Reply to: Luggage

[MrMarkyMark]

Hope you are going to expense them

[OwlHoot]

I'm struggling to get this past my sniff test. Are you saying bed bugs are allergic to hard cover suitcases?

I'm saying there are fewer seams and corner reinforcing patches and tears for them to creep into and hide, or lay eggs in.

But of course if you leave your clothes in a heap in the hotel floor near the bed, I suppose it makes little difference what type of suitcase yiou use!

[OwlHoot]

Briggs and Riley

Although they look good quality, the wheels look way too small and close together.

I'd sooner pull a suitcase resting on something like a sturdy folding golf cart, with large and widely-spaced wheels.

That way won't wobble and fall over each time I change course by a couple of degrees or pull it over a heavily laben ant!

[oracleslave]

If you're travelling somewhere tropical, or slumming it, it's best to have a hard suitcase to minimize the chance of bedbugs creeping into it.

I know someone (not me - haven't been abroad for years) who brought bedbugs back home in their suitcase, and they're sods to eradicate!

I'm struggling to get this past my sniff test. Are you saying bed bugs are allergic to hard cover suitcases?

[OwlHoot]

If you're travelling somewhere tropical, or slumming it, it's best to have a hard suitcase to minimize the chance of bedbugs creeping into it.

I know someone (not me - haven't been abroad for years) who brought bedbugs back home in their suitcase, and they're sods to eradicate!

[GlenW]

I find that statement is often inaccurate.

Especially if you're a thief.

[scooterscot]

I find that statement is often inaccurate.

Perhaps avoid 'made in China' labels... in fact 'Made in America' and quality never mix.

[d000hg]

As with all things in life you get what you pay for.

I find that statement is often inaccurate.

[scooterscot]

As with all things in life you get what you pay for.

Few years ago I got me a Ortlieb Big-Zip - Reisetasche, it has wheels too and is air/water tight. Never let me down yet.

https://www.globetrotter.de/shop/ort...?sku=133185004

[clearedforlanding]

My old Globe Trotter suitcase that I bought in the 1980's is still going. It looks a bit battered these days but hasn't broken. It doesn't have wheels though.

Free excercise.

[Uncle Albert]

My old Globe Trotter suitcase that I bought in the 1980's is still going. It looks a bit battered these days but hasn't broken. It doesn't have wheels though.

[d000hg]

What sort of trips are you doing?

Generally a 1-week holiday, where the case will be transported by car/bus/train and then live in the hotel/villa. Typically we take one medium-sized case each rather than one huge one.

My preferred form factor would probably be a traditional suitcase but with wheels on one or both ends for ease of carrying (and my wife has a bad back).

I hadn't really considered a hold-all, but since this is checked baggage I'd probably prefer something a bit more rigid for when we bring back bottles of booze

[oracleslave]

To wrap or not wrap 'tis the question

I think you're looking for the My Lunch thread.

[Troll]

To wrap or not wrap 'tis the question

[Wilmslow]

I have the small Eastpack £100 case for mid-week, weekend travel etc, you can get a heck of a lot in, and it is a very well designed case - it opens like a book.

It is also accepted on Ryanair flights, so no worries about taking it on-board.

Eastpak | John Lewis