Luggage Choice !

sunny2004

I have been lucky enough to travel quite a bit recently. I need to get away from the SEA of black bags and am considering Hard Shell luggage...

Anyone use them ? Know where to get them ?
anywhere around Dublin..

P. Breathnach

In another travel forum I visit there are lots of Americans, and buying luggage is a perennial hot topic. I think of luggage obsession as an American "thing".

In almost every major shopping centre in the Dublin suburbs, and in a number of places around the city centre, you will find what I call "baggeries", where they sell all sorts of luggage items including hard shell stuff. For really cheap, I saw some in Tmaxx (is that the right spelling?) in the Pavilions in Swords. Lurid pink. I wasn't tempted. But you seem to want to make a fashion statement.

sunny2004

P. Breathnach wrote: »

In another travel forum I visit there are lots of Americans, and buying luggage is a perennial hot topic. I think of luggage obsession as an American "thing".
But you seem to want to make a fashion statement.

I assume you are cracking a joke
I travel a lot, did I mention that
I dont like looking and dragging other peoples luggage off the belt and looking for mine, so I thought of getting a silver hard case. Samsonite do one for 240 euros with a ten year warrenty..

I have purchased 3 "cheap" sets of luggage in the last year.. all 3 have split. so enough is enough

Time to get something that actually works and I can find on the belt...

Everyone to their own I suppose...

P. Breathnach

Careful! We might end up fighting at the carousel in the arrivals hall when you grab my silver hard shell case that I bought in Aldi (set of two for about 30 quid).

Some of the big city-centre stores sell the more expensive branded luggage.

P. Breathnach

Just a thought: some of the really tough cases weigh a lot. So you might be trading off some of your luggage weight allowance, and it might also be a factor if you have to handle it a lot yourself on your travels.

tdp-carol

LOL! Yes, I think it is a bit of an American thing. Also Japanese people seem to get really fussy about their baggage.

One of the best things I got was a Samsonite suitcase, which wheels along on its side, so you are not bent double when you try to wheel it.

Otherwise it is my tried and tested rucksack - a Vango.

parsi

I have a Rimowa Salsa Cabin Trolley which is cabin bag sized and has a plastic shell.

It's very light and the wheels are excellent. Got it on a German website for around 200 -

http://www.rimowa.de/main.php#product/856.52

www.koffer24.de - luggage seller

Pythia

I have a hard shelled bright blue Samsonite case I bought about 7 years ago. Never seen anyone else with the same colour so it's perfect.