Comments on: Rolling along with my ZÜCA bag

By: bout 2 get a zuca

bout 2 get a zuca — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:37:47 +0000

the pros are 270$ or something but im buying mine from online and its 115-140 (its not a pro) i think they are great for travel but im using mine for figure skating! they are handy and have seats! they even have seat covers for them so their comfy! i want one so bad!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:20:09 +0000

I received this bag as a gift after reading about it hear last year. It’s great to travel with, fits easily in overhead, and keeps all my stuff organized. When I have to charge my phone, I can just move the bag near any outlet and sit on the bag’s frame instead of hunting for a seat near an outlet. For all the “vains” out there — it’s a great way to get noticed. Every trip either a TSA, passenger, or flight attendant asks me about it.

By: jennyg

jennyg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:11:34 +0000

Hi!

I have this bag!!! I love it, but I can’t get nearly as much stuff in it as most people (my clothes are pretty big), and I usually have a lot of medical stuff to bring with me. But it is very well engineered and we use it on every trip. Lots of useful little pockets and the like. It does not do as well if you have to check it- it comes with a (big) cover (who bothers to bring that??), and the sides get a bit banged up when checked. Also my front snap broke but I should contact them about it. All in all an extremely well engineered bag that I would buy again.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:28:01 +0000

Great, now I want a new suitcase.

By: luggage

luggage — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:42 +0000

That looks really cool, but very expensive.

By: Business traveler san jose

Business traveler san jose — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:37:34 +0000

One of my reasons is the seat. Waiting in lines at the airport, TSA lines, rental car lines, reantal car bus, and most of all in the baggage claim area. ( waiting for my tool kit ) Also the SW airlines A, B, C lines. I have the Sports one and the nylon is a little soft for me. I dont recommend a heavy laptop without protection. So far I got it on all sorts of airlines, Delta, United, US Air, SW, American. If you do International travel the lines are even longer. Pulling stuff out is a breeze with the plastic pouches. Wrinkled clothes is my main complaint but I am Male. ( My socks seems to do fine ) The frame has taken a beating and keeps on ticking. I would love to see a mini or skinny version for techs like me …. with solid built in laptop protection, and vertical pouches ?

By: Sexxxy Beast

Sexxxy Beast — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:34:39 +0000

Do you guys find that you sit on the bag alot or is it just incase? Is it worth paying the extra money for a seat you bring with you?

By: Colinb

Colinb — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Your reviews clinched it! I had been scoping out the Bihn Checkpoint Flyer when I saw your review and clicked the link for the Zuca. Looks like a fantastic combo solution for my traveling consultant needs.

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:58:18 +0000

I just travelled with my Zuca for the first time. It was great. Just the right size. I had no problems going through security or carrying it on the plane. Compared to many of the carry-on items people were taking aboard, it was quite small.

The little container bags were a useful feature. But the best part came when I arrived at the airport to find many planes had been delayed and it was so crowded no seats were available. I found the Zuca pretty comfortable to sit on, in between strolling through the terminal.

When I’m not travelling, I’m using it as a portable carrying case for my knitting supplies and projects. Again, those little container bags come in useful.

I’m glad I got it.

By: lisa johnson

lisa johnson — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:57:33 +0000

As a makeup artist who travels often…and not wanting to check my valuable makeup to hopefully (or not!) receive at the end of my flight… I LOVE this bag! It takes all of my makeup that I will need on set, PLUS some other items….especially when packaged in smaller containers as I do. I can’t say enough about this wonderful piece of luggage. I have a torn rotator cuff in my shoulder and can lift THIS bag! I strain with my duffel bag on wheels and other bags..this one IS well balanced. I love this also for ON SeT, primarily because you can sit and rest on it between makeup breaks. Great invention on so many levels. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

By: Moxie

Moxie — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:35:09 +0000

/drool. I want one!

Too bad I don’t have $300 to drop on a bag at the moment. =(

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:14:05 +0000

Cool bag. Thanks for the post.

Each individual airline has its own carryon size restrictions. The FAA and TSA do not come up with the acceptable carryon dimensions.

One of the Zuca bags, if the wheels are counted, is 12.25 inches wide. Technically, that is unacceptable on many airlines, which require that one side be 10 inches or less.

If you believe that airlines are going to enforce their own rules or install templates at the front of the conveyor belt at Security, don’t consider buying the bag.

If you believe that the airlines will look at the bag, which is more compact than most carryons out there, and let it on the plane, consider the bag.

My personal preference for a rolling bag is the Pelican 1510, a hard case. Beware, it’s heavy.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:56:54 +0000

@empty — I flew United this past week, and even put my ZUCA bag in the “test” box that was next to the check-in counter, and it fit fine. I don’t know if that means the measurements are wrong on the ZUCA site, if the test box was wrong at the airport, or if the TSA numbers you’re quoting are incorrect … but it slipped right into the box. Also, I flew on one of those commuter planes that have itty bitty overhead bins, and it fit perfectly in the bin. One of the airline attendants even told me that she wished everyone used a bag like mine.

I also use the OneBag folding method for most everything, and don’t have a problem with using the ZUCA bag. We can fit all of our clothes for a week (two of us) in the bag without any problems.

By: empty

empty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:39:28 +0000

And a quick check reveals that the Zuca Pro is 10″ on its shortest dimension, while carry-ons should be 9″ on their shortest dimension. So this bag wouldn’t be a legal carry-on on United Airlines, for example, which claims that it enforces the 9″ rule (although I doubt this is true).

By: empty

empty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:31:40 +0000

I much prefer to travel the one-bag (tm?) way, even though it’s not really one-bag anymore now that we travel with a toddler. One parent carries a backpack and a shoulder bag, the other carries a backpack and the kid. When we tried to use a wheeled bag he could sprint off and we couldn’t follow him safely, and if he got tired there was no way to carry him. For our last trip we were on the road with this luggage configuration (plus a car seat) for 2+ weeks with no problems except for (a) people asking us where the rest of our stuff was and (b) waiting endlessly for the grandparents who traveled out with us to maneuver the four bags they’d packed for two people for a one-week trip (not counting carry-ons). I ended up carrying one of our bags, our son, AND pulling one of their bags just to get out of the airport, while my husband hauled our remaining two bags, the car seat, and pulled yet another of their endless pieces of luggage. And I was four months pregnant at the time; thank goodness we had the sense to pack light.

Relying on overhead bin space is pretty risky now that airlines charge for checked bags and everyone carries their entire life on board. Everything we bring can fit under the seat if necessary. Life is even easier when I travel alone for business, which is really one-bag travel. I am completely over wheeled luggage, which as pointed out weighs four times as much empty as say, a Tom Bihn Western Flyer. This bag seems huge to me, and I’m skeptical that it really meets carry-on rules. Admittedly those are pretty much honored in the breach at present, and international travel is more restrictive than domestic.