Find the Best Carry-on Luggage

Choosing the right suitcase depends on your personal needs and preferences. There are a lot of different types of baggage: rolling, spinner, briefcases, backpacks… Take a moment to think about what kind of traveler your are – business, tourist, with children… There is a special suitcase for all kind of trips. You just need to think about what you need and choose yours accordingly. Here you can find a selection of the best suitcases in the market (briefcases, bags for kids, spinners, garment bags, etc). We have reviewed all of them and put them into sections, so it will be easier to find the best suitcase for you, in a simple and fast way.

We know how hard it can be to squeeze everything you need into a suitcase. When you’re cramming everything into that one piece of baggage, it needs to have plenty of pockets for organization and other smart travel features (like lockable zippers and sturdy wheels). After all, we know how it feels to sprint from Gate A3 to Gate Q36 to make a connecting flight. Whether you’re checking for bags or looking for a lightweight carry-on suitcase or travel pack, we’ve got the solution for you. We’ve created this handy buying guide to help you find the right type of baggage for your journey.

Passengers are not permitted to carry the following items in the security restricted area or in the cabin of the aeroplane:

1. Guns, firearms and weapons in general; any object capable or capable of firing a projectile or causing injury, such as all firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.), reproductions and replicas of firearms, components of firearms (excluding sighting devices and telescopic sights), air pistols, rifles and shotguns.

2. Sharp and cutting weapons and sharp objects, articles with tips or blades that are capable of causing injury such as axes, knives, arrows and darts, crampons (metal fastening piece, iron hook or soles with nails used for mountaineering), harpoons and spears, ice picks and picks, ice skates, knives with blades greater than 6 cm including automatic or zippered knives, hunting, religious or ceremonial knives made of metal or any other material that is strong enough to be used as a potential weapon, meat knives, machetes, open razor blades and blades themselves (excluding safety blades or single-use blades and blades that are embedded), sabers, swords and walking sticks, swords, scalpels, scissors with blades measuring more than 6 cm from the point of attachment, ski and hiking poles, ninja stars, work utensils with a blade or shaft of more than 6 cm that has a potential use of weapon, such as drills and bits, blades, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, chisels, sticks, hammers, pliers wrenches or wrenches, torches.

3. Explosive and flammable substances; any explosive or highly flammable substance that poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the safety of the aircraft or property, including ammunition, detonators, fuses and detonators, explosives, mines and other explosive products, reproductive or imitation material or explosive devices, mines and other explosive products of a military nature, grenades of all types, gas and gas containers such as butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen – in large volumes – fireworks, flares of all kinds and other pyrotechnics (including firecrackers and fulminant toys), non-safety matches, smoke from the generation of cans or cartridges, flammable liquid fuel such as gasoline / diesel gasoline, lighters, alcohol, ethanol, paint sprays, paint thinner, alcoholic beverages above 70% by volume (140% graduation).

4. Non- sharp instruments: a blunt, non-sharp instrument that can cause injury, such as tennis rackets, baseball and softball bats, clubs or sticks – rigid or flexible – e.g. truncheons, lead-covered leather truncheons with flexible shafts, cricket clubs, golf clubs, hockey sticks and hurley sticks, lacross sticks, kayak and canoe skateboards, billiard tacos, billiard tacos, fishing rods, martial arts equipment such as iron fists, sticks, truncheons, metal knuckle, nunchakus, kubotans or kubasaunts.

A TSA lock is a kind of locking system for baggage. It is a lock that usually opens with a 3 digit PIN (it can also unlock with a key or with 4 digits), chosen by the owner of the suitcase. This lock prevents the suitcase from being open by accident.

TSA stands for Transportation Security Administration, which is a US administration in charge of travelling security in the United states of America. In the US, agents of the Transportation Security Administration can access baggage for security reasons. If this lock is TSA-approved, this means that the agents of the TSA can open the lock without knowing the PIN chosen by the owner.

Technically and from a legal perspective, TSA locks are not mandatory, but recommended. If you use any other lock, the TSA agents won’t be able to open it, so they will cut your suitcase to check the content for security reasons. This is why your suitecase should include a TSA-approved lock, especially if you are a frequent traveller in the US. If it doesn’t, you can buy a separate lock and add it to the suitcase. Nevertheless, most suitcases have already a built-in, TSA-approved lock.

No, there is no legislation that says TSA locks are mandatory, for instance, in Europe. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency that belongs to the government of the US, therefore TSA agents do not operate outside of the US territory.

Security procedures are different in Europe. Your baggage may be opened and checked at Customs for security reasons, but this is not a frequent operation and it is usually done in presence of the owner of the suitcase.

This depends on the company’s baggage restrictions. Normally, most airlines allow carrying one hand suitcase and a small personal bag, like a handbag or a briefcase. Low cost companies have quite restrictive rules when it comes to baggage measurements, so you may bring only one item with you. To be 100% sure, take a look at the baggage restrictions of the airline in their official website.