Review by Nguyen Huong Lan:

This luggage does not look very pretty, but it works fine. I had a great time packing because the bag is very spacious, and very light indeed for an international student like me to abide by the weight limit! Highly recommend for long trip!

Review by Jeanell D. Griffin:

THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE ON THE BEST PIECES OF LUGGAGE THAT I HAVE PURCHASED IN ABOUT THE LAST 10-15 YEARS. I DO A LOT OF TRAVELING AND MY FAMILY PRCHASE A LOT OF LUGGAGE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE PIECES. I HAVE TOLD OTHERS ABOUT YOUR SITE AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO PURCHASE LUGGAGE AS WELL.

Review by C. Wilson:

We have several pieces of Skyway luggage, including this model. All of them take a beating and still look and work great, so I was surprised by the other reviewer’s problem. Our zippers work very smoothly, including the interior ones, and the zipper pulls are generously-sized with rubber inserts. Many bags just use thin metal ones that quickly break off after rough handling at airports.

In addition to the sturdiness and ability to retain it’s good looks, the organization of the bags are clever and you can choose from some unusual colors, making it unlikely anyone can mistake your bag for theirs.

Review by Tonya Browne:

I purchased this suitcase for my husband who travels for work alot. It is very roomy and we are able to fit a weeks worth of clothes along with two pairs of shoes. Great Buy!!!

Review by Emilio:

My wife and I bought this Spinner in a trip to New York, we needed one to bring all the stuff we bought. We had a lot to choose from and we found the Solana Cobblestone very attractive and well designed. We used it in several trips around the world and still works as new. The extra space you gain when you make it expand it’s really useful and another thing we liked a lot is that we always expand it and put everything we can, and it’s always in the weight limit of the airlines. The wheels are great, it can be completely loaded and you still can control it with one hand and even play with it. I’m planning to buy another one already, but smaller for short trips.

Review by Carol Faison:

We travel internationally quite a bit and wanted luggage with more stability for going over curbs and cobblestones. We are tired of kicking, pushing, lifting and stopping to stand up the 2-wheel luggage when it turns over every five minutes on uneven surfaces. This luggage rolls and turns like a dream. It is also made very well with an integrated garment bag and toiletry bag in the 28″ piece. All zippers and pockets enforced for extra protection. The attached TSA lock is also quite handy. The address tag, though, is awkward and I foresee it coming off soon. But that is a small matter – just attach another tag. The inside is roomy and adequate for our needs. You can only take 50 lbs worth of stuff anyway, so there’s never a reason to overstuff the bag. We got the taupe color. Very nice, if not unique.

Review by reviewer:

I love this luggage. I have it in several sizes. This size is quite large but it still meets the requirements for check in luggage and does not cost anything additional due to size. It is expandable, making it more versatile. Have fewer things-close it up so it is smaller. Buy lots of stuff on the trip, let out the zipper and make it larger. It is very durable and nice looking.

A great surprise is the wheels. I had no idea how nice it would be to have wheels that turn completely around. It makes it 100 times easier to navigate–which is very essential for large pieces.

Another great thing is that this suitcase is made with lighter materials than most. That is advantageous in two ways-one it makes it more manageable and another is that it allows to you pack more things without having to pay the extra fee for overweight luggage with the airlines. I bought it because I liked the idea of it being more manageable and was happier with it when my friend and I went to the airport together. We had similar size luggage and packed for the same trip. Only she had to pay an extra each way because of the weight of her luggage. This luggage started paying for itself on the long trips.

The telescoping handle works smoothly and is very convenient and easy to use. The smaller handles help you when you are lifting it.

I would highly recommend this to everyone.

I would really encourage you to buy luggage with spinner wheels. Once you try them I don’t think you will settle for less.

This luggage is worth every penny.

I purchased the silhoutte 10 (the previous model to this) about 3 years ago and it hasn’t really shown any wear and looks and works great. In preparation for an upcoming vacation, i went to purchase the silhouette 10 again (because we needed 1 more large piece) and discovered that it was no longer available and it has been replaced with this model. the biggest difference (other than the available colors) that i have figured out between the two models is that this newer one has the dupont nanotechnology that is suppose to make it more stain resistant. i haven’t had this newer one long enough to comment as to if that is true, but my older one has never gotten a stain.

Also, just to note that with the other sizes in this series–between the 29 and 26 there is much more flexibilty with the 29 as you can put a lot more stuff in it and yet it is sill very manageable. If i had to choose just one of those sizes, i would choose the 29. I have the 26 as well and it is fine for shorter trips, but i find that i use the 29 much more often than the 26. Most of my trips are 9-16 days long. But even with a 7 day trip, i prefer the 29. Now, the difficulty comes if you have a smaller car trunk. In a nissan maximum, i could fit 2 of the 29″ along with 1 26″ but pretty much nothing else in the trunk. Many people have smaller trunks than that when it comes to cars. It is nice to have the 26 available to me if i am going on trips of 7 days or less, but i personally wouldn’t be upset if i had to use the 29″ for those trips.

As for the 22″ and the 20″–supposedly the 22″ is carry on luggage–however, it does not meet the carry on guidelines of all airlines so you could get stuck having to check it at the last minute and paying the extra charge to check it. Also, if you expand the 22″ to put extra stuff in it, it will not fit as a carry on. The 20″, on the other hand, should always be safe as a carry on with the current guidelines–even if you expand it with extra stuff. And, the capacity when expanded is just about the same as the capacity for the 22″ non expanded.

Review by Frank J. Perricone:

A week after buying this I took it on a week-long trip from Vermont to San Diego, and it performed wonderfully. It’s only an inch bigger than the case I had before, yet it held so much more I actually had to pack a few extra things just to make sure the more delicate items were padded adequately (which turned out to be a boon as I needed warmer clothes than I’d expected). Yet for as roomy as it was (without even using the expansion!) it glides so easily even when full that it feels like nothing at all. Those turning wheels make so much more of a difference than one would expect. The airlines had no trouble with it (and believe me, if Delta could have found a way to have trouble with it, they would have). And I didn’t even use some of the extra pockets (though one internal waterproof pocket, which the description doesn’t mention, proved ideal for packing bathing suits). Provided this holds up to repeated use, it’s an ideal suitcase, and I look forward to putting it to the test (there’s a trip to the UK coming up that should really give it a workout).

UPDATE: I have had no difficulties with checking this bag on flights to San Diego, Chicago, and to the UK. And it worked like a dream on all of them. Until… on a train in the UK, one of the feet snapped right off. It wasn’t being gently set down but neither was it being treated more roughly than one would expect any luggage carousel to handle it. A small luggage shop in York tried to repair it but didn’t have the right part; their repair only held up for part of a day’s worth of use.

Getting it repaired officially is a complete nightmare. In the entire UK there is precisely one authorized repair center. Back in the US, the nearest one is about a three hour drive from me, and they think it’ll take several weeks. The warranty makes no attempt to cover any of this, even shipping, so it will cost probably 0 to do a repair that amounts to setting four screws on a wheel that probably costs or less. Samsonite’s rules about parts are very strict, so no local luggage store is allowed to repair, or able to get parts, even if any of them wanted to do it (they don’t).

I love the suitcase, but I will never buy Samsonite again.

Review by J. Brown:

I received this set of lugggage and was amazed at the quality for the price. I did lot of preliminary shopping of price, value and quality and will say unequivocably that this set is the best bargain on the Internet. The fabric is as heavy as any more expensive set, good wheels, good zippers, right size pieces to use for traveling, whether for a weekend or a week. I’ll be taking several trips in the near future and expect to get great usage out of this set. Having traveled a lot I understand the potential for luggage to receive a lot of abuse. I’ve been there. For the price/value this lugggage should hold up as well or better than sets at twice the price.

You won’t find better for a good basic set of luggage.

Review by S. Desantis:

Samsonite thought of everything. The set looks great and has tons of compartments. It’s also very sturdy. I’d stick with the black set because colored sets get dirty after being handled in the airport. I use this set all the time and it’s been perfect! This set is much cheaper than luggage you find in the department stores and it’s far superior. I love it!

Review by H. G. Schmidt:

After about a month and a half of heavy use (multiple flights, 2 intercontinental) I have to say I’m very pleased with this garment bag. It carried 2 suits (a 2-piece and a 3-piece) for me and kept them secure and just about wrinkle-free during my travels. The bag is made of ballistic nylon and it holds up well to most of the usual travel wear and tear. Mine still looks brand-new.

Please note that I haven’t ever checked this bag so I’m not completely sure how it would hold up under those conditions.

Review by E. Rader:

I bought this for a long business trip. I could easily fit 4 suits and had some room to spare. There are plenty of pockets and storage, but this bag is not the best quality overall. I am not sure how many trips this bag will last before it starts to wear, but it has been through 4 airports and 2 international trips and is still in perfect shape.

For only being about , it is hard to go wrong with this bag if you just need a bag to transport your hanging clothes.

Review by theWolf:

I was happy with the set. I think that it was a good value for the price. I bought red thinking that it would stand out at the baggage claim. Apparently, about 20 other people had the same idea. The soil from the flight shows fairly easily on the read. The luggage rolled easily and carried enough for me and my son for a week.

Review by D. Halla:

Arrived on time, looks sharp, holds up pretty well against airport handling. Lots of nice compartments for storage, and easy to spot at the baggage claim. I would recommend this luggage.

Review by David Dielentheis:

I searched long and hard for a suitable luggage option that incorporated adequate capacity, yet portability for an active vacation. My wife and I are traveling to the Cinque Terre in Italy and anticipate some challenging terrain for carrying luggage. I wanted a bag that would convert to a backpack carrying style when needed, but with capacity for a week’s worth of travel. We purchased two of these bags just before a recent trip to Cozumel and they were great. We carried all our necessities including snorkel gear! For the seasoned traveler who wants to pack and travel with a single checked bag, this is the perfect option.

Review by Eric M. Buryn:

I’ve been using this bag for about a year now and I have to say it is the best luggage I have ever owned. The multiple handles let you maneuver when you are on the shuttle to the rental car lot or roll with ease to some of the more distant ticket counters, I’m looking at you IAH. The space is more than enough to get to the 50 pound max and the ease of getting to your gear in the bag will let you rearrange if you went over.

If you carry tools or cold weather gear the bottom section lets you keep your kit separate from your personal clothes and gives you the top pockets to keep things you will want to access quickly such as your GPS or Inverter. This bag is more than adequate for anything and has served me well. The bags construction is rugged but lightweight and has not taken any damage in the year I have used it.

Well made, Great Price, and Utilitarian to the max. This is the only checked bag you need unless you are Stevie Nicks.