New Rollaboard Luggage

On my last trip of the year, my faithful Tumi of 15 years finally gave up the ghost (again), or at least one of the wheels. I had promised myself that this time I would not repair it (as there were two things to fix, the wheels and the main zipper). Instead I finally bit the bullet and bought myself a new bag.

I decided to go with the Zuca-Pro and was even able to get a good deal at Overstock.com, with delivery just before Christmas. So although not intended, it turned out to be an extra present uner the tree.

The Zuca has a very interesting approach, in that it has a solid aircraft aluminium frame, strong enough to use as a seat. Inside it has 6 fitted packing cubes, 5 "normal" and one clear 1-qt size for the TSA 311. Intially I was concerned about its capacity, because it is slightly smaller than my old Tumi (22" with suiter flap). But that turned out to be not as bad as I thought. My wife was concerned since the cubes are quite small and Zuca recommends rolling clothes up, rather than laying flat. So we packed it as suggested, left the clothes in all day (6-8 hours) and then unpacked them. We were both quite surprised how well they came out of it.
I am now on my first trip of the New Year and have squeezed 4 dress shirts, 5 pairs of dress socks, 5 underwear, a workout t-shirt, shorts and shoes (Earth travel sneakers). I have 3 ties, a sweater, an extra golf shirt and a pair of house pants. As well as a packet of jerky, 3 magazines and some cookies. This things can carry a lot!

No problems with the metal frame at the MCO TSA. and the thing rolls very freely. Now to see how it fits in the overhead. More details later.