Have seen plenty people using them and read varying reports from good to not so good, but they have a 10 year guarantee if you have any problems.
Used a borrowed large one for our trip to Kenya last month - certainly much lighter than the hard cases we had previously used (about 2.5kg lighter when empty!!) - also actually bought a small one sized for cabin baggage - very useful on the small plane from Mombasa up to Masai Mara as it held loads of stuff but was still under the weight limit - can't comment on robustness vs time but felt quite strong - but then baggage handlers are known to manage to damage even Samsonite type cases!!!!
When packing it pays to put something a bit rigid in the bottom where the wheels are to stop it sagging when pulling it along.
The guarantee excludes things like bad baggage handling etc.IIRC.
Would I buy them again?
I'm not sure, they are light and appear fairly strong but I always have a worry on getting to baggage reclaim.
At present there should be some in the sales which will make them a good buy.
I've got three now one is four years old and still going strong, great for families struggling with luggage allowances.
Ive got 3 and have used them for I think 7 holidays, no problems at all. I got them BOGOF for the 2 large ones - bargain!
Got one of the four wheel variety. Use it for short haul holidays where the baggage allowance is restricted. Not sure if I would take it on our long haul holidays where we might have up to eight filghts involved. Whether it will last the twenty years my last case did I wouldn't like to say. Must say the carry handle feels a bit flimsy, and the bags bulge when loaded. Still its survived a couple of trips so far.
Must say the carry handle feels a bit flimsy, and the bags bulge when loaded
I agree, I should have put that in my earlier reply.
We always put a couple of luggage straps around the cases to try and lessen the bulging and have found that putting coat hangers etc in the external pouch does stiffen it a bit.
great minds think alike del949
I bought a small one to use as hand luggage last year and was really impressed with the amount of stuff I managed to get stuffed into it.
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