<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Eastbay1K:
I can't say its "the best" but I've been very happy with the Costco bag that was about $89. Great wheels, and when you take all the inserts out, a decent amount of room. After a couple of years, its still in very decent shape (maybe 250K to 300K miles including plenty of wheeling around eurostreets). I'm sure that there are $300+ bags out there that are "better" but I don't think I'd be spending that kind of $ when $89 works very well.</font>
I just bought another Costco rollaboard. My previous one lasted almost 5 years and probably 300k miles, mostly via short hops so there was a lot of banging in and out of overhead bins, rolling around airports and being abused in the trunk of my car.
The new ones are made of a super heavy duty balistic nylon and have very very nice, smooth rolling, barely protruding in-line skate wheels.
Lifetime guarantee against manufacturing defect and only $89!!
I have never had any problem with it on any airplane.