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suitcase vs duffel bag
Looking at large suitcases (somewhere around 26"), wondering if a
wheeled duffel bag might be more useful. Anyone have experience with duffel bags in checked luggage? Any recommendations? -- When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. ....Marquis de la Grange |
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Cal wrote: Looking at large suitcases (somewhere around 26"), wondering if a wheeled duffel bag might be more useful. Anyone have experience with duffel bags in checked luggage? Any recommendations? I did a duffle one year and was unimpressed. Everything shifts around inside the duffel and gets messed up. There's plenty of 26 in "soft sided" suitcases around that do much better. There is one from Samsonite that is a combo of the two. It rolls and has handles, and the bottom section is a separate compartment that is semi-rigid and zips shut leaving an upper chamber. It also has side pockets as well. |
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Cal wrote: Looking at large suitcases (somewhere around 26"), wondering if a wheeled duffel bag might be more useful. Anyone have experience with duffel bags in checked luggage? Any recommendations? My only experience with duffels was when taking a temporary move to Saudi Arabia. I needed, or so I thought, a lot of stuff. Air France had overnight to make the transfer in Paris but missed. I concluded that airlines don't give duffel bags much respect. Two smaller bags would be better in any case. I use a wheeled 20" plus a shoulder bag. Have a look at my luggage suggestions at http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap07/luggage.htm John Bermont http://www.enjoy-europe.com/ |
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I have been travelling to Ireland from the U.S. annually, 3 to 4 weeks
per trip, for the last 15 years. I always travel with two large wheeled duffels. If they are firmly packed, there won't be much shifting of the contents when pulling them along. I load each one to 50 to 55 pounds (a big camera tripod, 3 umbrellas [I've learned 2 is not enuf in Ireland], lots of books, maps, printed reference material, even a thermoelectric cooler/heater to plug into the lighter place in the car), and have had no problems. Most people seem to travel with less, the more they travel. I've travelled overseas all of my life, and I seem to work in the other direction. Try the duffel (or two). You'll like it. John Bermont wrote: Cal wrote: Looking at large suitcases (somewhere around 26"), wondering if a wheeled duffel bag might be more useful. Anyone have experience with duffel bags in checked luggage? Any recommendations? My only experience with duffels was when taking a temporary move to Saudi Arabia. I needed, or so I thought, a lot of stuff. Air France had overnight to make the transfer in Paris but missed. I concluded that airlines don't give duffel bags much respect. Two smaller bags would be better in any case. I use a wheeled 20" plus a shoulder bag. Have a look at my luggage suggestions at http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap07/luggage.htm John Bermont http://www.enjoy-europe.com/ |
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I bought a large duffel, about 30 inches long, on an impulse sale. I
used to travel for longer trips with two carry-on size wheeled bags (which I checked), and then carried on a wheeled computer bag. Not enough hands to even get them all down an airport hallway. Plus, the duffel has a volume 2.5 times that of each former wheeled carry-on flat bag. Oh goodie! Enough for a two-week trip. First trip, I discovered, the duffel, maybe 3/4 filled, just tipped over the 50-pound airline weight limit. They go by weight of each bag -- agent confirmed I could have checked two bags at 49 pounds each with no extra charge. (Then she nicely didn't charge me the extra $25). Next, public transportation to the airport -- 50 pounds in one bag was a chore getting down the stairs to the subway, but the only time I had to lift it. But I still like it and use it. Easier to pack loosely, whether you roll or fold. I take mostly casual clothes, so they either don't wrinkle or doesn't matter. Now I remember you asked about bag, not size I think I prefer the wheeled duffel over the wheeled rectangular (even tho still "soft" sided). The rounded shape gives me leeway in packing without having to be exact. Plus, any bag expect to get crushed in the baggage handling. The duffel will take crushing, while the constructed rectangle bag may eventually have its rigid sides bent and not spring back, and the zippers at the edges then don't slide easily. |
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Cal wrote:
Looking at large suitcases (somewhere around 26"), wondering if a wheeled duffel bag might be more useful. Anyone have experience with duffel bags in checked luggage? Any recommendations? Just remember that the airlines seem to be limiting the weight of luggage to 50 lb/23kg. So, if you're flying, that might be a concern. Otherwise it's all a question of how wrinkled you want your clothes. And whether your items can stand being crushed. The suitcase-shaped items fit together more easily in storage areas. And duffle bags get crushed into corners, etc. |
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Am Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:12:25 -0700 schrieb Cal:
Looking at large suitcases (somewhere around 26"), wondering if a wheeled duffel bag might be more useful. Anyone have experience with duffel bags in checked luggage? Any recommendations? Depends where you travel. With a bag you stand the riskt of your stuff getting wet when it is parked on the runway in a rainshower. Not all airports have the luggage in containers, especially an smaller airports (like on islands in the mediterrenean) they often use open trolleys. A suitcase (like Samsonite) keeps off most of the rain, a bag won't. Regards, Frank |
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I've had a basic wheeled duffle for years and use it eveyr year and still
like it. I'm amazed it has survived, but it has. I'm about to buy it a friend, actually. It has no pull-out handle, you just grab the handle on the side. It works, very well. -- ant Don't try to email me; I'm borrowing the spammer du jour's addy |
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Per Pete:
3 umbrellas [I've learned 2 is not enuf in Ireland] ? -- PeteCresswell |
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Pete: 3 umbrellas [I've learned 2 is not enuf in Ireland] ? Why isn't 1 enough? |
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