What do you carry your camera rig in?

[Yorkie88]

I'm looking at getting one of the AO coolers for my rig, just thinking about a couple of things out loud in case anyone has experience with them 🙂

 

Is the 24 can size big enough for a full frame + 2 strobe rig or is 36 a better option?

 

Is the 36 size generally allowed as carry-on/cabin baggage?

 

Cheers!

[gstrek]

9 hours ago, Yorkie88 said:

I'm looking at getting one of the AO coolers for my rig, just thinking about a couple of things out loud in case anyone has experience with them 🙂

 

Is the 24 can size big enough for a full frame + 2 strobe rig or is 36 a better option?

 

Is the 36 size generally allowed as carry-on/cabin baggage?

 

Cheers!

I use the AO Cooler 18 pack for my SeaFrogs Salted Line a6xxx, 1 strobe, arms, grip and tray.  It barely fits if you fold in the arms.  The cooler folds flat and goes in my check-in bag; it is very bulky, even when folded.   The housing, camera, etc. go into my carry-on backpack.   

For a full frame, 2 strobes, arms, etc., a 24 pack would be a very tight fit, if it fit at all.  The larger cooler would be a safer choice but you will have to measure to see if it would be an allowable, carry-on size. I would also recommend that  you fold up your rig as compact as possible and measure the dimensions for comparison to the internal size of the coolers.  The height is problematic for me with the 18 pack.

[Yorkie88]

1 hour ago, gstrek said:

I use the AO Cooler 18 pack for my SeaFrogs Salted Line a6xxx, 1 strobe, arms, grip and tray.  It barely fits if you fold in the arms.  The cooler folds flat and goes in my check-in bag; it is very bulky, even when folded.   The housing, camera, etc. go into my carry-on backpack.   

For a full frame, 2 strobes, arms, etc., a 24 pack would be a very tight fit, if it fit at all.  The larger cooler would be a safer choice but you will have to measure to see if it would be an allowable, carry-on size. I would also recommend that  you fold up your rig as compact as possible and measure the dimensions for comparison to the internal size of the coolers.  The height is problematic for me with the 18 pack.

Thanks - I'm still waiting for the housing to arrive so I think I'll be best measuring up when it arrives, rather than guessing now.

 

I'm heading to the US for work in a few weeks but I've actually found somewhere selling them cheaper in Australia so I don't need to rush and bring one back from the states with me.