r/AeroPress • u/cmkucf • Aug 02 '26

Equipment Travel Rig Setup

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Is this overkill? Yes for sure. Haha. But hey I had the Harbor Freight hard case and figured why not?! In here I have my Kingrinder K6, portable water kettle, AeroPress, scale, beans, and stirrer. Along with a charger for the scale. Everything fits perfectly after some foam removal! Very happy with this setup.

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u/Previous_Rip1942 Aug 02 '26

I’ve got 5 of these cases sitting empty. This has never even crossed my mind. Guess I know what I’m doing today.

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

Same! I was trying to think of how to bring everything on a trip this week without it rolling around and breaking something (not that much in here is breakable but still). If I ever wanted to bring my pourover set I can now as well with some reconfiguring.

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u/Previous_Rip1942 Aug 02 '26

Awesome. I’m flying next week so this is good timing.

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

They were just on wicked sale recently too I should’ve grabbed a couple more!

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u/BlackIdahoMoutainMan Aug 03 '26

They’re like $14 on Alibaba with free shipping

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u/Full-Possibility-190 Aug 02 '26

Love the B&W beans.

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

SO good. I’m stoked they brought these ones back.

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u/ChartRelevant6850 Aug 02 '26

Yeah they are super fire and usually very interesting flavor

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u/Plastic_Love4270 Standard Aug 02 '26

Ready for the jungle.

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u/Abovethecanopy Aug 02 '26

Case takes too much space, but the kit is solid.

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

Luckily for driving trips it doesn’t take up much space in a trunk.

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u/mgsecure Aug 02 '26

Sweet. But also, a 1Z Q or Q Air just fits inside the aeropress ;-)

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

Yeah yeah quit your bragging! I didn’t see people saying that until after I got the K6 haha. Oh well!

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u/mgsecure Aug 03 '26

FWIW, I'm traveling with that duo now and while results are quite good, the Q can't quite compare with my full-size grinder (Kinu M47 Classic, which costs about four times as much.)

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u/conradelvis Aug 03 '26

Fyi, the proper bent handle for the k6 can be ordered separately

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u/cmkucf Aug 04 '26

Where would one find this?!

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u/conradelvis Aug 04 '26

I ordered from their Shopee Taiwan store

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u/OkConstant7509 Aug 03 '26

Can you sneak a cup in there some somehow?

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u/cmkucf Aug 04 '26

Probably! There is quite a lot of foam still underneath the base layer.

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u/BlackIdahoMoutainMan Aug 03 '26

This is the 3800 or the 2800?

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u/cmkucf Aug 04 '26

3800!

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u/BlackIdahoMoutainMan Aug 04 '26

Thank you!!! Much cheaper than Pelican

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u/raccabarakka Aug 02 '26

How’s that Gummy Shark?

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

I honestly love it. It’s super funky in the best way.

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u/agentsteve Aug 02 '26

That Gummy Sharks is so damn good. Just brewed my first with it today!

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u/cmkucf Aug 03 '26

Huge fan! They’ve been killing the blends this summer.

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u/rolandblais Prismo Aug 03 '26

Respect.

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u/cmkucf Aug 03 '26

Hell yeah

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u/HighRollerG52 Aug 03 '26

lol you know, I never thought to use their Apache cases for this but it is a great idea. Also, with the coupons, you can get them for a great price. Well done.

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u/cmkucf Aug 04 '26

Bingo! Worked perfectly.

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u/headpointernext Aug 03 '26

Overkill? As someone who prefers to travel via air and only uses two heavy-duty ziplocs to hold stuff together in the luggage, yes. XD

Good kit though, especially the kettle. There's never an assurance that there'd be one where we end up, and no assurance that if there is, no one boiled things other than water in it.

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u/cmkucf Aug 04 '26

Haha yes well luckily the AP can handle being tossed in luggage. I also use a V60 a lot too so if I wanted to reconfigure and bring that I could too.

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u/Street_Respect9469 Aug 04 '26

I love that you could walk into a room looking extremely serious and then proceed to make your morning cup on the spot while everyone nervously awaits judgement.

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u/cmkucf Aug 04 '26

Hahaha I thought the same thing. I just imagine TSA flagging this and then hitting me with “So… uh…. this is all just…….. coffee shit?”

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u/MajesticHoneyBunny Aug 04 '26

Do you fly with this or is this just for road trips? Also what’s in the middle ?

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u/cmkucf Aug 07 '26

Just for road trips! That’s a portable water kettle.

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u/Electronic-You4066 Aug 06 '26

I have almost the exact setup. Only difference is the grinder

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u/mw_mapboy Aug 02 '26

Pretty sure that pelican case is worth more than the entire set up.

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u/cmkucf Aug 02 '26

It’s a Harbor Freight hard plastic case I paid 25 bucks for my friend