Baron Kurtz
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The AN6505-1 has always worked well for me. Small enough for a weekend trip but big enough for slightly longer. Sturdy enough to carry heavy stuff.
I want one in blue lol
Sing it, Brother! You have to be a bit soft in the head to be schlepping grips these days with all the great new roller cases on the market.travel bags should have wheels !
You have to be a bit soft in the head to be schlepping grips these days with all the great new roller cases on the market.
He makes some good points if your priority is to travel as light as possible. I'm an overpacker; always have been and always will be. I rarely travel with less than 100lbs. I'll gladly live with the shortcomings of wheels.Hmmm... re. bags with wheels:---take a look at OneBag.com, in particular his arguments "Why wheeled bags are a bad idea". He makes a lot of sense.
He makes some good points if your priority is to travel as light as possible. I'm an overpacker; always have been and always will be. I rarely travel with less than 100lbs. I'll gladly live with the shortcomings of wheels.
Xenophon;1669197 BTW: I totally disagree with the site's advice not to carry a hard case. If you're taking suits/shirts along and don't want to send them away for pressing first thing after arriving in your hotel then a hardcase is imho pretty much the only way to go. Been there said:Yes, his advice is definitely not aimed at the suit-wearing business traveller....still if you're mostly going to India you'll know that dhobi wallahs will press a suit quickly and nicely for a few rupees..... when I get the chance to wander round the subcontinent I'm really glad to have a soft squashy bag-but then I'm certainly not in a suit....
Not quite 100 lbs per trip here, rather about 20-25 but I rarely if ever travel only with carryon luggage, if for nothing else then due to my shaving gear. I shave with a straight razor and there's no way they'll let me take that into the cabin of a plane. Add 2 suits, couple of shirts, underwear, pair of business shoes and you're quickly beyond the weight limit for carryon luggage. I clock about 35-40 plane trips/year, also own one of those duffle/doctor bags to be used as carryon and can only agree that they look very nice but are otherwise utterly unpractical for (business) travel. This is one item I won't find hard to give a pass on the aero site. BTW: I totally disagree with the site's advice not to carry a hard case. If you're taking suits/shirts along and don't want to send them away for pressing first thing after arriving in your hotel then a hardcase is imho pretty much the only way to go. Been there, tried that etc...
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Well said Edward-- I believe Lao Tzu put it even more succinctly:-
The yielding overcomes the stiff
And the soft overcomes the hard.
Yet no-one applies this knowledge.
Damn clever these old Taoists !
Somehow I doubt he spent an average of 1 full day/week in airports or on a plane.
Probably not---I imagine he had other stuff to do ( or not do....) and even though he was one of mankind's more important figures the poor soul was never able to use emoticons in his writings either.
... carrying one of these filled up with first books, then extra vodka, caviar, crab confit and cigarettes...