Lighting Kit Travel Bag - AKA Hockey Bag

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Fortkentdad

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I've been collecting a few bits of lighting gear - I've got four softboxes, three brollies, two proper light stands and three tripods I use as light stands, four speedlights, one LED light and triggers and reflector and ....

Well I got a bunch of lighting gear and while some came with dedicated bags, not all did, and the small canvas long bag I was using isn't big enough anymore.

So looked at getting some sort of bag to get my gear to the scene of the shoot.

And being Canadian thought - hey these things look sort of like hockey bags.
Hockey bags (traditional ones) are long, some have wheelies built in on one end.
And are very sturdy.
And new ones don't smell bad.

So, to those who cart some lighting gear to locations shoots - what do you use to get your gear from here to there?
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Fortkentdad said:
I've been collecting a few bits of lighting gear - I've got four softboxes, three brollies, two proper light stands and three tripods I use as light stands, four speedlights, one LED light and triggers and reflector and ....

Well I got a bunch of lighting gear and while some came with dedicated bags, not all did, and the small canvas long bag I was using isn't big enough anymore.

So looked at getting some sort of bag to get my gear to the scene of the shoot.

And being Canadian thought - hey these things look sort of like hockey bags.
Hockey bags (traditional ones) are long, some have wheelies built in on one end.
And are very sturdy.
And new ones don't smell bad.

So, to those who cart some lighting gear to locations shoots - what do you use to get your gear from here to there?
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I see these Lightware C6150's around campus from time to time.

I don't have any direct experience with them myself, but they seem popular with people who need something like this.
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tjlaswell

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I repurposed a travel golf bag for my tripods. Woot had them on sale a couple years back. Couldn't turn down the price. The shipping was almost as much as the bags they were so inexpensive.

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RocketCowboy

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Horoscope Fish said:
I see these Lightware C6150's around campus from time to time.

I don't have any direct experience with them myself, but they seem popular with people who need something like this.
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The bag I have is very similar to this, but not exactly. I will say, the Manfrotto 1004BAC does not travel well in a bag like this. The stands still get enough abuse in this bag, that the plastic tabs that make the Manfrotto's "stack" together breaks easily. It's doesn't affect the stand's ability to hold whatever it needs to, it seems it's just the stacking mechanism that is made of cheap plastics ... the rest of the stand is very durable.

I think I'd almost rather go with what @tjlaswell suggested and pick up a travel golf bag instead for next time.
 
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