Eagle Creek 2011 Take 2 Orv Trunk 30 Wheeled Luggage

I'm not sure what went wrong for the previous reviewer--maybe they had a different version of this bag--but we just returned from a two-week trip to Europe and had no problems at all with this bag. It never came close to toppling over that I can recall. I bought it on sale from a local vendor for about $260 right before we left. The most useful aspect for our purposes was that we could pack it full and check it for free on the international flight over (it wasn't hard to stay under 50 pounds--it's big but not that big) and then we were able to break it down into two smaller bags for rail travel. It would have been possible to stow it at the end of the rail carriages in one piece, but it was nice to be able to place the two pieces in the overhead bins where we could easily see them. And, in general, it's just easier getting on and off crowded trains if you aren't lugging one huge piece. I won't bother describing the features since they are easily available online. Sturdy construction, etc. The gear bin compartment is a great place for wet stuff, shoes, etc. I also liked that the top compartment has these things you can zip up so as to divide the contents into three parts: It made it easier to find different types of clothing. I was worried that it would be hard to zip the two bags together once I had them apart, but that actually turned out to be very easy. I did it more than once on a crowded rail platform and the whole process never took more than a couple of minutes, including working with the straps. My husband did most of the toting and he said it was very easy to roll around. The shape works great because you don't have the big width of a traditional rectangular bag of this size. This is the first Eagle Creek bag I've bought, and I have absolutely no financial stake in the company. But based on this experience I am going to look into getting some of their carry-on size bags out of this same line for our future trips. Oh--and one other thing. At one point one of our kids rolled the thing through a deep puddle when we got caught out in a rainstorm, and all the contents stayed dry. That made me very happy, to put it mildly. We had just arrived in Paris, actually, and I was sure I was going to open the suitcase up and find a bunch of soaked clothing.

This product literally FELL flat of my expectations & was a TOTAL waste of money. I say 'literally' because the luggage TOPPLED OVER -ALL THE TIME and WOULD NOT STAND UPRIGHT ON ITS OWN. The black, plastic bracing piece at the bottom is 100% insufficient (not tall enough) to effectively brace the luggage upright. It was SO maddening to be unable simply to stand one's bags in place -they'd fall flat onto their front side EVERY time! If Eagle Creek wants to create dual-compartment luggage with both a back portion & a zip-off front portion, THEY NEED TO MAKE IT ABLE TO STAND UP!! Use a larger brace at the bottom, for pete's sake. I bought both the Take 2 ORV Trunk 30 AND the Traverse Pro 22 carry-on bag. Both are listed to be very roomy and of course they look great. But my hopes for functional, long-term luggage have been entirely dashed with this purchase. Who wants to be standing in line at the airport or waiting to check out of your accommodations, with your luggage constantly falling over?? I got stuck on a 10-day trip with these awful millstones...it's not luggage, it's a liability!! One trip through airport baggage check and the Take 2 ORV Trunk 30 looked rather scuffed, too. Now I'm stuck with these USELESS pieces, after only one use. If I could give it ZERO stars, I would.

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