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Several threads here on this topic worth a search for a large variety of experience and opinions.
Most photo luggage makers will advertise which pieces meet carry on size requirements. So your main choice will be soft vs. hard sided. The soft sided bags are plentiful and you'll just have to compare them and see what you like. The Pelican 1510 is hard sided carryon compliant case that even fits under 1.5 seats on puddle jumpers. Gate checking would be safer with the Pelican, but a large drop (ie from check-in handling) would require significant padding inside in addition to the stock padding. This would be true for the soft sided bags as well though.
What do I use?
For lots of gear without a supertele, I use an F-stop loka with a large ICU. I don't put much else in the Loka except for a small tablet and such so it will easily fit in overhead or under the seat. This avoids questions too since the bag appears smaller than most carry on bags.
I've used the large think tank retrospective bag for carry-on but found I love the loka backpack. Its more comfortable running around the airport and I can use it for day hikes at my destination.
For lots of gear with a supertele, I use a Pelican 1510 with padded inserts.
Some love and routinely use soft cases for superteles like the thinkTank brand.
David
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