I'll tell you, the thing that got me on these was the wheels. They all buy them from the same places, they all attach them to the shell with the same hardware. I believe you get a much better bag in Nylon with a good frame for more money than a cheap nylon bag. But these hardside cases look like the great equalizer to me. They just are not that different, certainly not enough to justify 5X the price (non-Costco) to 10X the price (Costco). For spinner wheels, these are as good as I've seen on anything so far.

We will see when I get a few trips on this, but I really like this style of bag. I've had old TravelPro for about 10 years. Had B&R for the same. If I keep this for 2 years, I'll just keep buying them because it's just a great design.