Traveler's Choice Sedona 29 in. Hardside Spinner

After frustrating experiences with regular cloth luggage that doesn't last more than 4 trips I decided to try hardside luggage. As far as I know, this is the best deal (and prices keep dropping) in large double-wheeled hardside spinners. And this thing is huge. At 61.5 linear inches it's at the limit of what airlines let you use. It looks also bulky and bulgy because from the outside at least it appears to have a separate compartment for the handle. But unfortunately that is not the case. You still have the rails in the way inside. Otherwise the inside is nicely padded and covered and has lots of functional items, including a zippered bag along the joint. On the outside everything is solid and well made, the wheels, the handles, the TSA lock.

One has to get used to the oyster-type design and learn to pack differently. Rather than just filling up one side and close it, one has to pack the two halves separately. With this type of design, it's the zipper that suffers mostall the strain is put on the zipper when you lift and pull the bag. When lifted, one half will drop below the one that is being held. And I'm not convinced this zipper is tough enough for the job. Especially when you see how baggage handlers handle luggage yanking it from underneath a pile of bags. One also has to get used to the flexibility of polycarbonate. You can put so much stuff in this luggage that while you can quickly reach the airline weight limit, volume-wise you'd be challenged to fill these up and that's without expanding them. And at a certain point, this luggage literally bottoms out as the polycarbonate flexes. Similarly, when you grab and pull it from the top or side handle, that surface will also bend quite a bit.

After an international trip with a change of planes, it survived things well, a bit scratched but otherwise intact. I guess at this price one shouldn't really complain. And I don't have any complaints, but I wouldn't mind seeing an additional handle at the bottom, which is very useful. As well as some additional material at the corners to protect it from bumps at those airports that drop your luggage onto the carousel from another floor. I'd rather see someone design hardside luggage where the two halves interlock or overlap in some way and it's not up to zippers and the thin zipper cloth to hold 50+ pounds together. But until then perhaps a heavy duty zipper would give one more confidence.

If you're looking for an affordable, large, solid hardside spinner with lots of features, this is a great if not the best choice.

Well built and incredibly light even when packed. Already used for an international trip and it held up really well. Lots of room inside and no problem checking it with the airlines. Very impressed with both the quality and the price.

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This is a very nice suitcase. Sturdy.. It serves my purpose very well. It makes things easier for me when I travel

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Bright yellow very nice looking.

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Love this suitcase. Took it on a trip out west and made it through the airport handling with just a few scuff marks. I was able to clean them off with a rag when I got home. The suitcase was easy to pack and the clothes didn't seem to shift around as much as when I have used the soft sided luggage in the past.