Advice on cymbal case

[DaveBlast21]

Hey guys

I'm in need of some help. I require some protective cases for my Tama Starclassic kit and a protective case for my 8 cymbals. I've been looking at SKB, Humes and Berg , Gator and possibly even the Ahead armour cases, the only problem is being in South Africa not all of em are stocked here. For cymbals I was looking at the humes and berg enduro case, Meinl hardcase or possibly reunion blues heavy duty bag. I need a case that can fit a 22" Sabian Powerbell ride, 18" and 19" chinas, 17 and 18" crashes, 14" Mini china, 14" hats and 12" splash.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[SpazApproved]

I have a 23" giant bell ride and I use the SKB. With that ride cymbal I can fit 4 other crashes. So I actually use two SKB cases for all my cymbals cause I also fit my 18" china upside down in my other hard case. Both those cymbals take up a bit of room. But I love my SKB cases and love that they have wheels which makes it easy to carry and same design as my cases so I can lay those down first and stack other cases on top of them .

[pcs90]

If you have 3 chinas plus a ride with a large bell I'm doubting you'd be able to fit all your cymbals into one SKB case. At least, I've heard many similar situations before. Meinl makes 2 cases, one with wheels and one without. Meinl hardware and bags are very high quality so I assume their cymbal cases would be very nice, unfortunately no stores have them in stock here and very few people seem to have one.

[DaveBlast21]

I'm also thinking the Meinl trolley case as Meinl would be the easiest to get here and probably most cost effective. Perhaps even the 24" Hardcase cymbal trolley case

[pcs90]

If you get the Meinl one I would really like to know how it works out as there are very few comments on that one anywhere.

[SpazApproved]

^yeah I didn't know they made one. I'll check it out at work