Any transport makers other than battlefoam or sabol?

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**wwwZugZugorc**

US based would be ideal

**Coolyo294**

GW cases are nice, but pricey.

**vash1223**

http://www.portablewarfare.com/

I've just recently discovered this bag and I'm itching to get one. It's pretty cheap compared to battlefoam, and it holds quite a bit from what I can tell. Plus it looks cool, heh.

**sparkywtf**

Those bags look pretty, I want the chaos pink one.

I just wish there were more details on the trays themselves though. If it is pluck, no thank you.

**warboss**

KR makes lots of cases but they're European.

http://www.krmulticase.com/

**cyrax777**

Doesnt kr have a us based shop coming?

**Trasvi**

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Model_Case_Reviews_and_Recommendations

Here is an article I started listing the main manufacturers of cases that I could find. If anyone has reviews on cases, please feel free to add to the article.

KR i think has free shipping?

**Ultramarinescout**

Games Workshop makes the best cases if you have the cash.

**H.B.M.C.**

Ultramarinescout wrote:Games Workshop makes the best cases if you have the cash.

Oooh wow. Startin' to see a pattern with you.

GW make cases... with very bad locks. They break quite easily, and are far from the 'best' cases out there.

**ph34r**

Ultramarinescout wrote:Games Workshop makes the best cases if you have the cash.

My friend literally has 3 GW cases that he got for free from gamesdays back in the day and we don't use them. Because they are complete trash.

**Ultramarinescout**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ultramarinescout wrote:Games Workshop makes the best cases if you have the cash.

Oooh wow. Startin' to see a pattern with you.

GW make cases... with very bad locks. They break quite easily, and are far from the 'best' cases out there.

Nah. My 4 Wheel Drive ran over it and it didn't break. Only 1 Clanrat was damaged that day. By accident of course.

**H.B.M.C.**

I'm... happy for you?

**htj**

GW cases still aren't the best, though. The locks do degrade very fast, and the foam is cut at only one size. Any other option is superior.

**H.B.M.C.**

Yeah. Even Battlefoam GW inserts inside a GW case are better, as they hold nearly twice as many models.

**Powerguy**

GW cases and the foam they use are the worst on the market. The likes of Battlefoam, KR and Sabol (in order of quality) make bigger and higher quality cases and the foam they use is all much better quality than GW's. It's also either custom cut or avaliable in pluck foam loadouts which are both far superior to the GW options. They actually work out to be much cheaper than the GW ones as well for anyone with a tournament sized army or above. For example my 1850pt Mech Eldar army has 8 skimmers, which would need at least 3 GW (probably 4 if you include infantry) cases because like most vehicles you can't stack them two high in the GW case. Considering I get charged through the nose for GW stuff and can get great discounts on stuff by proper case manufactures its really not much of a contest tbh.

**Cyporiean**

sparkywtf wrote:Those bags look pretty, I want the chaos pink one.

I just wish there were more details on the trays themselves though. If it is pluck, no thank you.

He doesn't make trays ATM, but you can buy the cases with Blu Foam pluck trays or Empty and use and Sabol sized tray you want.

**Catyrpelius**

Battlefoam custom cut sabol size trays fit perfectly in these bags.

The Chaos Pink bag was a limited edition thing the company did to raise money for breast cancer, and they havn't been avalible in close to a year. That being said nener nener nener, I have two.

**Cyporiean**

Catyrpelius wrote:Battlefoam custom cut sabol size trays fit perfectly in these bags.

The Chaos Pink bag was a limited edition thing the company did to raise money for breast cancer, and they havn't been avalible in close to a year. That being said nener nener nener, I have two.

I got one as well, and watched as the last 20 he had instock vanished rather quickly

**Portugal Jones**

Ultramarinescout wrote:Games Workshop makes the best cases if you have the cash.

An objectively false statement.

GW cases are adequate, but they pale against the competition, and the foam trays aren't all that good once you start trying to put models in there that don't perfectly fit into the precut slots. Having to carve out multiple layers of foam to fit big things like vehicles and large models is pointlessly annoying when you can get foam from Sabol or battle foam that is both deep enough, and customized to fit the model in a single tray.

**Kroothawk**

... and you need 3-4 GW cases for an army, instead of one big case from the others.

**blasto0341**

The GW hate never ceases, no matter what thread you're in... sad

**kronk**

Catyrpelius wrote:Battlefoam custom cut sabol size trays fit perfectly in these bags.

Battlefoam custom cut sabol sized...

Which ones are these?

**Lord of Caliban**

I would use GW ones.

**Absolutionis**

The aforementioned Portable Warfare makes great pluck-foam.

**Cyporiean**

kronk wrote:
Catyrpelius wrote:Battlefoam custom cut sabol size trays fit perfectly in these bags.

Battlefoam custom cut sabol sized...

Which ones are these?

These: http://us.battlefoam.com/categories/SD-Foam-Trays-%2813-x-7.75%29/

Also Outrider Hobbies trays fit well, and I've had better consistency with their sabol size trays (Gotten BF trays in that aren't quite cut right to fit in the case)

And every GW case I've ever bought/gotten (Around 5 of various sizes) has had the damn latches break.

**Bookwrack**

blasto0341 wrote:The GW hate never ceases, no matter what thread you're in... sad

Don't be dense. There's no GW hate going here - as Jones said, it's the literal truth that GW cases are NOT the best choice for carrying models.

**kenshin620**

Bookwrack wrote:
blasto0341 wrote:The GW hate never ceases, no matter what thread you're in... sad

Don't be dense. There's no GW hate going here - as Jones said, it's the literal truth that GW cases are NOT the best choice for carrying models.

QFT, theres a difference between disliking something becuase of a label, and disliking something becuase it is a subpar product

**Stormrider**

Plano!

In all seriousness though I have been thoroughly impressed with my Battlefoam PACK 720 and the add-on 210. These cases do a damn fine job keeping my models from breaking.

**-Loki-**

I had to talk my fiancee out of buying me the big GW case. She was pretty adamant about getting me one.

**malfred**

-Loki- wrote:I had to talk my fiancee out of buying me the big GW case. She was pretty adamant about getting me one.

Maybe your stuff is all over the place and she just wants you to neaten
up a little? If she insists, give her a comparison to something in her personal
shopping experience. "This case is like whenyou complain about x product"