Tripp Luggage - Any Good?

wdw2003

Looked at hardside carry-on luggage for the first time recently, starting with the most expensive Samsonite at around £300 and couldn't believe how flimsy and underwhelming it was.

Today I bought a hardside Tripp medium case for my daughter for all of £50 (with 5 year guarantee) at Debenhams and quite honestly struggle to see what the difference between this and the 6 times more expensive Samsonite is, other than a TSA lock and nicer bits inside. They can all be opened by a ballpoint pen anyway, so security is irrelevant.

I don't mind paying extra for better quality, but am really struggling with why, other than slight snob value, anyone should need to spend £300 on the Samsonite (don't even mention Rimowa). Has anyone done a proper comparison?

claire16c

I would never pay £300 for a suitcase - I mean you shouldnt check in anything valuable so the last thing Id want to do is make the suitcase valuable before I even packed anything in it!

Ive got a £50ish Tripp case too, and its been banged about in various airports (another reason not to get an expensive one) and so far never had any problems! I like them as they often come in patterns and that makes them so much easier to spot when theyre on the luggage belt.

jetsetgem

We purchased 6 tripp cases in the Debenhams sale for our family holiday for Jamaica three years ago they have all been taken various places and still as good as new for me personally I would def recommend to anyone.

silverhairgranny

Purchased 3 tripp cases, after about 18 months one developed a dodgy handle, called tripp.
Had to take a photo of the fault send it to them.
Courier arrived at my convenience collected the faulty case, choose a new one which arrived in less than a week - all free of charge.
All cases still going strong.
Good customer service and in my opinion the 5 year guarantee will be honoured if they are faulty.
Great customer service.
But if you travel with hand luggage only I would check this out from argos at £29.99
Sub Zero G World's Lightest Luggage Trolley Case - Small. 286/3599
HTH

photome

Another recomendation for Tripp, great cases and great customer service

I have a few Tripp cases. Only ever had a problem with one of them,the combination lock broke, I returned it to Debenhams without a receipt (about 2 years old) and without hesitation I was given a brand new case