Wanting to know what you guys think of the Peter Lynn Pro bag. I'm heading to Vancouver Island for two weeks at Christmas time and in my wife's words I'm only allowed on kite bag. She never stated how big of kite bag so I'm looking for a compact way to pack the scorpion, synergy, access and trainer kite into one bag. I have limited space in my Pathfinder with third row seating up and a thule box already full of snowboards otherwise I'd put them up there. If it will fit as well I'd break down the ATB and include it in there. I noticed on another thread somewhere the Rip can pack down an entire XR+ buggy so thought that this might just solve my issue. Thanks in advance for any input

Shaggs

In one of Peter Lynn's newsletter they talked about vacuum bags and how tiny you can get an arc in one of those. Of course, you need a vacuum source to repack for the trip home as well. Then you could probably get all those kites in the 16M bag. But the Pro bag looks nice too.. and it's a good excuse to buy one!

Bahahahahahahaha! Awesome

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Originally posted by shaggs2riches Wanting to know what you guys think of the Peter Lynn Pro bag. I'm heading to Vancouver Island for two weeks at Christmas time and in my wife's words I'm only allowed on kite bag. She never stated how big of kite bag so I'm looking for a compact way to pack the scorpion, synergy, access and trainer kite into one bag. I have limited space in my Pathfinder with third row seating up and a thule box already full of snowboards otherwise I'd put them up there. If it will fit as well I'd break down the ATB and include it in there. I noticed on another thread somewhere the Rip can pack down an entire XR+ buggy so thought that this might just solve my issue. Thanks in advance for any input Shaggs

thats right one XR+ in the bag, but i dont recommended this in anyway.

ive fit about 3-4 maybe 5 arcs into the pro bag loose without the backpacks. you can buy Glad Vacuum Travel bags too to compress the arcs if you need to fit more.

I have a series and a half of Vapors in mine.
I like the added features of the large pocket on the bottom for my harness, and also the secret pocket inside the hood for my keys and wallet.

are you stopping along the way in Vancouver / Richmond?

i have RED ones instock right now.

brochure:
http://issuu.com/ripsessionkites/docs/gearpackprolowres

My LEI pump does inflate/deflate ...

Manual packing of the arcs I'm selling ... half (tip to tip), half again, then thirds, tucking the deflate zipper end under ... then roll the length SLOWLY & GENTLY to get the air out then unroll and fold that in thirds ... I reckon I could get 4 arcs in the older PL bags without trying actually, if you rolled them then strapped them you could probably get about 6 in an old style bag without too much stress. Unzip the bottom and you could get EVERYONE's kites in there

It sounds like you want to buy the PL bag anyway... If cabin space allows it, I would say go for it.

If you are cramped for cabin space you might want to see if a Series 3 Sportube has enough capacity for you and throw it up next to the Thule. Pricewise, it's in the same range as the PL bag.

Of course, some creative packing of the wife might make the whole matter moot. :o



ATB,
Sam

sweet, new hobby!!! wife packing. hehehe

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Originally posted by ripsessionkites sweet, new hobby!!! wife packing. hehehe

Where do i sign up for this!

PL pro bag shaggs. You wont be sorry. Don't have as many kites stuffed in mine as rip, but I still had room room left over for extra socks!

Great bags, recently improved with new YKK zippers-very smooth and reliable. I suggest getting a bunch of stuff sacks and or heavy big zip lock bags to keep things in, sorted by category, tools, first aid, electronics, various accessories, etc. individual items can get lost for months in such a capacious bag. Make a plan of what goes where in what compartment and stick to it or you will take a long time finding stuff in there. Anyone seen my Chihuahua?

Stock PL photos here....
http://www.coastalwindsports.com/PLGearBagPro.html

If you fold your Arcs like Kami says you can fit a complete quiver + 3 bars in one gear pack, its how I travel to events 1 bag access range, 1 bag pro range and one bag twinskins.
And yeah stuffsacks are the ticket, I now use colourcoded ones for different kite types.

(And the van is still chaos after a weekends flying... http://www.peterlynnproducts.com/news/news.php?id=132 one of the last pics, pfewww)