Lightweight suitcases

pennymakespounds

with airlines having all sorts of differrent policies for luggage allowances .. one thing for sure is it's only going to get worse , the heavier your luggage .

So ... priority has to be finding the most lightweight suitcases possible ... (particularly the larger ones ) .. with of course the best durability ... and of course at the lowest possible price !!

.. normal MSE rules .. rolls royce at robin reliant price !!

any suggestions ? . Lightweight really is the issue here.

dizzyblonde82

I bought a couple of Tesco value suitcases last year and we have been abroad with them twice and they are still as new It was quite a big case for under £15 and the main reason we got them was how light they are.

Coopdivi

There's a load of lightweight suitcases listed at Amazon although the ones I looked at didn't strike me as being particularly light. For example the 28'' one at the top of the listing weighs 3.5 Kgs.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Lightweight+suitcases&x=18&y=11

This company claims to have the lightest suitcases but a 26'' one is still 2 and a half kilos.

http://www.bagsetc.co.uk/

The other thing you could try is a holdall. Because they're not rigid like suitcases they're especially useful for hand luggage because you can squash them into those overhead lockers. This example which costs £29 delivered converts into a backpack and weighs 1.4 Kgs.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Travel-Holdall-Converts-Backpack-65L/dp/B001PSN6MU/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1279380698&sr=8-9

Other holdalls at Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=holdall&x=0&y=0

And at Argos

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=HOLDALL

This old thread is worth a read.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/464123