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By Rob P
#1907325
Genghis the Engineer wrote:Invest 75p in a good quality "bag for life" for your flying, don't be a cheapskate and use a standard 10p plastic one. I mostly use the present Sainsbury model, which are ideal, although Lidl are a good second best.

Standards Dear Boy, standards! At Tibenham you would be stoned for using anything less than Waitrose or Harrods.

Rob P
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By MattL
#1907349
A carrier bag is totally inappropriate for flying, just get a £10 rucksack or laptop bag from Amazon or a market with adequate zip up storage. I have no idea why people persist in some kind of weird faux display on the forum about carrier bags.
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By Genghis the Engineer
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#1907569
MattL wrote:
> A carrier bag is totally inappropriate for flying, just get a £10 rucksack
> or laptop bag from Amazon or a market with adequate zip up storage. I have
> no idea why people persist in some kind of weird faux display on the forum
> about carrier bags.

"Bags for life" are robust, open topped, reasonably rigid, and about the right size. I can afford most things if I need to, but actually I find my Sainsburys bag-for-life pretty much optimal for non-exciting GA flying.

Standard carrier bags, I agree, no rigidity, tear too easily, not quite big enough.

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By Cessna571
#1907597
MattL wrote:
> A carrier bag is totally inappropriate for flying, just get a £10 rucksack
> or laptop bag from Amazon or a market with adequate zip up storage. I have
> no idea why people persist in some kind of weird faux display on the forum
> about carrier bags.

Man alive!

Any sturdy bag will do, that’s all I was saying. It doesn’t have to be a leather, modular bag system from Pooleys. We’re not airline pilots.