Seasoned travelers have debated between soft and hard sided-luggage for years. Ah, but what do people who spend their career traveling prefer? Consumer Reports notes that the bulk of the American market consists of soft-sided luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soft-sided luggage is generally constructed from woven nylon fabrics that have a bit of give yet are long lasting. Airline blogger and airline pilot Patrick Smith reported that barely everyone on a US airline crew prefers \u201csoft-sided roll-aboard bags.\u201d Of course, he also notes that his luggage \u201cis a 24-inch model from Luggage Works, a specialty luggage company that caters to airline personnel.\u201d He adds that most of the company\u2019s customers are flight attendants and pilots, but any interested party can also purchase luggage from the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A blogger and licensed pilot from Munich, Germany, Madeleine Schneider-Weiffenbach, echoes the sentiment. She told the media: \u201cI prefer soft-sided luggage as it\u2019s less heavy. My boyfriend loves his hard-sided luggage.\u201d Since she often travels with her baby, she likes more versatile luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her preferred travel bag is actually her child\u2019s GUCCI diaper bag. She states: \u201cAs a carry-on suitcase, I love the one by TUMI.\u201d She usually buys new luggage every two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith also said that roll-aboard, four-wheeled roll-aboard luggage, often called \u201cspinner bags,\u201d are becoming \u201cincreasingly common.\u201d Unfortunately, this style of bag comes with potential \u201cluggage\u201d of its own that no one expected. Smith admits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe problem with these bags is that people have a tendency to hold them off to one side, sometimes at arm\u2019s length.\u201d He continues: \u201cEvery person walking like this now takes up the lateral space of two people.\u201d Too many traveler forget that while politeness is key on a plane, it should also extend to the airport as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith explains: \u201cAirport corridors are crowded and narrow enough as it is. Add thousands of passengers into such congested spaces, each hauling their little outstretched sidecar, and you\u2019ve created the worst kind of obstacle course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marina Pettersson, a Swedish pilot, likes \u201chalf soft-sided\u201d luggage, which offers more support than standard soft-sided bags, but still has more flexibility than standard hard-sided bags. While she confesses that she is still shopping around for perfect luggage, she has come across things that definitely work for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pettersson says: \u201cMy pilot bag at the moment is a backpack from Samsonite and when traveling as a passenger I use one from a Swedish brand called Douchebag.\u201d Pettersson generally purchases new bags every year. She complains that regardless of all the good reviews she reads about luggage, the bags do not always perform as well as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps the old axiom is true. Perhaps you really do only get what you pay for. Sometimes, if you want true quality, you simply have to pay for it. In a lifestyle full of travel, one must make the type of investment that will pay off in the long run. Smith concludes: \u201cBrands like TravelPro also are popular, but you won\u2019t get the same durability.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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