Luggage Works or Wal-Mart?
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EDUC8-or
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It's kind of like cheap sunglasses: In the last 2-3 years I've probably gone through about 7 pairs of cheap shades. They keep breaking, aren't very comfortable, and don't have the greatest optical quality. I could have bought a much nicer pair for that amount, and I'm sure I would take better care of them.
You can buy the Walmart bag and it will probably break in the middle of a trip just like a pair of my el cheapo sunglasses broke while I was on vacation in San Antonio in the middle of July. Get the LW bag.
You can buy the Walmart bag and it will probably break in the middle of a trip just like a pair of my el cheapo sunglasses broke while I was on vacation in San Antonio in the middle of July. Get the LW bag.
Screaming_Emu
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I just use a big hefty trash bag.
Roger Roger
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Capt. Chaos
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That's a Hoonah Dry Bag, a.k.a. Southeast Samsonite.
Gonna have to check your AK card... Looking at airline crew luggage?
jtrain609
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You come up with that one yourself, Pops?
Roger Roger
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nah, just trollin'
WestIndian425
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I highly recommend the roller board at Costco! It lasts well, and has a LIFETIME, no questions asked warranty.
Amma rhyme animal...
wheelsup
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*Lifetime warranty requires purchase of $55 annual membership
One advantage of the Luggage Works is if you check it and the valet tag gets ripped off 99% chance the rampers will still bring it over, since it's known as a "crew" bag
That being said, at $55/yr, you'd trade it in every 5 years and you'd still come out slightly a head from the $300 LW bag. And 4-5 years is about the max life expectancy from a metal LW bag without needing a "tune up". I'm at 6 and have hobbled along now for the past 2 years and am honestly just contemplating buying another one.
My cheap TJ Maxx bag lasted 1.5 years BTW.
WestIndian425
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True, but then that membership allows for purchase of other things.
statusseeker1
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Hey Captain, check out this bag I just got from costco- lifetime warranty! I picked up some other stuff while I was there, too. Say, do you mind if I open this 3 pound can of tuna?
"I've been lugging around this two pound bag of 17-20 count shrimp in my bag all week too!"
WestIndian425
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Don't sleep on the shrimp, boss!!! I make a mean pasta alfredo with that!
A Life Aloft
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A Life Aloft
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Make a lot of sammies, salads, tuna wraps and put it on pita chips, bagel chips or crackers.
Not to mention........... tuna stew, tuna loaf, tuna burgers, tuna con carne, tuna lasagne, tuna pie, tuna chowder, tuna pizza.
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adk
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To the OP, what you're not considering is that when your cheapo bag breaks you will be on day 1 of a 4 day trip and you now get to spend the next 3 dragging your American-tourister-sans-wheels across Dulles for the next 3 days.
Trust me, it's worth shelling out the extra $200 to avoid that.
Trust me, it's worth shelling out the extra $200 to avoid that.