hey cruisers welcome back to cruise gear we love answering questions about
luggage and one of the most common DMS that I get over on Facebook and
questions I get here on our cruise Gear channel is aah I nee a carry-on bag what
should I do well carry-ons are really tricky because
there are so many different styles there's a lot of different price ranges
there's different materials that they can be made out of and it's just really
hard for me to find a good general recommendation I was pretty stoked when
an Amazon seller GoPenguin reached out to us and said hey we have a carry-on
bag we're constantly hearing you guys talk about luggage and we'd love for you
to showcase this little puppy on your channel so of course we said yes we
would love to take a look at it and if or if it's good enough for our community
we'll make a video well I got it and I'm totally blown away so I'm really excited
to share this with you full disclosure this was a gift from GoPenguin and it's
very important to us that you know that right up front that is wonderful and I
would purchase it on my own in fact I tried to go buy a white one but they
were all sold out so when that white suitcase comes back in I'm going to get
it anyhow this is a hard side carry-on bag like I mentioned it is from an
Amazon seller named go penguin of course we'll make it easy for you and link to
it in the description below but there are so many different features I'm gonna
try to go through all of the different features that I possibly can in this
video without rambling on and on and on but needless to say I'm super excited to
take this puppy on a cruise ship on an airplane on a train wherever I can
because it is an absolutely adorable carry-on this particular color that
you're looking at right here is forest green this is made out of German made
100% makrolon polycarbonate now what that means is that some of the raw
materials used in this puppy are and I keep saying puppy sorry guys I don't
this puppy this stuff they're some of the raw materials that are in this
suitcase were used to make bulletproof glass so rumor has it it is supposedly
unbreakable now I've been to some rough airports before and I don't know if
that's true but that's what the marketing materials say so if you're
looking for something tough I think this will definitely
stand up for you this suitcase is extremely lightweight you guys know I'm
five foot zero so I can't just throw something around very easily it is super
super lightweight is 6.3 pounds to me it feels more like 4 or 5 pounds that is a
must for me with carry-ons because I don't want to add any weight so if
you're looking for something super lightweight it's great also has a really
great telescoping handle very easy to use and lots of different lengths it
could even be set as the smallest length for my son and you know that is a
criteria that I use when looking at carry-on says could my little boy use it
and at this height he definitely could so I love that one disclaimer I want to
give you about this bag is this is not an expandable carry-on so if you're
looking for something that you need to widen this is not the one for you this
is going to be TSA compliant and I think it's IATA the International carry-on
compliant but you're not gonna be expanding it now that we're talking
about the fact that it's TSA compliant let me go ahead and give you the exact
dimensions of this bag it is exterior dimensions are 20 2.5 by 4 by 9 and the
interior dimensions are 20 by 13.5 and go penguins said that that is definitely
both TSA approved and international airline carry-on approved as well
hopefully that's the case I I know there are some countries that have very very
very small carry-on allowances and also limit your weight so please be sure to
research that on your own before taking our word for it but I think for at least
TSA compliance you can have peace of mind of knowing that this puppy is
compliant ok so another feature of this bag that I don't have on any of my other
bags and I'm gonna roll the zipper up here and try to explain it to you it
actually has a TSA lock so the only people that can open your bag are you
and the TSA now you're gonna get a little instruction manual with this bag
that explains to you how to set your combination on the lock and you know
kind of walk you through that process but you have to be really careful
because if you do forget that password you're out of luck so maybe if you're
not going to use the TSA lock and just leave it set to zero zeros
which is the auto setting and you'll be safe there but another cool feature is
that the zipper actually pops into these little kind of holes up by the TSA lock
so the zippers become flush with the rest of the suitcase which is super
super cool okay so let's talk a little bit more about some of the other
features of this bag and I kind of flip it up and show you the wheels so these
wheels were made in Japan and apparently they are extremely quiet now they're
also spinners I did a little test here in my living room and I can say that
they are top quality they're wonderful they would glide through the airport
with ease and I think that they're probably just wonderful so love this
love that there spinner these days we generally don't even consider suitcases
that don't have spinner wheels on them with some exceptions I do have a few
bags that I use for train travel and things like that that don't have spinner
wheels but for the most part is something that I absolutely love okay so
let's take a look at the inside of this bag I think this bag is optimal for
maybe a three to four day trip or if you're really super light packer like we
are you might be able to pull off a full week's cruise in a carry-on only but
let's take a quick look I'll show you kind of the broad look at the inside as
you can see this one has kind of a mesh divider and these little mesh pockets
can be used to hold small things the first thing that came to mind for me to
put in these was actually jewelry so if you're going on a trip where you don't
need a lot of jewelry just maybe lie your necklace flat here and some tissue
or something like that maybe bras undergarments swimsuit smaller items
like that would fit just perfectly here and of course you can you can unbuckle
this little mesh thing and open it up so this particular suitcase will probably
hold about three to four medium-size packing cubes and probably a few more
smaller packing cubes to shimmy around the outer edges and then you can just
kind of place your shoes and some miscellaneous items around the edges
like socks and things like that but again probably you know three to four
packing cubes would be optimal for this type of size of suitcase so you're
probably wondering how much this cost this bag is a hundred and twenty nine
ninety nine only we do have a limited time discount code
for our subscribers you can check that out in the description but like I
mentioned it won't last forever so be sure to pay attention to the expiration
date down there in the description also wanted to let everybody know that this
the suitcase comes with a really cute carrying bag so if you're like me here
it is hello if you're like me and you like to store your suitcases in the
garage in between uses and you don't want it to get dusty or covered with
bugs you can just kind of put it in the bag and then cinch it shut which is
really cool another really funny thing about this suitcase is it comes in a
very fancy box when go penguin sent us the suitcase they sent me a list of
things kind of the features and benefits of the suitcase and they said hey just
so you know the box can be used as a cat house and I was like a cat house I don't
get it but anyway the box is so ornate and fun it's just you can you can read
about different things on the box and it really could be used as a cat or a kid
box for that matter it was really beautiful so I appreciated the packaging
especially from an Amazon seller a lot of times when we get things from Amazon
sometimes they're a little bit a little bit banged up but this one was
definitely an exception to that so hopefully this is something that you'd
like to consider they do have a satisfaction guarantee and a warranty on
it so be sure to fill out the warranty card in your little instruction manual
here and get that sent in so that you're going to have product protection of
course that's super important thank you all so much for watching we hope that
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