Have you ever carried the Aeronaut with just ONE of the built-in backpack straps? You know, just grabbing the bag and slinging it over one arm instead of both, for a quick run to the restroom or whatever ….

How does it handle that way? Does it try to slip off your shoulder, or swing at some really awkward angle?

I’m wondering if I could get away without buying the optional shoulder strap, and just use one of the built-in straps for occasional short hops. For longer treks, of course, I’d use both the backpack straps the way they’re supposed to be used.

I just can’t see myself using the shoulder strap — the optional one — regularly, and don’t really want the extra weight of something I won’t use often.

TIA -
RJLaue

Setting aside the tactical flaws (shoe trees, etc.), I’m still not convinced a duffel-style bag is a good choice for packing a suit. Those shirts and suit will arrive rather wrinkled, and the EC packing sleeve barely fits in the bag.

I know there are users who use the Aeronaut for suits, but I think an appropriately sized bag that opens book-style (unzips on 3 sides) is a far better choice.

Till, here’s a link to the specific comment to which you refer: http://is.gd/9nJ2p

(If you wish to do this in the future, click on the post/comment number itself.)

Using a wire hanger for the suit but a thicker plastic hanger for the cheap fleece pullover makes no sense. Yes, do use a wire hanger for the suit but use one that has the cardboard shoulders. You can avoid the suit overhang at the bottom by bending the wire hanger at the top, effectively shortening its drop. This will also lift the shoulder pads above the fold line of the garment bag which is very important. In fact, If you do use such a bag, you can use it without the hangers. It also helps to overlap the two front sides of the suit to make it slimmer. This will cause no additional wrinkles. It’s better to have some overlap than to have extra material on the side that gets scrunched up. The pants go on the same hanger (is you use one) as the suit. You can put two pants there. Also two shirts can go on one hanger.

Basically, this garment bag is a bundle method device and as such not bad but you have to use it correctly to have the best effect. The garment bag itself also weighs close to 2lb I believe. In my packing tips I explain how to wrap a suit around a shirt folder. The shirt folder weighs 1lb and costs less than the garment bag. With this method it is easy to pack a suit and shirts in both the Airboss and the Aeronaut.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum.....-suit.html

See third link of the compilation, post #15.