Favorite Luggage

Posted by Rae Schwarz Feb 28, 2007

It's not like I was totally surprised. I've had this rolling duffle bag for many years now. It itself was purchased when a former duffle bag suffered an untimely passage due to a shower leaking into a closet and creating some truly spectacular mold.

The original duffle bag was canvas with two simple nylon straps, one on the side and one at one end. The zipper was huge and touch. But the mold literally ate a huge hole in the bottom and the rest of the item was just too riddled with moldly spots to make repair seem worth it.

So, the nylon rolling duffle was found. It really did schlep better, as it had a stiff plastic bottom and wheels at one end. Things got crushed less as it held its shape, and it also was a much drier container when it came to travel in wet weather.

Slowly it's gotten some wear and tear. One plastic runner on the bottom has threatened to break off and has been glued a few times. But after this last trip, one of the zipper pulls was deformed and came off. Being a dual zipper bag, it actually didn't effect the luggage and it still performed admirably. However, I can tell that this piece of favorite luggage is slowly getting old. I know it will make it through my camping trip in May, when it will be required to hold a tent and other site gear, but I think it's time to start looking at how luggage has changed in shape and materials over the last ten years....