Review on Protective Travel Case For Alpine Skis & Snowboards - Sportube Series 3 Ski And Snowboard Case by Jose Baldwin

I am very satisfied with this case. It was used to ship two snowboards with bindings and boots via FedEx. On the return shipment, I picked it up from FedEx with a FedEx worker's boot print on it. The boards were well protected inside. It is telescopic. When empty it can be stored at less than four feet. Then it expands to whatever length you need to fit your gear. The wheels are small but work well. The case is so light, I rarely rolled it. For a long haul on a smooth floor like an airport, they would be fine.My one issue is with the ability to lock it. The bottom slides into the top. The bottom has a rib with holes about every inch. This rib slides into a slot in the top section. This slot has two holes that you can line up with the holes on the rib of the bottom. However, the spacing of the holes in the slot of the top section is different than the spacing of the holes in the rib of the bottom section. The case comes with a pin to put through these holes to lock the length of the tube and keep it closed. The pin is the same size as the holes, so once the pin is in, there is no way to use another lock for shipping or as luggage. I had to use a drill to make one of the holes in the rib of the bottom section bigger so that I could fit a TSA cable lock through the same hole as the pin. I did not want to only rely on a TSA cable lock to keep it closed during shipping so I had to use the pin. Maybe a stronger TSA lock would be good enough without the stock pin. The shipping decision was last minute, so I had purchased a TSA cable lock at the same time.Overall though, this is a good design and great product.