We want to help our customers to find the right luggage.
Hard-shell cases are becoming increasingly popular and can often be seen at the airports.
The advantages:
- robust and resistant - when transporting at the airport is sometimes not handled carefully with your suitcase
- very well protected against rain
- Rollers can be incorporated into the bowl to reduce breakage during transport
- Separate packing because the suitcases are usually made in two equal halves
- Hard case with zipper are lightweight
- Hard-shell case without zipper but with flaps are robust and very well protected against moisture and humidity and protect sensitive items during transport
The disadvantages:
- can be heavy depending on the material
- The shell can still break depending on the material with very rough handling during transport
- no front pocket
- in some models no extension as in Stoffkoffern available
- Zippered hard case is usually not well protected against moisture
- Hard case with flaps are usually very heavy and the approved size of max. 158 cm in total (standard - very well suited for a journey of 2-3 weeks) can be very well filled the total weight of 23 kg on economy flights exceed
Materials:
ABS
- a cost-effective thermoplastic plastic as Poycarbonat
- not as impact-resistant and robust as polycarbonate
- can break more easily like polycarbonate
- is used for very cheap suitcases
polycarbonate
- lightweight and durable plastic
- shockproof
- more expensive in the production
- resists large temperature fluctuations
- In very rough handling, this hard shell can rarely break
polypropylene
- very robust and resistant
- resists large temperature fluctuations
- almost not get broken
- a little heavier in its own weight
- with zipper lighter than with flaps and frame
Curv
- a patented development by Samsonite
- consisting of polypropylene
- It is made in a special process, a plastic braid
- very light and robust
- expensive in the production
- it is hardly possible to break this material
Conclusion:
We recommend hard-shell cases made of polypropylene or Curv material. They can withstand any transport and are very light with a zipper.