all over and get wrinkled as usual. I have been using the bundling method similar to what native women in East Africa have used for centuries to carry loads without wrinkling or creases.
I've had this bag for around 2 years now and I'm fairly confident it will be one of the best investments I've ever made. It is nearly a "perfect" one carry bag and built like an absolute tank.
I've had an Air Boss for some years now. I simply love it!
My oldest son has one thing on his wish list for his birthday: A Red Oxx Sky Train. We'll see. Until his birthday, he borrows my Air Boss. :-)
wheeled bags are Verboten in Europe with all the cobblestone streets. They are the mark of the tourist. As an adventurer, we travel with one bag so we can stay mobile and dont stick out as foreigners. With the proper additions this has the potential to be a world class bag....
Verboten? Mark of the tourist?? No, they're not. Europeans use wheeled bags all the time, and every flight crew, international and domestic, everywhere, uses wheeled luggage. The only people who use backpacks and shoulder bags are college kids. Backpacks and shoulder bags are the mark of children. Grownups use wheeled bags.
If he put this thing on wheels, it'd be great, but he can't, not keeping it made-in-USA. It seems nobody in the USA can make luggage frames. All US-made bags are basically duffle bags and they differ only in where they put the pockets. Nobody in the US seems to be able to make frames or wheels, and I've looked (please, show me I'm wrong with a link!). Duffle bags are crap if you want to keep your clothes somewhat wrinkle-free... which is fine if you are a college kid but grownups need real luggage. With stiff frames and wheels. Only large bags mark the tourist.
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Only tourists use wheelies
Jim, great design and apparently great build quality. However, my only concern is (like 90% of business travelers): need a bag with wheels(rollers), that can accommodate laptop, and 2-3 days clothing.
wow, did not know that. thanks...
I definitely like that air I definitely wish I could have air Red oxx cubes set duffel bag cubes
will this fit in the overhead bin of a regional jet?
Never seen this bag in Europe, are they for sale outside the U.S?
It will fit in the embraiar jets and the CRJ with no issues.
damn dude this looks cool
I'd argue that Stansted is far more difficult to take bags out of than Heathrow. Just saying...
Seems like a painful/large load to carry on your shoulders. Why not rollers/handle? Good engineering otherwise...
nohidden back pack straps. no padding in the floor of the center compartment .. no way for women to carry that load for long. and it desperately needs 3cinch straps in each side compartment. I used one on a trip to Toronto and then a week and a half in England. my clothes slumped because of lack of a third cinch strap. Needs a complete redesign.
Decent bag....$120 too much for what it does. No included shoulder straps?
You should NEVER have an exposed nametag. @ SEATAC and every other airport there are staff who walk around looking for exposed nametags and telling the owners to remove them and place them INSIDE the bag. CRIMINALS also walk around airports and look @ nametags and phone their friends and give the address to ROB that home since there's nobody home
This was the most useless bag I ever bought. With 2018 carry on limits of 55 cms and usually 7kgs this is pretty much useless, gave it one trip on international and went back to a roll on bag on the return leg
Well my experience with this bag is very different. As a seasoned road-warrior, I have had a series of Tumi rolling bags, which are very good, but heavy when empty and have limited space (20-inch roll-on bag). I bought the Air Boss having read various reviews. It is a revelation - much lighter han a Tumi, with much more capacity. It's true that you need to use packing folders and cubes, and it lacks a hanging-garment section, but it is a fabulously versatile and totally bomb-proof bag.