Originally Posted by
ChicagoKev
For trips over a week, my checked bag is usually packed to the gills and right under the weight limit, especially on the way home. So if I want an American Tourister that isn't polyester and can survive baggage handling systems, I need to buy used?
If you are in an area with charity shops, yard sales , flea markets used luggage is dead cheap , $10-$15 for a full size Samonsite hardside case .
But it also matters how much you need to roll it !
If you are only going from Airport trolley to Taxi , and the Taxi to front desk you might not care how it pulls along ,
But if you are dragging it thru city streets and on and off trains etc then how it rolls may be the most important thing ,
Just to say something about used , in Japan you rent your suitcase for the vacation , since you probably not travel again for a year ,
much of the charity shop etc used stuff is only used a few times.
Plus less of a target if there is luggage theft.....