What Check-in Luggage Suitable?

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  Seraphin7 on 06/12/2018 - 08:21

  +3

  Your airline will provide information on what's acceptable in terms of dimensions and weight.

  Beyond that, personally I wouldn't go for the softside cases. I think you get much better durability out of the hardshell models. I like the Antler brand, seems to be a nice balance of quality and price.

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  TheMindsetTraveller on 06/12/2018 - 09:19

  I am a fan of hard shelled cases too. I recently acquired a Samsonite Lite Shock, super light bag!

  https://www.luggagegear.com.au/search.php?q=OZ100LS

  Use code OZ100LS and the price brings it to $349 for the larger sized one - that is unbelievable price given the RRP is $899+

  Previously I had another hard shelled Samsonite case … took well over 300 flights and 55 countries.

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  blonky on 06/12/2018 - 09:42

  American Tourister is owned by Samsonite fyi
  Can't really go wrong with any of those choices - for me it mostly comes down to weight + price but your priorities may differ

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  pantsparty on 06/12/2018 - 09:58

  +1

  What is your budget? Any idea what size suitcase you want? This Samsonite looks good too (also available in black):

  https://www.bagworld.com.au/shop/detail/samsonite-octolite-e…

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  Fier2 on 06/12/2018 - 10:19

  Any luggage is great. Hard sheel or soft depends only on what you gonna put inside. Don t pack too much as you might do a lot of shopping there.

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  dissin on 06/12/2018 - 11:09

  American tourister
  About as good as samsonite, less price.

  Carry on, I have the lightest samsonite ever. It's about 1.5kg only and I can stuff so much in there and be within carry on limit

  Bought it using Qantas points when it was heavily discounted, else it would be $300-$400

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  Schema on 06/12/2018 - 11:26

  I am open to hard ones, but we won't be making more than 1 trip probably every few years.
  It just seems they weigh x2 as much.

  Thanks for input so far.

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  Peter Enis on 06/12/2018 - 11:36

  +1

  Bought a hard shell case from TK Maxx on clearance for about $40 a while back. Works a treat, and even if I only get 10 trips out of it, I still think its good value.

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  Real Bill Pullman on 06/12/2018 - 13:10

  I usually go soft for hand luggage (usually lighter and you never know how much space is available) but it does make bringing a anything breakable a bit stressful.

  Was actually really impressed with our Kmart luggage on a recent trip. Six weeks in Europe with heaps of punishment and it held up a treat. Pretty light too, for a cheap hardcase anyway.

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  Stewardo on 06/12/2018 - 19:24

  I’ve had the samsonite third option and wouldn’t recommend that particular bag. It becomes front heavy and unbalanced. It also has a very weak plastic handle. Which I had repaired twice before giving up.
  I’ve had other samsonite bags which have been in constant use for years. American tourister is the budget brand of samsonite, I have a couple of bags like this which are good value for money. I’d go hardshell however.

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  Schema on 07/12/2018 - 07:54

  What would be better? 1 x Medium + 1 x Small or 1 x Large

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    eutama on 10/12/2018 - 14:56

    1 Large and a backpack.
    With Japan, two things can happen:
    1. You lug your luggages around - so carrying 1 is easier. OR
    2. Use TaQBIN - basically you courier your luggage in advance and therefore you dont have the issue of carrying luggage around. No, it's not expensive at all.. roughly around $10 and arrive next day.