Really nice piece of luggage. Reasons for giving it only four stars: (1) there are nicer pieces if you want to pay more; (2)a small hiccup with this piece. First, the positivies. (1) It is light weight. To keep from being overweight on a return flight on a recent trip to India I put more into it and less into my check-in bag. (2) Its spinner design makes it more maneuverable then regular drag bags. (3) It was carefully examined after a rather grueling trip in which it spent time in a number of different forms of transportation and dragged here and there. It shows no wear except that the wheels, of course, no longer look new. (4) It holds a lot for its size and is well designed for the type of luggage (hard shell) that it is. Loading it is somewhat like making a sandwich. A zippered compartment on the inside of its top side and restraining bands in the lower are great helps in keeping everything in place for zipping it shut. (5) The handle for pulling it had no problem with my practice of hanging an extra carryon bag on it to get that bag out of my hand. (6) It fit well in the overhead bin of 747's and Airbuses. Negatives: (1) Sometimes, when its wheels are facing the right direction at the time you start pulling it, the wheels get sideways and one ends up dragging it rather than having it roll. This problem is remedied w/o the necessity of stopping. Just pull it up even with you so that it is on all four of its wheels and begin dragging it again and it's fine. (2) It has no loop or recepticle to which a tow strap can be attached. When dragging it and my checkin bag it would be better to simply be able attach it to that bag so as to be able to simply pull the checkin bag with the Jeep spinner bag following along behind. This, of course, can be remedied by looping a tow strap around the handle, but that is not as handy as the above-mentioned connections would be. A great buy!
The wheels are plastic. Okay fine, most luggage in this price range is plastic. BUT when it advertises as a spinner and the two of the wheels refuse to move, then clearly, some corners were cut. That was my first inkling that this belongs at Sears.
The handle that pops up is smooth, but very flimsy. I expect it to fail within months. Now my inkling is that this belongs in the clearance section of KMart.
It looks much more rugged than it is. Its lined, but there are zippers. When you unzip the liner, you notice how thin the plastic is on the outside. Very thin. Enough to make you think if it was thrown (like some baggage handlers are apt to do), then it would dent, crack and be rendered useless. This belongs at the dollar store. Really isn't useful as durability and functionaly are next to useless.
It has the looks and the color going for it. But that's it.
(I'll say that eBags has been very good retailer so far. I requested a return and they sent me a return label. Its never been used, so I expect a full refund.)
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