The Travelite bag I ordered from Koffer Direkt arrived via DHL about a week after I ordered it. It seems well made and is very lightweight. I examined it for country of origin indications, but could find nothing but a cryptic tag that says Order NO. 100800265, Item NO. 91507 20, Supplier NO. #706179. I ordered the bag in blue and it is a very dark blue, appearing almost black at a glance. It will be easy to find on the cart if it has to be gate checked: the ABS gray backshell and the tan/gray stripe on the front make it easily identifiable.

There are 2 outside zippered pockets on the front panel and two inside mesh zippered pockets on the inside of the panel. There are also 2 13" zippered mesh pockets inside the case, one on each of the long sides. The expandable feature adds about 2" to the bag at its maximum point. A nice touch is that the pull on the expand zipper is a different color (yellow) than the other pulls so you don't grab it by mistake when you go to open the bag.

It is fully lined and the lining has a zipper. If you open that zipper you see that the Velcro point of attachment for the compression straps can be changed by about an inch bigger. Not sure why, unless it has to do with compressing a larger bundle when using the expandable feature.

The 3.5" ball bearing wheel assemblies are each held on with 5 Phillips head screws and could easily be replaced by the user should they be damaged.

In addition to the push button aluminum handle, there are 2 padded cloth handles and an ABS handle/foot so there will always be something to grab when putting it into the overhead bin. I did a sample packing and purposely put the heavy items toward the top. In spite of this, the bag stood solidly on its own and didn't tip over.

The total price charged to my credit card was $195.71. While this isn't cheap, it wasn't a deal breaker for me. I'll get on and off about 120 airplanes this year and having a much lighter bag to haul is pretty appealing. I spent more than this on my Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer TSA friendly bag and that was money very well spent. If you travel frequently, it makes sense to outfit yourself in a way that addresses your needs.

I'll start using my Travelite next week and will post again after I've used it a while as to its usability and durability.