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  • 20-inch Eagle Creek Tarmac
  • American Flyer Elite Quattro 360 21-inch
  • Atlantic Graphite Lite 2 21-inch Expandable Carry-on Spinner
  • Briggs & Riley Baseline 20-inch Carry-on Computer Upright
  • Case Logic 29-inch Lightweight Rolling Duffel
  • Delsey Helium Fusion Carry-on Expandable Suiter Trolley
  • Eagle Creek Hovercraft 25
  • Eagle Creek Take 2 ORV Trunk 28
  • Eagle Creek Tarmac 22
  • Eagle Creek Tarmac 25
  • Ebags Mother Lode eTech Mini 21-inch Wheeled Duffel
  • Hartmann Stratum 22-inch
  • High Sierra A.T. Gear Access 36-Inch Drop-Bottom Wheeled Duffel
  • High Sierra AT3 Sierra-Lite 32-Inch Drop-Bottom Wheeled Duffrite
  • L.L.Bean Rolling Adventure Duffle, medium
  • Osprey Meridian 22
  • Osprey SpaceStation 100
  • Red Oxx Air Boss
  • REI bigger 35-inch duffel
  • REI Wheely Beast 28-inch
  • Rick Steves 21-inch Roll-Aboard
  • Rick Steves Convertible Carry-on
  • Samsonite Micro Mover Fold Away Luggage Cart
  • Samsonite Pro DLX 2 21-inch Expandable Upright
  • Samsonite Sahora Brights 20-in Spinner Upright
  • Titan 360 Four Diamond Edition 19-inch International Carry-on
  • Titan 360 Four Diamond Edition 22-inch USA Carry-on
  • Titan 360 Four Diamond Edition 24-inch Trolley
  • Titan 360 Four Flash 22-inch USA Carry-on
  • Tom Bihn Absolute shoulder strap
  • Tom Bihn Aeronaut
  • Tom Bihn Western Flyer
  • Travelite luggage cart
  • Travelpro Crew7 22-inch Expandable Rollaboard Suiter
  • Travelpro TPro XtremeLite 25-inch Expandable Rollaboard
  • Travelpro Walkabout Lite 3 26-inch Expandable Rollaboard Suiter
  • Tumi Alpha 28-inch Travel & Business Wheeled Expandable
  • Tumi Alpha Frequent Traveler 22-inch Framed Expandable Carry-on
  • Victorinox Mobilizer NXT 4.0 22-inch Expandable Wheeled Upright
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Rolling Duffel Bags

Tough rolling duffel bags are handy for long trips

The two-wheeled rolling luggage and the spinner luggage discussed in this report also come in bigger sizes, so you can buy larger luggage that matches your carry-on bag. Since checked luggage is handled roughly, it's a good idea to step up to the highest quality. A warranty that covers accidental damage is a big plus.

The top-rated REI Wheely Beast 28-Inch (*Est. $150) comes with REI's unlimited return/exchange guarantee. It wins Outside magazine's 2009 Gear of the Year award. "I packed this thing 25 times during a walking tour of England," writes Outside's Ted Alan Stedman, who used the 28-inch version. "The 6,000-cubic-inch main compartment ate gobs of clothing and gear." The bigger 35-inch duffel (*Est. $170) holds so much and rolls so smoothly that owners say they have to be careful when they pack, so they don't exceed the airline baggage weight limit.

Two pricier runner-up wheeled duffels won Outside's top honors in 2008. That year's Gear of the Year, the Eagle Creek Take 2 ORV Trunk 28 (*Est. $315), outweighs the REI Wheely Beast, but half of the duffel is actually a smaller bag that you can zip off. Named Outside's 2008 Killer Value, the smaller Osprey SpaceStation 100 (*Est. $220) can still "eat two pony kegs," Stedman says. The Osprey's exterior compression rod and straps "clamps loads like a giant taco." Both Eagle Creek and Osprey offer lifetime defect and damage warranties.

Two more Outside magazine Killer Value award winners get good reviews. In 2006, Stedman took a High Sierra AT3 Sierra-Lite 32-Inch Drop-Bottom Wheeled Duffrite (*Est. $110) on a "20-bag squashfest trucking over 13,000-foot passes in Bhutan" and kept fragile souvenirs intact. The bigger High Sierra A.T. Gear Access 36-Inch Drop-Bottom Wheeled Duffel (*Est. $95) earns high ratings from owners at LuggageOnline.com, eBags.com and Amazon.com, with praise for its unlimited lifetime warranty. The Case Logic 29-inch Lightweight Rolling Duffel (*Est. $165) wins the Outside award for 2009; its rigid body looks like a regular piece of luggage with a tailored duffel handle, but Stedman says it includes all of the dividers, pouches and toughness to withstand hard travel.

     
 
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Eagle Creek 20227 Take 2 ORV Trunk 28, Sienna
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High Sierra 36-Inch Drop-Bottom Wheeled Duffel
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High Sierra 32" Drop Bottom Wheeled Duffle
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