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75 of 76 humans found the following review helpful.
Great Luggage–size could be a HUGE problem
By reviewer
First of all, Samsonite Silhouette luggage is in all probability the best on the market. It is made of material that is more durable, abrasion resistant, and stain resistant. The spinner wheels are superb–One of the best features in my opinion. The telescoping handle has respective lengths that you may pull it up to so it works with persons of varying heights. There is a “boston bag” that may be purchased separately that has slotted material on the back so that it fits utterly over this or any of the telescoping handles in this series of luggage so that you don’t have to carry it.
I own assorted pieces of the samsonite silhouette 11 (current model) as well as the samsonite silhouette 10 (last model). I have had the “older” luggage for when it comes to 3 years and it looks as good as new. the zipper quality is excellent, the material is excellent, wheels still function perfectly, etc.
The downside to this peculiar luggage is that the 22″ does not conform to all carry on guidelines of all airlines. Now that you have to remunerate for checked bags typically, this presents an even worse problem than before. It is not only inconvenient to find out at the last minute you have to check your bag, but when it also costs $25-$35 to do so it may be exceedingly aggravating. Also, humane nature being what it is, it seems that a great deal of humans try to stuff their luggage as much as possible (i am guilty for sure). If you exaggerate the 22″, it won’t meet any carry on guidelines.
So, if you are looking for astounding construction that will stand the test of time and move effortlessly through the airport and be guaranteed you may carry it on–go for the 20″. By the way, the 20″, when expanded, holds as much as the 22″ not expanded–and it still meets the carry on guidelines. Major boon in my opinion. (not to mention it costs less).
If you are not worried in regards to the capacity to carry on luggage and just need something this size–go for it!!
And, i can’t say sufficient regarding how wondrous spinner wheels are. I ran into them by fault and now won’t use luggage without them!!!
UPDATE: another reviewer said this fits in overhead bins on domestic flights. I want to make sure that my description is clear—it is exact that it fits in the overhead bin on most flights. However, when you look at the greatest or most complete or best possible size a carryon is permitted to be, this surpasses that size–you have to measure linear size which means from the floor to the top of the bag on both sides, added to the measurements of the top and bottom of the bad. The four sides add up to the “linear” size of the luggage. This outperforms the linear size on most, if not all airlines. Now, if you flight isn’t full and the crew is happy–you will be fine. if the flight is full or the crew is cranky, they may make you check it because it doesn’t meet their “linear size” guidelines. I have personally witnessed on full flights, persons not being permitted on the plane until they checked their bag—frustrating for them. And, I wouldn’t have the forbearance with it myself. For me, flying is stressful enough, i don’t want to have to worry when it comes to whether or not they will let me check my luggage. And, by the way, on the last two exceedingly full flights I was on, one was a 757 and one was a 747 (this was 4/2010)—so the bins were surely huge enough–the bins were huge—and that didn’t matter because the flight was full and they were enforcing the rules. One flight was american airlines and one was United Airlines.
38 of 41 humans found the following review helpful.
Too big to be a carry-on
By nb
I was excessively affected emotionally when it comes to this bag, but it’s too big to be a carry-on for a lot of airlines. The actual height is more like 24 inches than 22 inches, which is just a little too big to be squeezed into galore overhead bins. It looks like a nice bag, but I returned it because of this issue.
21 of 22 humans found the following review helpful.
Yes it does fit airline overhead bins!
By hydrokay
I’ve had the Samsonite Silhouette 11 22″ spinner for four months now, and may attest that it does fit on DOMESTIC airline overhead bins. As a consultant who travels each week on United, I was nervous that the dimensions listed in the product spec were more or less larger than the dimensions for United carry-ons (other airlines like Southwest and American list dimensions that will fit the Silhouette 22″ just fine). However, I crossed my fingers and purchased this spinner anyway because it looked very spacious, had four wheels that were rugged and big, and was very light in weight.
To my pleasant surprise, the Silhouette 22″ fits just fine in United overhead bins, even though it was the most limiting of all the domestic airline carry-on dimensions I researched. This spinner will fit with wheels going in first, not just sideways. I’ve seen a heap of other persons shove their roller bags next to mine that looked somewhat longer than mine and were still competent to fit it.
As for International flights, the Silhouette 22″ will closely never fit, because global airplanes have littler overhead bins that will fit up to 20″ bags.
I love this Spinner! Over the past four months of ceaseless use, it has kept it is own and still looks like it’s in great shape. I roll it everyplace at the airport twice a week, I throw it into taxi cabs, roll it through the streets sometimes, and keep it open and organized at the hotel each week. Samsonite did a actually good occupation of making economical space and creating logical pockets. I in particular like the front deep pocket, which amazingly is deep sufficient to fit a laptop. I have a cheap and rugged netbook that I like to use on the plane, so I keep it in that pocket for easy access through security and while on the plane. I wouldn’t commend keeping an pricey and un-padded laptop in that pocket, but for any laptop that is in a sleeve, it ought to be safe sufficient to keep even if the luggage tips over.
Yes, the Silhouette spinner does tip over front-wise at times when I overload the bag and the wheels have been turned a sure way. It’s finelooking much the only thing I may find to criticize. When it’s overloaded, you may see the tip-over coming and just roll the entire bag backwards so the wheels are rotated in a way that balances the bag. This only happens when the bag is overloaded to start out with.
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