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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
They're advertised heavily and I see lots of folks leading them around
airports on their leashes, so they must be popular. But all I see is wheels very exposed to damage and wheels that require the actual storage space to be smaller than otherwise so that the carryons will be of legal size. I can't recall a time when I've needed (or even wanted) to spin my bag around in place. -- St. Paul, MN |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
Bert wrote:
I can't recall a time when I've needed (or even wanted) to spin my bag around in place. I agree. In fact I think having 4 wheels on any luggage makes it much harder to maneuver. I see people pushing them around in airports and wonder what they were thinking. Technically you can tilt them to roll on two, but you still have the reduced storage capacity issue you cited. |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
In the last episode of ,
Robert Neville said: Bert wrote: I can't recall a time when I've needed (or even wanted) to spin my bag around in place. I agree. In fact I think having 4 wheels on any luggage makes it much harder to maneuver. I see people pushing them around in airports and wonder what they were thinking. Technically you can tilt them to roll on two, but you still have the reduced storage capacity issue you cited. My girlfriend talked me into one for my main luggage. It's "okay" but honestly I'd switch it for a two-wheeler in a second because I find it difficult to control. -- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own. |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
DevilsPGD wrote:
My girlfriend talked me into one for my main luggage. It's "okay" but honestly I'd switch it for a two-wheeler in a second because I find it difficult to control. What's funny is that shopping carts in the UK suffer from the same problem. Unlike the US carts with fixed rear wheels, the UK carts swivel on all four wheels. I find those very hard to control as well. |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:33:47 -0700, Robert Neville
wrote: DevilsPGD wrote: My girlfriend talked me into one for my main luggage. It's "okay" but honestly I'd switch it for a two-wheeler in a second because I find it difficult to control. What's funny is that shopping carts in the UK suffer from the same problem. Unlike the US carts with fixed rear wheels, the UK carts swivel on all four wheels. I find those very hard to control as well. The reason people buy four wheel luggage is the cheap two wheel cases where the wheels are too close together. These are unstable and tend to tip over. Cheap four wheel cases don't tip over... |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
On 11/5/2012 9:32 PM, Bill wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:33:47 -0700, Robert Neville wrote: DevilsPGD wrote: My girlfriend talked me into one for my main luggage. It's "okay" but honestly I'd switch it for a two-wheeler in a second because I find it difficult to control. What's funny is that shopping carts in the UK suffer from the same problem. Unlike the US carts with fixed rear wheels, the UK carts swivel on all four wheels. I find those very hard to control as well. The reason people buy four wheel luggage is the cheap two wheel cases where the wheels are too close together. These are unstable and tend to tip over. Cheap four wheel cases don't tip over... And they can move down airplane aisles more easily than two-wheel luggage. |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
In the last episode of ,
Bill said: The reason people buy four wheel luggage is the cheap two wheel cases where the wheels are too close together. These are unstable and tend to tip over. Cheap four wheel cases don't tip over... For me, I'm not worried about them tipping over, just moving when it's not wanted (such as when standing on ramps and escalators) Not a big deal, but I'd swap it for a two wheeler if given a choice. -- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own. |
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What's the attraction of "spinner" carryons?
In the last episode of ,
Robert Neville said: DevilsPGD wrote: My girlfriend talked me into one for my main luggage. It's "okay" but honestly I'd switch it for a two-wheeler in a second because I find it difficult to control. What's funny is that shopping carts in the UK suffer from the same problem. Unlike the US carts with fixed rear wheels, the UK carts swivel on all four wheels. I find those very hard to control as well. Ikea carts are like that... I actually prefer them, but I understand how they can be annoying when people aren't paying attention. -- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own. |
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