Originally Posted by
Allentown
Half the time a spinner wont roll in a straight enough line to push it down an aisle and you still end up picking it up. I don't think spinners are very useful and the larger the bag is..the less useful they are (my under seater spinner works ok)
Honestly i am almost to the point of wishing carriers would outlaw all roller boards on flights unless they plan to make the aisle's wider (and they don't) and force people to bring on only back packs and or laptop bags or cross bodies or dufffles. I am even starting to hate rolling luggage in the terminals...it is always every where, in the way and just generally a hazard.
If duffles and backups were superior I'd guess I'd see a lot more of them then spinners, a chicken / egg question, are there more because of what is sold, or what is offered what people most likely want?
Originally Posted by
Finkface
I hate four wheels. I have bought a spare of my favorite two wheeled bag in fear that they will stop making them. Everything seems to be four wheels now. I would much rather pull and find spinners uncomfortable to push, especially on anything but a smooth floor surface. And if I can’t carry it down the aisle of a plane, then I sure wouldn’t be able to lift it into an overhead bin.
FWIW I do two weeks a lot in a four wheel BR International and a Tumi backup with two laptops and a bunch of stuff. I'd not call my self feeble and more then capable to push more than 100lbs into the overhead ( no my tumi/BR don't weight that much ), but having lugged that combo thru Shanghai and Beijing and other places not having your shoulder be the bearer of all the weight is might convenient and can see the compelling popularity in this obese world, LOL