Beware Stagg Roller Rack cases' actual capacity

[synaesthesia]

Stagg are producing some roller rack ABSish cases. Like I said elsewhere if I buy a Stagg it would be an inert object not capable of making musical sound.

Cheaper than Gator and SKB of course, but these roller cases have an inherent problem. If they say its 4U, you really only end up with 3 and a bit U on account of the retracting handle and wheels. My 6U Gator roller rack case, on the other hand, truly takes 6U and the retracting handle etc.

Still the Stagg cases work nicely if you bear in mind the flaw in capacity. I think their '6U' roller rack is really 5 and a bit only and the '8U' is 7 and a bit and so on..... I think this is only a problem with the roller racks. Have no problem with thier MIxer case, works as well as a Gator or SKB.

Edited August 1, 2007 by synaesthesia

[Oxblood]

You'd think that, somewhere in the chain from manufacture to retail sale, somebody might have had the foresight to get out a tape measure...