lamrith
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Cheap field bag to get started
We all know the PL Pro bag is sheer awesome for hauling our gear to the flying field and storing our gear. But when you are just starting out, that
is a tough $ pill to swallow. That kind of $ is a R2F used kite added to your quiver. I personally would rather drop my limited budget (right now)
on expanding my quiver than a fancy bag to haul it in.
I looked around a bit and stumbled on this bag. I have all of my flying gear in it; 2m & 3.3m busters, 8m pepper2 (all R2f with handles, stakes,
bags) climbers harness, Ozone bar, scuba divers mesh sack full of linesand handles, rain jacket, and I could still stuff my 8yr old in the bag and zip
it shut! BAsed on the 8m pepper2 bag I am betting I could fit a total of 8 of those kites in it with room also for my bar. This is the 42", I have
seen they also make a 48" version.
Nice tough rubberized reinforce bottom, heavy handles and shoulderstrap. Just a great all around 1st field bag to get started hauling all your gear
as a beginner, multiple colors avail.. AND now it is marked down to $25, I paid $30 last week.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-42-Luggage-Explorer-Campin...
Old Dual line Delta
NTK Techno - Todd
PKD BusterIII 2m - BigKid
PKD Buster Soulfly 3.3 - BigKid
PL Pepper2 8m - BigKid
Rev B full sail & full vent - Awindofchange
Rev Blast - WCRC attendee
Rev B midvent - kitestakes.com
Rev SLE - BigKid
Hookin your kids to kites early = priceless
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bobalooie57
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And if I buy one today, they will be marked down to $20.00 tomorrow!!  Ain't
that the way it goes? Nice bag though.
Team MEAN GREEN
Bob Lussier
OUTLAW KITER
1.4M Beamer III, 2M Beamer IV,2M
Toxic HQ , 7.5MApex III, HQ, Quadrifoil XXXL (9.66M), NPW5 2.4,4.8m,
NPW9 3.4M(HQ),NPW9 7M (RASTA\'S FURY),
NPW9 7.6M (BIG SISTAH),NPW9 12MGREENMONSTER(km4), P L Comp ST buggy,PL Bigfoot+
buggy, Atomic Alibi Snowboard, Protec Knee/Elbow Pads & Helmet, Seirus wristguards, Demon crash shorts, LaCross chest/shoulder pads.
(tryin\' to be safe!)
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dandre
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Thanks Lamrith! Thats a great idea.
i've been mulling over that exact problem; props to you for being more clever!
With a little sno-seal that thing would be perfect.
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lamrith
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Bottom seems to be a bit rubberized, I knew it was big too, but WOW, it is just cavernous! It takes the whole width of my Ford fusion trunk :-p
I have not tried putting my arms thru it like a backpack. The loops look big enough, but not being padded would bit the shoulders I am sure. One
thing I can to is put the handles and big strap all over my shoulder.
Old Dual line Delta
NTK Techno - Todd
PKD BusterIII 2m - BigKid
PKD Buster Soulfly 3.3 - BigKid
PL Pepper2 8m - BigKid
Rev B full sail & full vent - Awindofchange
Rev Blast - WCRC attendee
Rev B midvent - kitestakes.com
Rev SLE - BigKid
Hookin your kids to kites early = priceless
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dandre
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yeah i don't know if I'd go that big, but a cheapie contractor bag would be bomber.
i'm buying an arc as my high wind kite(so stoked) and my kites are starting to take up WAY more space than I'm diggin' on.
I'm sure the OGs have kite closets. :drool:
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lamrith
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Some have entire pick-up trucks full 
Old Dual line Delta
NTK Techno - Todd
PKD BusterIII 2m - BigKid
PKD Buster Soulfly 3.3 - BigKid
PL Pepper2 8m - BigKid
Rev B full sail & full vent - Awindofchange
Rev Blast - WCRC attendee
Rev B midvent - kitestakes.com
Rev SLE - BigKid
Hookin your kids to kites early = priceless
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cheezycheese
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Hey Larry,
thanks for the tip. Mine came in over the weekend. Free shipping to my local store. This bag is awesome!! It's so huge it comes with a bag to carry
the bag ( ) I paid more than double for a similar sized bag from EMS, but this
one feels far superior as far as material used, handle construction, etc... like the pulls on the zippers also. 
$25 well spent !!
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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lamrith
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Your welcome Cheese!
I use tht bag it comes in for more gear too!! It is big enough my climbing harness fits inside it. That has done wonders to keep it from being all
knotted up! and my gloves fit in the pockets on the back. I was just
going to take a picture of it today anyway...
Now the bag is holding: spare lines, handles, mis items bag, 2m, 3.3m, 8m+26"bar, Bladrunners 7m pulse in its bag and his NPW5 with room for a few
more kites..
Old Dual line Delta
NTK Techno - Todd
PKD BusterIII 2m - BigKid
PKD Buster Soulfly 3.3 - BigKid
PL Pepper2 8m - BigKid
Rev B full sail & full vent - Awindofchange
Rev Blast - WCRC attendee
Rev B midvent - kitestakes.com
Rev SLE - BigKid
Hookin your kids to kites early = priceless
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WELDNGOD
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lamrith
Some have entire pick-up trucks full |
and just what are ya sayin Larry?.......... I built a giant cornershelf 4'x5'x8' and lag bolted it to 2 walls ,20" from the ceiling.Instant kite
loft!Holds ALL my gear and my TRAMPA. Now I'm a O.G.! LOL
WELDNGOD on VIMEO
https://vimeo.com/user2580342
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PKD
Combat 2.4 / 4.2
Century 1.8 / 5.5
Century II 2.2/2.8/3.5/4.5 /10.0
Brooza IV 3.0 prototype
Buster Soulfly 1.5 / 2.2 (KIA)/ 3.3 (lost at sea)
Buster Soulfly PRO 3.3 / 4.4
Buster (gen 1) 5.5
FLEXIFOIL
Sting 1.7 Punk
Rage 2.5 / 3.5/ 4.7
Revolution 1.5 SLE
17 ply Custom TRAMPA w/ verTIGo trucks
2 homebrew buggies,2 homebrew KYTBYKS,1 homebrew tandem trailer
GOPRO 3 WHITE, 3+ BLACK, HERO5 BLACK
CONTOUR HD
LET YOUR SOULFLY!
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bigkid
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lamrith
Some have entire pick-up trucks full |
I don't see what the problem is, I tow a 7x14 trailer with my 3/4 ton quad cab KITEBAG.
I drive it to NABX every year 
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
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lamrith
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigkid
| Quote: | Originally posted by lamrith
Some have entire pick-up trucks full |
I don't see what the problem is, I tow a 7x14 trailer with my 3/4 ton quad cab KITEBAG.
I drive it to NABX every year |
See what I mean? :-p I was wondering if you would catch that comment BK!!
Old Dual line Delta
NTK Techno - Todd
PKD BusterIII 2m - BigKid
PKD Buster Soulfly 3.3 - BigKid
PL Pepper2 8m - BigKid
Rev B full sail & full vent - Awindofchange
Rev Blast - WCRC attendee
Rev B midvent - kitestakes.com
Rev SLE - BigKid
Hookin your kids to kites early = priceless
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g00fba11
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I may need to get one of those for use around home......
Here is what I got for traveling. I can fit up to a 48" axle in it and have delivered a whole buggy including tires to Vegas in it.
My ATB fits but I have to take one set of trucks of as the top of the bag tapers.
It holds quote a bit.... I haven't tried to pack it full yet to see what all I can get into it.....
http://www.tgw.com/customer/category/product.jsp/SUBCATEGORY...
When I bought it I browsed the site and added it to my cart, changed my mind and removed it did some more looking around and then all of a sudden they
popped up a 15% off coupon...... so I bought it.......
Wheels very nicely through airports...... I was not charged an over size fee.... it weighed in at 49.5 pounds when I checked in so there were no
additional weight fees......
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lamrith
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I have heard about that trick G00f! I think there is a Kite Bag Co actually leveraging on the whole Golf market thing specifically..
I have a hardsided golf case that I plan to use next spring to bring a few kites on my trip east...
Old Dual line Delta
NTK Techno - Todd
PKD BusterIII 2m - BigKid
PKD Buster Soulfly 3.3 - BigKid
PL Pepper2 8m - BigKid
Rev B full sail & full vent - Awindofchange
Rev Blast - WCRC attendee
Rev B midvent - kitestakes.com
Rev SLE - BigKid
Hookin your kids to kites early = priceless
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pongnut
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bobalooie57
And if I buy one today, they will be marked down to $20.00 tomorrow!! Ain't
that the way it goes? Nice bag though. |
Actually, $19.00 at the moment...
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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cheezycheese
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pongnut
| Quote: | Originally posted by bobalooie57
And if I buy one today, they will be marked down to $20.00 tomorrow!! Ain't
that the way it goes? Nice bag though. |
Actually, $19.00 at the moment... |
went for another one....$30 again.... 
still a decent bag at a reasonable price....
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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Kober
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got 3 of those last month for 19.99 each
Thanks lamrith
New Jersey Kite Addicts
NAPKA US-212
2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
2016 Nobile Zen Hydrofoil with Infinity 5.1' splitboard
2019 Nobile 2HD with Ronix One boots
2020 Nobile NHP split foil with Ronix Parks boots
MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
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lad
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32" Wallyworld bag at less than half $30
Gomberg 40" "Wonderbags at $25 (wife not included)
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cheezycheese
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Old thread revival. Want something like bag in original post. Anybody got a lead...?
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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cheezycheese
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Never mind. Found one. Changed my search words.
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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Randy
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Just FYI - the best bags I got were free. If you have any friends into kitesurfing, see if they have any old kites they are going to throw into the
trash. Even if the kites are trash, the bags can be in great shape. You can fit a lot of stuff into those bags. I got mine from a friend ready to
throw it all out.
NPW Test Pilot -US99
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cheezycheese
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I need one asap Randy. Didn't pay much $25 Sierra Trading Post. 42" bag will hold 5 arcs in their bags.
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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eric67m
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I picked up this bag recently at a thrift store for $6. It is a taekwondo gear bag. Mine measures 25-10-12". It fits my quiver of (4) flysurfer peak
kites. It has a good sized center section and many pockets on the outside of it. The top is double zippered that is 4" wide and made of heavy mesh
to let moisture out.
It looks like new they sell for $18-40 online. Just sharing for another option.
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Flying A mixed quiver of Flysurfer Peak kites.
Rollin in the Popeye The Welder Playa buggy.
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Windstruck
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Quote: Originally posted by eric67m  | I picked up this bag recently at a thrift store for $6. It is a taekwondo gear bag. Mine measures 25-10-12". It fits my quiver of (4) flysurfer peak
kites. It has a good sized center section and many pockets on the outside of it. The top is double zippered that is 4" wide and made of heavy mesh
to let moisture out.
It looks like new they sell for $18-40 online. Just sharing for another option.
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That's a great nab Eric! The mesh is key as those Peaks can get pretty schwetty. 
Born-Kites:
RaceStar+ (3.0m, 5.0m, 7.0m, 9.0m, 14.0m)
RaceStar (9.0m, 11.0m)
NasaStar-4 (2.5m, 4.0m, 5.5m, 7.0m)
NasaStar-3 (custom 3.2m)
Flysurfer Kites:
Peak-5 (2.5m)
Buggy:
Peter Lynn BigFoot+ nose & tail; midsection VTT rail & seat kit; home-brewed AQR
NAPKA Member US2815
SWATK Member UT0003
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Cerebite
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OVer the years I have acquired the following as discount kite bags:
-A few years ago now I found what I refer to as a hockey bag at an Army/ Navy Surplus which off the top of my head without going to look at it] 24"w
x36" l x24" h in heavy canvas $30 -$50 IIRC. My harness, helmets, parts & tools, and linesets live in there and I can easily add a backpack or
two of tightly rolled kites and zip it up.
-For traveling with static/ stunt/ spar'd kites I have a c. 8" diameter telescoping hard sided "golf" bag that I added locking pins [large cotter pins
and TSA locks] which was about $50.
I have a large soft sided ski bag that I got a SNIAGRAB [a Colorado institution] a few years ago for about the same price [12" x12" x96"]. My big FB
[3 or 4 10m2 & 12m2] live happily in in there.
NASA wings -1 to 12m [mostly KM4]
Foils -2 -12m [mostly PL & Pansh]
VTT Stinger on Midi's
Another day in Paradise...
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