Transporting Vinyl Records Plane

Transporting 100 lps via plane in two carry on bags that hold 50 lps each.

Transporting vinyl records plane. I recently did this on a trip to la where i had amoeba ship some 78s to my home because i was afraid that i would damage them trying to transport them back home. I ve never seen boxes that fit records so perfectly for a lower price. Oh you meant move them to another location. If it is reasonable and appropriate to do so implement environmental controls which can include.

Pack some newspaper or bubble wrap in the space left in the box this will give your records some shock absorption during the ride. I packed each box pretty full and taped the lids down but left the handles open. Transporting vinyl to play abroad music discussion nov 12 2015. Both moves spanned the vinyl unfriendly months of july august.

Records cannot tolerate heat says constantino if moving in the summer they must stay in an air conditioned space and not in the back of a moving van. Allison constantino of orlando fl has moved her collection of 100 vinyl records cross country five times including one trip of 1 500 miles from san antonio tx to pittsburgh pa. If you get a carboard box from a vinyl store the ones in which 20 or 30 new records get originally shipped in there are different sizes one being smaller where the records just fit in without much extra room work then this box will fit on most regular carry on trolleys just perfectly. They seem a little expensive i know but i really trust them.

24 7 monitoring logged surveillance cameras and. The best thing is to let the records transport you. I ve used these to transport records as carry on and its worked well if you use a bit of care. The best way to transport vinyl on the plane is in your carry on luggage.

I have flown with records many of times. Just darken the room grab an adult beverage and let the music flow trough you. I used a double walled box that was the same dimension as the record themselves and filled the box to capacity so there was no movement or shifting about. I get it now.

When transporting phi on a cart place the records in secure containers and cover the records. If you can t fit them safely in your carry on bag or you re afraid the airline might make you check your carry on then i would ask the record store if they can ship them to your house. Trader joe s large cooler bags hold quite a bit of vinyl. Audio technica 1 point 4 years ago edited 4 years ago.

Is it safe in the hold of a plane. Don t stack your vinyl on top of one another when putting them in a box. I have seen some pretty nasty handling in airports and the more bubble wrap i use the bigger the volume of the box es holding the vinyl.