where are you going ? To the lease down the road, I use a soft carrying case and leave my bow strung. This summer, I went to africa and used a pvc carrying case from 3 rivers stuffed into a duffle bag and a soft case for my bob lee which came with the bow placed into luggage. Next trip to africa(2010), I'm going to use the bob lee soft case again foe bob and just wrap my widow up in clothes in my suit case to save weight. Big cases just add weight and in airlines that means more $$. Moreover, some of the larger cases look like gun cases and can get you stuck in the gun customs lines. bhill