skimmel
Established
Thanks Roger.
Just read an interesting piece in the Sept Shutterbug about the editor having a camera bag (no camera, but $150 worth of accessories) lifted from inside his suitcase, apparently by a baggage handler.
Just read an interesting piece in the Sept Shutterbug about the editor having a camera bag (no camera, but $150 worth of accessories) lifted from inside his suitcase, apparently by a baggage handler.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Nah -- obviously the baggage handler was a highly trained professional who thought George was a terrorist, and the accessories were bombs... How could it be otherwise?
In fact George asked Frances (Schultz, my wife) to address this very point -- airline baggage secirity -- in the bags section of the Buyers' Guide (next month?)
Our favoured 'secure storage' is a padlocked NATO ammo box chained to an immovable or at least very bulky piece of real estate,
Cheers,
Roger
In fact George asked Frances (Schultz, my wife) to address this very point -- airline baggage secirity -- in the bags section of the Buyers' Guide (next month?)
Our favoured 'secure storage' is a padlocked NATO ammo box chained to an immovable or at least very bulky piece of real estate,
Cheers,
Roger
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skimmel
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Interesting Roger. I look forward to reading Frances' piece. Thanks.
Ben Z
Veteran
Roger Hicks said:
No doubt, but I'd think if a thief were to make an exception for any case, it'd be a nice, shiny expensive-looking metal Halliburton that just about screams "there's something in here worth risking jail for!". Heck, a Halliburton is worth $200 empty.,
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Ben,
Eminently true except that if it is chained to the scenery you need bolt-cutters to cut the chain and (as I say) the vast majority of thievery is opportunism. Even the non-opportunists rarely carry anything that can cut chain. It tends to look a bit obvious as thet walk into the hotel...
Besides, who said anything about a nice, shiny, expensive-looking Halliburton? After 24 years' constant use mine are dented, scraped, covered in stickers and look like hell. I don't use 'em for cameras: I stripped out the foam and use 'em as regular suitcases because they are ultra-light, very strong and yes, lockable.
Or there's the NATO ammo box, as I said.
We travel a LOT and can rarely afford the sort of hotel that has a safe. So far this year:
Jan 31 to Mar 3. Drive to UK; fly to California; drive across the US to Florida; attend PMA; fly to the UK for Focus (the UK trade show); drive home (we live in France)
Mid-June to mid-July. 7200km in a 1973 Land Rover 88: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, home.
And we're hoping to go to China and India later in the year.
Cheers,
Roger
Eminently true except that if it is chained to the scenery you need bolt-cutters to cut the chain and (as I say) the vast majority of thievery is opportunism. Even the non-opportunists rarely carry anything that can cut chain. It tends to look a bit obvious as thet walk into the hotel...
Besides, who said anything about a nice, shiny, expensive-looking Halliburton? After 24 years' constant use mine are dented, scraped, covered in stickers and look like hell. I don't use 'em for cameras: I stripped out the foam and use 'em as regular suitcases because they are ultra-light, very strong and yes, lockable.
Or there's the NATO ammo box, as I said.
We travel a LOT and can rarely afford the sort of hotel that has a safe. So far this year:
Jan 31 to Mar 3. Drive to UK; fly to California; drive across the US to Florida; attend PMA; fly to the UK for Focus (the UK trade show); drive home (we live in France)
Mid-June to mid-July. 7200km in a 1973 Land Rover 88: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, home.
And we're hoping to go to China and India later in the year.
Cheers,
Roger