So I have a problem here. I’m currently study aboard in the US, and my home country is Vietnam. In Vietnam, we already have a beam, 2 plays 5, 2 plays 3, and 2 plays 1. So I’m planning to buy a playbar, and a sub, they are very long (playbar) and heavy (sub). Last year, I bought the Sonos Beam, but because it was shorter than the playbar so we was able to put it in the checked luggage. However, this time, both the Sub is too heavy (~36lbs), and the playbar is too long (the beam barely fits our luggage, so I’m sure the playbar won’t fit.) So I have 2 options: I can carry it as a Carry-On, but I’m worry that the playbar is also too long to fits in the cabin baggage, and the sub is too heavy to be carry on-board. So I’m not sure about this option I can check them as checked luggage. However, this can be quite problematic because they are high valued products so they can be easily stolen. Second, I’m worry that the box and the speakers can be damage, which I don’t want to happen. Please let me know your option/solution about this! Thank you very much

Avid Contributor I

Question

Carry on or Checked Luggage?

11 replies
5088 views

So I have a problem here. I’m currently study aboard in the US, and my home country is Vietnam. In Vietnam, we already have a beam, 2 plays 5, 2 plays 3, and 2 plays 1. So I’m planning to buy a playbar, and a sub, they are very long (playbar) and heavy (sub). Last year, I bought the Sonos Beam, but because it was shorter than the playbar so we was able to put it in the checked luggage. However, this time, both the Sub is too heavy (~36lbs), and the playbar is too long (the beam barely fits our luggage, so I’m sure the playbar won’t fit.)

So I have 2 options:

I can carry it as a Carry-On, but I’m worry that the playbar is also too long to fits in the cabin baggage, and the sub is too heavy to be carry on-board. So I’m not sure about this option
I can check them as checked luggage. However, this can be quite problematic because they are high valued products so they can be easily stolen. Second, I’m worry that the box and the speakers can be damage, which I don’t want to happen.

Please let me know your option/solution about this! Thank you very much

This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

Show previous replies

hongkien66Author

Avid Contributor I

There weren’t any dealers in Thailand when I was there….and I was in downtown Bangkok, where pretty much any electronic item is available. I seem to recall that the closest real dealer was several countries away, perhaps in VietNam? It’s been a few years now. But yes, clearing customs would have been exorbitant and time consuming. I suspect you pay that import duty whether you do it yourself, or do it with a dealer.

So I searched and there is a dealer that is selling Sonos Playbar and Sub, they sell around 900$, which is actually not terrible because they already included all of the shipment and import from US to VN, so around 200$ for tax and their profit. It seems expensive at first but then if I look at other options like ship from US to VN would take me around 900 + 700 = 1600, so yea...

Sign up

Login to the community