Duluth tool bags

[David Ilvedson]

That's why I went for the Jailhouse...so I wouldn't be tempted to carry too many tools.   It still got too heavy...15 lbs. is my limit.   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 10/31/2007 8:22:59 PM
Subject: RE: Duluth tool bags


>I also ordered one of the bigger ones awhile back and found that it was just
>too heavy with everything loaded up to carry everywhere.  I went back to my
>old Genck case for normal appointments and used the Duluth bag to hold all
>my repair materials including stringing stuff.  It generally sits in the car
>but it holds pretty much anything I might need.  That way, I'm not lugging
>everything inside for what often amounts to a simple
>tuning/voicing/regulation type stuff.    

>David Love
>davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
>www.davidlovepianos.com

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of John Formsma
>Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:00 PM
>To: Pianotech List
>Subject: Re: Duluth tool bags

>Aagh!  Don't say that...I ordered mine this morning.  Oh well, I can
>always return it if it doesn't work.
>-- 
>JF


>On 10/31/07, Michael Kurta <mkurta at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         Hey Guys:
>>     I hate to be the wet blanket here, but I ordered the Jailhouse bag,
>used
>> it for a week and sent it back.  I guess I missed the convenience of my
>old
>> Genck case where I could open the lid and everything was looking at me.
>The
>> Duluth bag is very well made, but I had a hard time remembering where I
>put
>> stuff, and had to keep turning the bag around to get to the other side to
>> find the item I wanted.  Couldn't easily put long items inside, and yes
>lots
>> of small tools are laying atop one another in the Genck, but I know where
>> they are.  Sorry, but I'll keep my old hard case even though its two
>pounds
>> heavier.
>>     Mike Kurta