Travel Bags

I've tried various solutions to traveling with my CPAP when I also have to carry one or more laptops and sometimes a large camera bag. The best solution I have found so far is the Gura Gear Chobe 19-24 Travel Bag. It will hold my Dell XPS15 laptop with charger, mouse and accessories; iPad Mini, iPod, iPhone; Olympus OMD camera with 12-40 lens attached; IntelliPAP Standard Plus CPAP with Humidifier; CPAP rechargeable battery. The CPAP, battery and hoses fit in the center compartment without expanding the bag from 19 to 24L. The main unit and humidifier are detached and slide into the bag side by side with plenty of room on top. This allows it to fit easily under a plane seat. For extra room the bag can be expanded but might have to go in the overhead. BTW ... I have never had a problem using the CPAP on a plane. Experience with airport security varies. In the US they no longer require removal and separate scanning of the unit. Same is true in the UK and Ireland. In India they want EVERYthing with a cord out of the bag. They don't really understand the CPAP but have always let me take it onboard.

That's an interesting idea if you're traveling light and/or checking baggage. Domestically and internationally I've very much taken advantage of the "One check-in item, PLUS an approved medical device" rule, and I'm not sure you'd get your set up past inspection as that separate bag (i.e. in addition to the "one per customer" carry on).....or have you? I've used my CPAP bag to also store medically-related items and was even worried that might be pushing it, though I guess it all depends on the individual agent.

The best was explaining to a foreign airline carrier agent as I approached the rope that my "extra" carry-on was actually a medical item so I didn't have to go back to baggage check (like some will automatically tell you to do when they see something extra on your shoulder), using my very elementary language skills--and having him explain (roughly translated): "Bah--I know exactly what that is! Go ahead."

During my last trip I packed my Intellipap bag inside my carry-on just so that I had one less item to manage going through the airport. TSA asked me to remove the CPAP bag from my carry-on so that it could be x-rayed separately, but did not ask to open the bag for further inspection (like they used to).

For years I hand carried 3 bags - tumi 22 expander roller, Resmed Cpap bag, and either small backup or computer bag.i have now consolidated by getting eBag weekend convertible and ditched the Resmed and computer bag. I also dumped my MacBook for iPad.

I can pack everything for one week to one month overseas trips. No problems with TSA, use Cpap in-flight, etc!