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Has anyone tried checking in the Osprey Exos (any size) as check-in luggage? Can it really take the beating? The aluminum frame and the taut mesh may not take kindly to having 300 lbs of luggage on them..
Are there similar problems with other UL packs, esp. those with some sort of thin light frame?
What about the thin fabrics? Can they take the abuse of airline luggage handling?
I used to tighten all straps, wrap my ridge-rest around the backpack and put the entire bundle inside a cheap duffle bag. Then I would cross my fingers and hope it showed up at the other end without any damage. But… I didn't have a pack with a external aluminum frame either. Sounds a little dicy having it go through the abuse of the airline baggage system.
Having seen the beating some of my luggage has taken I wouldn't send any pack through unprotected.
pad around the outside of the pack, inside a duffel has worked well for me as has putting the pack in a cardboard box with packing material for extra cushion.
–mark
I've carried it on planes without issue. It has fit in overhead and underneath, as long as it is lightly packed and well compressed. Check the rest of your gear in a separate bag and make sure it is in a waterproof garbage bag, or similar. Wet luggage is no fun.
> putting the pack in a cardboard box with packing material
Done that regularly – works well.
Cheers
I would say no, it can't take the beating. I once threw my gregory palisade 80 through baggage, without any kind of protection. The pack had a thick rubberized bottom meant to handle a lot of abuse. Well by the time the luggage came through at my destination, a small dime size hole had been burned through this rubber bottom. The pack must have been dragged along something that had a lot of friction (ie conveyor belt ) So if the rubberized bottom couldnt handle it, I wouldn't trust lightweight materials to either.
I always check my packs in with either a rain cover on it, or in most cases, its own duffel bag. REI has some duffels made just for this application, and are lightweight..i would check those out
o, and im not sure u want to check in something with a light aluminum frame that may be bendable. Those baggage handlers literally toss the luggage around. Maybe do what others are saying and pack it in its own cardboard box, or pack it empty, in its own suitcase. and with the contents filling up the rest of the suitcase. Should all be less than 50lbs and within limits
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