Samsonite Restackd 75 cm Expandable Suitcase - Sage

Do not bother buying this. We bought 2 of these suitcases are both have been destroyed through regular use. Locks are broken, plastic is smashed, and the bumpers have fallen off leaving us with sharp screw ends sticking out the sides! Your suitcase will fall apart after 5-6 uses as well no doubt. Suitcases should be built to be mishandled by baggage handlers, this one is not.

We'd had our old Samsonite suitcases for about ten years and they were starting to show their age, their fabric sides looking scuffed and frayed, and a couple of holes had started to appear, so it was time to get new ones. We liked the look, size, and weight of these, so bought two in our local John Lewis.Initial impressions were good. They look nice, with ribbed outer surfaces, and are extremely light, and the four wheels make them very manouverable. The cases unzip and open into two halves, the "top" side having fabric cover which zips up to make it self contained, and the "bottom" side has a Y-shaped strap which can be used to secure items. The case can expand a little, and the long zip toggles click into a TSA combination lock on the side.Problems started to ... MoreWe'd had our old Samsonite suitcases for about ten years and they were starting to show their age, their fabric sides looking scuffed and frayed, and a couple of holes had started to appear, so it was time to get new ones. We liked the look, size, and weight of these, so bought two in our local John Lewis.Initial impressions were good. They look nice, with ribbed outer surfaces, and are extremely light, and the four wheels make them very manouverable. The cases unzip and open into two halves, the "top" side having fabric cover which zips up to make it self contained, and the "bottom" side has a Y-shaped strap which can be used to secure items. The case can expand a little, and the long zip toggles click into a TSA combination lock on the side.Problems started to arise after our first trip away with the cases. We both thought that the Y-shaped strap inside is a bit of a weird design decision as it only secures items down the middle of the case. Our previous cases had tw V-shaped straps, attached to the corners of the case, which clipped together in the middle forming an X which held things in more securely. This strap means that things down the sides move around a bit.Worse though was that after one flight they came back to us looking badly scufffed, revealing that the outer plastic surface isn't actually very sturdy at all. After the return flight the scuffing was worse, and when we collected the cases after our next trip the toggles on my wife's case were bent (maybe the case caught on something inside the airport baggage area, who knows) and had to be reshaped with pliers. After our next trip the toggles on mine came back bent with one of them snapped, meaning that it can no longer be locked. Yes, we could maybe return the cases to John Lewis, but this is wear and tear, and if the toggles were replaced they'd only get bent again. We thought that the long zip toggles were great at first as they're much easier to grab hold of to fasten and unfasten the cases, but they're actually a really bad design decision by Samsonite. We've now bought two small TSA combination padlocks and will be using those to lock the cases via the loops at the bottom of the zips when we go on our next trip, but needless to say after less than a year we're looking to buy new suitcases again.In short, they look nice, are very light and manoeverable, but they're not very sturdy and the zips are rubbish.

I have been extremely happy with the suitcase and love all of its thoughtful features!External:Beautiful design, fun colour and helpful front pocket.The wheels glide really well - i have tested it on uneven european streets too. It makes me way less tired than travelling with a simple two wheel suitcase.The handle adjustment height is helpful as well, can adapt it to whatever works for you and it stops at the right level.Also helpful is the side handle when you need to lift the suitcase in the overhead compartment.Internal:The spacing on both sides is even with good use of pockets- even mini pockets on top of compartments for easy last minute additions.A lovely bonus are the packing cubes which really helped me make the most of the space.