Anyone had experience with B&W Bike boxes?
http://www.bike-cases.co.uk/product-bike-box.php
They get very good reviews and are relatively cheap. Only complaints seen to be the claimed weight is way off (9.4kg)

I've been using the Sci Con Aero Comfort soft case for the last 6 or 7 years. I've made a dozen trips to Spain, France, Canada, CZ, and around the USA with no problems -- except for the TSA, as HT2 notes. Cheaper than the Sci Con hard case. Used by Saxo Bank and a bunch of other pros.

Advantages of the soft case are that the baggage handlers put them on top, instead of on the bottom where they can get damaged (see previous threads), and that it requires no disassembly other than taking the wheels off and putting them in the pockets.

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I had - the box itself is fine, but all the furniture is crap. Wheels got broken after the first trip, then handles, then locks, and after just 4 trips I had to use scotch tape to bring it back home.
Now I have a Crateworks plastic box, but have travelled with it only twice. So far so good.

Thanks for all the advice guys, I'm going to buy a Bikeboxalan. I can go direct to them and collect it.
Many thanks nick.

i traveled to cali from maryland with a thule hardcase. my carbon frame made the trip unscathed. kudos from me!