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I just checked on the warranty and it does not cover "Damage from abuse, mishandling or accidents or damage caused by an airline, train service, cruise ship or other common carrier."
@@generalsamvods5661 you're looking at the terms for their Lifetime Limited Warranty, not the highest tier aka Trusted Companion Promise warranty, sometimes referred to as their Lifetime Limited *Worry Free* Warranty. It's the first option under the "Types of Travelpro Warranties" section on this page: travelpro.com/pages/main-warranty EDIT: ugh, forgot RU-vid disabled clickable links in comments. Might be faster to just Google "travelpro warranty" and click on the first result to get to that link (should be the one from travelpro.com, *not* the one from travelproluggageoutlet.com)
Yeah it almost sounds like a gimmick, but it ends up making a surprising difference. The best analogy I can think of right now is that it acts like aim assist does in video games: it adds just enough guidance so you're never fighting against the wheels to correct their direction; they're always working with you. To keep the analogy going, you don't consciously notice the aim assist when you have it, but you do notice its absence when it's gone (i've been playing too much COD lately)
Normally creators might have to tag their vids as paid promotion if it could be but he might not have lol. No idea if you should expect this vid to be up for long.
Pilot here- travelpro is a cheap brand that we all hate. The reason many flight crew use it is NOT because they tested many bags and found the best one for their needs, but rather because travelpro SPONSORS the airlines, so that is the only option given to flight crew. I had one that completely fell apart within one year. All the zippers broke within a few months, I had a wheel fall off, got it fixed, then another wheel fell off… Luggage Works bags will survive a nuclear bomb, but they are heavy. I use a Tumi and love it. After 5 years of extremely heavy use, I’ve only replaced one wheel one time.
Read your comment, went to check them out as I’ll have to retire my suitcase of 10+ years soon - yup, definitely need a pilot salary for those Tumi lol
@@GabrielMisfire hahaha yea my beloved Tumi is the two-wheel. I think it’s around $600 new, which is very high. My old airline bought mine for me thankfully.
As a teen I bought a really cheap camo backpack. I made it 2x around the world with it. It just wont break. I might have to switch soon, its getting a bit too old tho
I’ve had my Travel Pro carryon for 19 years and it’s still holding up well! More pockets than you’d imagine and the quality is off the charts. Money well spent.
Travelpro is the best!! I use to fly with Northwest & United Airlines over 10 years ago. I changed the wheels to rollerblades wheels. Still using it for vacation travel. Big enough for everything you need. Ladies, just be careful of how many heels to take with you. You only need walking shoes (you should wear on plane bc they are bulky). A pair of pumps & sandals/flip flops. Also, get yourself a man designed toiletry bag which is compact-- put everything on the bed & take half your items.
hahaha i appreciate the kind words, brotha 🤜🤛 especially bc this video in particular has technically been years in the works. But because I'm also apparently allergic to money, I just want to emphasize that my personal philosophy is that if there's nothing wrong with them, the best products to use are the ones you already own. If someone is only flying maybe once a year, they'd probably be fine using whatever they have now until it falls apart. I'd just avoid carry-on bags under $150. Below that price point, imo the average quality + longevity falls off a cliff, and you end up spending more $ on 2 cheap bags than 1 decent bag.
A warranty on luggage can go one of two ways. When I’ve claimed warranty a couple times they just shipped me the new one as soon as I reported a problem. But some luggage companies would make you send your damaged bag in to them which would be hundreds of dollars in postage and kind of kills the value.
Yeah but if it’s guaranteed for life that’s almost negligible. Suppose not even life but 30 years. That’s like 1.5 usd a month. It’s worth it if you really do travel a lot. Cheap bags break very fast and still cost 70-150 bucks
No, he probably was curious... He himself said it's not for regular fliers.... But they are meant for airline staff, not passengers.... And they are meant to be used by people who often fly way way way more than almost any passenger.... Aka, staff or people who fly a lot....
The flight crew version is NOT the same as the consumer platinum line you show. The Flight Crew line is tougher and cheaper. If you have the bucks - get a Briggs and Riley baseline.
This. B&R are heavy, but lifetime warranty. We had a 29" my mother bought used from her neighbor. My daughter hauled it back and forth from west coast to east coast when she was in college. It's been hauled around South America, and Europe. It is still going strong. We've replaced a zipper pull, under warranty. That's it.
15 year American flight attendant: Boydt (they don't make it anymore). I've had it for 25 years. ...and pros don't use the external, whirl-about wheels they use rollerblade wheels because they last a decade or longer (for normal people who don't use their luggage everyday).
15lbs on a bag here would leave you with 0.4 lbs of allowance to fill it for domestic flights. lol. Have to be crew to use that bag. I've given up using roller bags at all given half the weight of your allowance is the bag at minimum, if you wanted to carry only that much a backpack is way way easier.
I love my Travel Pro carry-on. I fly over 100 flights a year and I have worn out a carry-on bag every single year for the last several years until I got a Travel Pro and I’m on my fourth year with it now I think. The wheels are so good. I almost don’t have to push it. It’s been very sturdy and none of the features that have broken on previous bags have broken on it. I’m completely sold!
Well I used luggage works for many years. Wore out 3 of them. Now I have travel pro swivel. I love it!! I lost it one night as it rolled across the parking lot at the motel. Thank god I put AirTags in my cases. Found it up against a fence🤣🤣.
"... Briggs & Riley showdown, the right choice depends on your travel preferences and priorities. If you're drawn to modern design and cutting-edge features, Tumi might be your ideal match. On the other hand, if durability, functionality, and value for money are your top concerns, Briggs & Riley could be the brand for you..."
Yeah I work at an airport. Those baggage handlers are genuinely awful to the luggage. I actually saw one chuck a car seat out of the plane straight down to the concrete one time. Pissed me off seeing that.
Just took a medium checked bag from the brand July on an international trip. Held up pretty well, but did get banged up (as expected). My favorite bag of all time is this little Samsonite Silhouette XV international carryon. I can pack a week’s worth of clothes easy peasy and it fits straight into every overhead bin.
Travelpro, black, 22" flightcrew edition. Works perfectly, both check in and carry on. indestructible. For long haul, I add ogio 9800s. Everything else is just throwing cash into a disposable whirlwind. Save up and obtain the best.
I’m seriously considering a Luggageworks. It’s a $500 bag, but the reality is that you get what you pay for. I used to travel with a 5.11 that was meant to be overkill and it’s EXACTLY why it held up. It all depends on how much you travel and lord forbid you have to gate check it lol
Travel Pro is an airline standard ...and they pay for one piece a year. Oh, I needed that lifetime warranty...totally mangled mine closing the door in a DC10. Yes. Thats how old I am. That being said, I still have 2 cases from those days! One just has the pocket torn off. Lol.
Have to agree with the others that it's actually pretty common + reasonable when it comes to luggage that'll last (for example, that LuggageWorks bag cost me $359). IMO the sweet spot range for max ROI is ~$200 to $450ish: ⬇️ Below $200 and it seems the profit margins are just too thin for a brand to be incentivized to make a quality, lasting product while still coming out in the black :/ ⬆️ Over $450 and you start wading into the territory of diminishing™ returns™ from high-end or luxury brands that unnecessarily mark things up (worth mentioning that Briggs & Riley is a clear, notable exception to this personal rule) Anyway, sometimes you can get this specific suitcase on sale for $200 to $250, but fwiw I've also linked a few other solid, more budget-friendly options at the link in the pinned comment like the TP Maxlite or Samsonite Outline Pro
I got a cheap Travel Pro double pack a luggage carry-on and backpack. I got it after researching the best luggage which fit in the space all airline use.. Then when I started going on Holiday I found no EU airport actually cares about luggage size is as long as it fits in the overhead and they just check it in for free if it doesn't fit and only American Airlines goes OTT on Luggage size checks for profit and checking fees..
I use both. Travel Pro telescoping handles are not the sturdiest and are prone to break if you slip on an additional bag over the handles. The TP are a bit lighter that the LW. Luggage Works are built like tanks and have a stellar reputation for a reason.
I had a Travel Pro for years; I flew on Southwest a couple times per week. It was amazingly durable. It ended up looking a bit battered, but it never failed.
I had a Briggs & Riley when I worked for an airline. In the 90's Travel Pro was the economy travel bag, no warranty. The Briggs are now expensive but still very good bags with warranty. Costco used to have a bag for around $99 that had a good warranty. Flight crews started buying it and would just trade it in if anything was damaged. Costco stopped carrying the bag. It was a great bag for the money.
Do you still have and use the BR? If not, what do you rock with now? And yeah, I still see people on FlyerTalk forums referencing Costco’s past inventory haha
@@theshoppingexpert I still have the BR. I don't travel much. Flight crews abuse their bags. Up and over curbs daily. They usually have one or two bags hanging off their main bag. Pilots used to carry a flight bag that had all their manuals.
I'm a ground agent, and i hate them. The handles are difficult to use, the retractable one breaks a lot. And they are probably the worst to load into the cargo pit because they are square with odd rounded sides that make them so awkward to fit in the hold, and i hate that they are standard. They are also dummy cheap, which probably explains why crew keep getting them.
i have a luggage works bag and while it’s definitely overkill, id be confident that if it fell out of the plane at altitude it would come out unscathed
If my LW bag dropped out of a plane, I'd be more worried about the Earth's core. It's not the bag I'd take for a weekend trip but it is the bag I'd take into the zombie apocalypse.
bruh Travelpro has never even responded to any of my emails & DMs requesting for comment 😭 but if this *was* a sponsored post, then no brand would allow me to show or name a competitor product OR say anything that could even be construed as remotely negative against a competitor, much less let me show the logos of multiple competitors Also, to be clear, this is a good + very fair question, so I just wanted to respond in full to one of them instead of repeating the same thing to every similar comment
Beautifully crafted bags 🤌 I think the only reason it wasn’t as common as LW and TP is because of their higher price point (which makes sense given their quality + warranty policies + overall reputation). But the few flight crew I came across who owned one absolutely *loved* theirs. One guy even had a now-discontinued B&R backpack he’d owned for decades
This. Briggs has a lifetime warranty. I was a FA at a airline. That was one of the options in our training class. They offered three different bags at difference price points. The travel was cheap in the 90's. Briggs are kind of expensive but worth it.
