Getting a carry bag for a explorer 150pl

[shallowskies]

Alright folks

I received my bag the other day. Its a really good fit. The bag fits the tube and the tripod legs. I will post a picture hopefully on Monday. Enjoy your Easter weekend.

[shallowskies]

Alright folks

I received my bag the other day. I'm pretty happy with it. It fits my tube and tripod legs comfortably. I will post a pic as soon as possible. Enjoy your holiday weekend.

[Parus major]

Sounds excellent, mate. If you don't mind me asking, which exact model did you buy?

[johntrob]

Very good idea. I have been pondering that question and the costs of some avenues were way to high. This should fit the bill.

Thanks,

John

[Andy79]

Looking forward to these pics dave!

[Andy79]

Hi david hows the bag coping with your scope??

[johntrob]

Just found a JMI soft padded bag, 3810C on ebay, supposed to be new for a little less than half price off other retail sites. Wooooohoooo. It has max length 38 in and 10 in diameter.

[shallowskies]

Hey there.

Sorry about the delay. Very hectic time. A couple pics of my bag I purchased. Fits tube and tripod legs very well. I am pretty happy with it.

[shallowskies]

Hey there.

Sorry about the delay. Very hectic time. A couple pics of my bag I purchased. Fits tube and tripod legs very well. I am pretty happy with it.

[Astro Imp]

Hi David,

Looks good but if it was me I would want to put some protection around the tripod and spreader to stop everything banging to-gether.

Just my two-penn'th.

[Pappy Nick]

This one seems to be out of stock on Amazon at the mo. Do you think it would a fair bet that all golf type bags would be of similar dimensions ??

[boltzy]

That's exactly what I use for my 150P but it would be too short for the 150PL. I bought mine from my local sports shop for £23.

Re the 'cricketers coffin' (never heard of one before today!) Is that just for the OTA or tripod and mount? And, how do you protect it in the case? Do you have any pictures of how it fits in (could you post one?).

Mark

[Astro Imp]

Re the 'cricketers coffin' (never heard of one before today!) Is that just for the OTA or tripod and mount? And, how do you protect it in the case? Do you have any pictures of how it fits in (could you post one?).

Mark

Holds just OTA complete with Telrad and RACI. As for protection I put a wadge of bubble wrap in the bottom and wrap the scope with some too.

I'll try and get some pics up later (probably in the morning).

[Astro Imp]

Here we go Mark, couple of pics.

Apologies for the delay.

[Steve Ward]

great for padding are the 2 for £4 pillows from Matalan , used them in a Matalan Suitcase for my ST120 and 80ED Pro

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg515/steveward53/Scope%20Case/IMG_2915.jpg

[Steve Ward]

Case was £45 large, £40 medium, £35 small ,got small one for EQ3/2 mount and bits for carting about.

[PorkyB]

Continuing the sports bag theme, I have just bought a hockey kit bag to transport my gear. The Mak-90 goes into its own camera bag. Everything else goes into a hockey kit bag that I can carry on my back. That's EQ1 mount & tripod, 10x50 bins, tripod and monopod for bins, books, torches, extra warm clothes, flask of soup and snacks. Everything I need for a good night out and I can carry it up a big hill if I want to.

There would be room in the hockey bag for a long refractor, although some surgery to the internal partitions might be necessary to fit in a reflector.