On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:24:38 +1100, Christian Gerzner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >I in no way wish to sound condescending but do make sure that your SCUBA >equipment doesn't shout, long and hard: "expensive SCUBA stuff inside". I now the discussion here was primarily on camera equipment of which I claim ignorance. But your statement is a long-standing myth on all other SCUBA equipment. I have never lost anything in all my years of travel with scuba equipment in bags that cannot be mistaken for non-scuba as far as the eye can see, except for the once in Honolulu when there was no scuba bag and it was in a regular luggage inside the car trunk. :) I estimate that I have travelled more air miles to scuba locations with such SHOUTING scuba bags than anyone else. As long as you do not leave your bags unattended, a loudly marked bag actually WARNS all potential thieves to keep their hands off becaus they can be seen as loudly as the bag can, and there would be no excuse of saying they mistakenly grabbed the wrong bag -- which is actually the most common cause of "lost luggage". :-) -- Bob.