urm... flight case type thingies....

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Anyone know of anywhere who gets rid of cheap ones? i.e ones that are a bit battered but still usable?

i want a few for lan parties, chuck all the equipment in them, and chuck them in the back of the van and everything is a bit more protected :D
 
yeah, had a look on ebay, the shipping costs are usually higher than the case costs though.

im hoping that there might be someone who works for a company that maybe uses them for a while, but then gets rid once they become

I remember that a company close to my old work used to use them to transport drills and stuff in really sturdy black plastic ones, and once they got a bit of a beating, they used to chuck them in the skip, i went there to ask around, and it seems that they no longer waste them =(
 
You want a peli case but it's unlikely you'll find folk throwing them out as they are worth a few hundred bob new.
 
yeah the peli cases are really good, but im after anything really, just something a bit stronger than the plastic storage boxes were using at the moment (ya know the kind, with the little flimsy lids you can pick up from tesco/wilkos etc etc)

hmmm, perhaps its one of those things we will have to shell out on, ive managed to pick up 2 smaller metal type ones which cost me 7 quid in total, they are about 2ft x 1ft, could do with similar or better. :D

cheers for the help anyways folks :D
 
yeah the peli cases are really good, but im after anything really, just something a bit stronger than the plastic storage boxes were using at the moment (ya know the kind, with the little flimsy lids you can pick up from tesco/wilkos etc etc)

hmmm, perhaps its one of those things we will have to shell out on, ive managed to pick up 2 smaller metal type ones which cost me 7 quid in total, they are about 2ft x 1ft, could do with similar or better. :D

cheers for the help anyways folks :D

Why not just get a couple of giant bins or buckets with lids?

My Peli case set me back close to £300 and it is not even the biggest one the do, although it makes a nice stool when you are waiting for someone. They are very durable and people will not be "throwing them out", not unless they are beyond repair and by that point, it would be useless to you.
 
Just buy some cheap hard suitcases and line them with thick foam. Its not like you are entrusting them to the "delicate" hands of the baggage handlers.
 
hmmmm, yeah, im starting to think that i might have been a bit ambitious when i said "flight case"

the things i was looking at were around 40 - 50 quid in a high street electrical store....

kinda like this :

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I've bought Rackmount flight cases for guitar amps and pedal boards from these guys http://www.spider-engineering.co.uk/ cheaper than a peli case and pretty good quality.

Other than that Gumtree and evilbay are your friends I imagine.

ETA: looks like they also hold ex demo and used cases as well which may suit your needs.
 
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How big are looking for?

I don't know what you searched for on ebay but just searched for 'aluminium flight case' and most of them have free p&p.
 
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