Originally Posted by
Mellonc
you are referring to the "ballpoint trick" as when someone takes a pen and open the zipper midway through the suitcase, correct?
My question is:
Are luggage with zippers (at least the modern ones like Briggs, Tumi, Hartmann, Victorinox) all susceptible to this trick/abuse? If so, is there even any point of locking the zipper pulls?
Don't know about those particular suitcases, but if the zipper pulls are secured to something (handle, gear loop), then the zipper can't be 're-sealed' after the ballpoint trick. If the zipper pulls are just locked to each other, they can still be slid along the zipper together.