"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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From: Dave Frightens Me on 11 Aug 2006 10:38 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:11:34 +0100, this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: >Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:37:45 +0200, B Vaughan<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >> >On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:38 -0700, poldy <poldy(a)kfu.com> wrote: >> > >> >[wheeled luggage] >> > >> >>In Florence, they sell them incredibly cheap (at least going by the >> >>posted prices). Tourists there obviously already have luggage. So they >> >>must have some utility for the locals as well. >> > >> >Wheeled luggage is the luggage of choice for about 99% of Italians, >> >from what I can see. >> >> The wheels of my daughter's new Samsomite wheeled luggage lasted less >> than 300 yards of Huddersfield pavement. > >I've found that big solid wheels embedded in the case work best. I've >taken my suit holder along very rough terrain- cobbled streets etc.- and >no problem. The only drawback with it is it can get noisy on rough >pavements, so it can be a nuisance if you're going to your hotel late >etc. Why on earth don't they make them out of rubbery stuff, like skateboard wheels? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: jeremyrh.geo on 11 Aug 2006 10:46 Dave Frightens Me wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:11:34 +0100, > this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > >I've found that big solid wheels embedded in the case work best. I've > >taken my suit holder along very rough terrain- cobbled streets etc.- and > >no problem. The only drawback with it is it can get noisy on rough > >pavements, so it can be a nuisance if you're going to your hotel late > >etc. > > Why on earth don't they make them out of rubbery stuff, like > skateboard wheels? I think they do, in the most expensive ones - or rather they use inline skate wheels. No idea why they don't do likewise for cheap ones - skate wheels aren't THAT expensive. B;
From: BB on 11 Aug 2006 12:10 On 11 Aug 2006 07:46:56 -0700, jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com wrote: > I think they do, in the most expensive ones - or rather they use inline > skate wheels. No idea why they don't do likewise for cheap ones - skate > wheels aren't THAT expensive. Damn, that is a good question! I'm guessing it has something to do with being able to soak consumers for overpriced parts. -- -BB- To e-mail me, unmunge my address
From: michael on 18 Aug 2006 06:40 > I once met a Japanese guy walking across the border from Nepal to India > who was traveling with a toothbrush in a plastic bag. That was all his > luggage. Sure!!
From: Calif Bill on 21 Aug 2006 00:39
<michael(a)whitehouse.gov> wrote in message news:12eb69on2pv016a(a)corp.supernews.com... >> I once met a Japanese guy walking across the border from Nepal to India >> who was traveling with a toothbrush in a plastic bag. That was all his >> luggage. > > Sure!! > Maybe all he had after being robbed in Nepal? |