Thank You. Within the first few minutes my suspicions were confirmed. I will hate that suiter and the compression straps. They are a waste of space. I like your Jaguar. It is similar to my 23 year old Samsonite that I need to replace. The search goes on....
Yes, I didn't even check that in the description or the videos the company provides before purchase, because every suitcase I have owned the zippers open at the top. I am really hesitant to throw out the Jaguar, but one day it might just crumble or the wheel will fall off. I am also intrigued with the Briggs and Riley Baseline series, but the cost is double, but seems better overall, including customer service. Someone on the phone a few weeks ago told me that the guy who designed the Jaguar actually went to TravelPro, but how the top portion ended up being designed in such a way is beyond me. Thanks for your comment and watching my amateur video! :)
I watched the entire video, thank you for the good review! What suitcase did you end up with / do you recommend? I don't want to spend more than $400 on it.
Sorry for my late reply, I didn't receive a notification and as you see, I don't post often. haha. I did buy the Travelpro 25in Platinum Elite Expandable Softsided Spinner Luggage you see in the video, they didn't send that to me for free. I just decided to review it because I didn't see any others who reviewed it, until after I posted my own video. hahaha, funny how youtube does that.. I feel the bag was expensive for what you get. I did use in April to go to Europe however, and it held up pretty good. The biggest complaint I have, or still have is the reverse opening pouch on the cover. so dumb. and the fact that the expansion is no where's near as good as my Jaguar bag.. But such as life...
They don't, sadly, yeah... I think the brand is defunct. And... it appears that the designers of the Jaguar bag went to TravelPro and Briggs and Riley, I forgot which, I think Travel Pro, unfortunately I think they lost their touch though, because the bag has too many flaws, and for the price, I don't think I would buy another.
Hi Lisa, thanks for your message and sorry for my delay in reply, I rarely post videos so don't often see messages. I went to the Balkans in April with this bag. Four countries 16 days, four flights and lots of car rides and throwing around of the bag. What I can say for someone my height, over 6' or over 185cm, the bag is small, the Jaguar can expand more. I had to use the expansion on this bag since leaving my country. Which made it difficult to buy stuff in those countries. The Jaguar had like 5in expansion but this bag only has 1-2cm and not the entirety of the bag. It is tapered and quite a dumb design. I am not happy with this. And the bottom opening of the inside pocket is still dumb. Everything will slide out, you have to put stuff in other bags to secure it. The performance of the bag otherwise was decent. Some scratches on the wheels, both from airline and people pulling the bag out of cars the wrong way. The fabric of the bag held up well, I do not detect oil marks or anything, perhaps the airline was more careful? I am not sure. the wheels are great, but a caveat, if the airline is not careful your bag WILL Roll away. I had this happen in the airport, the wheels are toooooo good. Great to glide on the floors, but a little too well. The extra expense of this may not be worth it. Handle seems wobbly, especially at full weight. I had this thing at 28-31kg for the entirety of the two weeks. You could see the material bulging out for sure.But no internal or external damage, but probably a lot of stress on the zippers. I did not push it down though to zip it, I tried to avoid that, if it would not zip without pushing it down, I repacked and moved things around to get it to zip without too much force, but still overpacked. Long term speaking probably not a good thing. But I would do that with the jaguar too, and for over 15 years. So I don't know what to tell ya. I am still looking or another bag that has more expansion. Briggs and Riley looks like a good choice, but at double the price is it worth it? I don't know. I have heard both good and bag. Maybe better to buy a cheaper bag, use it for 2-5 years and then replace it. hahahahahahahaha. Overall the quality of the TP bag is good, I just don't know the long term quality.
Thank You. Within the first few minutes my suspicions were confirmed. I will hate that suiter and the compression straps. They are a waste of space. I like your Jaguar. It is similar to my 23 year old Samsonite that I need to replace. The search goes on....
Yes, I didn't even check that in the description or the videos the company provides before purchase, because every suitcase I have owned the zippers open at the top. I am really hesitant to throw out the Jaguar, but one day it might just crumble or the wheel will fall off. I am also intrigued with the Briggs and Riley Baseline series, but the cost is double, but seems better overall, including customer service. Someone on the phone a few weeks ago told me that the guy who designed the Jaguar actually went to TravelPro, but how the top portion ended up being designed in such a way is beyond me. Thanks for your comment and watching my amateur video! :)
Thank you for this review!
You are welcome!
I watched the entire video, thank you for the good review! What suitcase did you end up with / do you recommend? I don't want to spend more than $400 on it.
Sorry for my late reply, I didn't receive a notification and as you see, I don't post often. haha.
I did buy the Travelpro 25in Platinum Elite Expandable Softsided Spinner Luggage you see in the video, they didn't send that to me for free. I just decided to review it because I didn't see any others who reviewed it, until after I posted my own video. hahaha, funny how youtube does that..
I feel the bag was expensive for what you get. I did use in April to go to Europe however, and it held up pretty good. The biggest complaint I have, or still have is the reverse opening pouch on the cover. so dumb. and the fact that the expansion is no where's near as good as my Jaguar bag.. But such as life...
Great review 👏 Thanks
Great review but if they don’t make Jaguar anymore…😢
They don't, sadly, yeah... I think the brand is defunct. And... it appears that the designers of the Jaguar bag went to TravelPro and Briggs and Riley, I forgot which, I think Travel Pro, unfortunately I think they lost their touch though, because the bag has too many flaws, and for the price, I don't think I would buy another.
You did a great job. Please check back and let us know how the travelpro proformed.
Hi Lisa, thanks for your message and sorry for my delay in reply, I rarely post videos so don't often see messages. I went to the Balkans in April with this bag. Four countries 16 days, four flights and lots of car rides and throwing around of the bag. What I can say for someone my height, over 6' or over 185cm, the bag is small, the Jaguar can expand more. I had to use the expansion on this bag since leaving my country. Which made it difficult to buy stuff in those countries. The Jaguar had like 5in expansion but this bag only has 1-2cm and not the entirety of the bag. It is tapered and quite a dumb design. I am not happy with this. And the bottom opening of the inside pocket is still dumb. Everything will slide out, you have to put stuff in other bags to secure it. The performance of the bag otherwise was decent. Some scratches on the wheels, both from airline and people pulling the bag out of cars the wrong way. The fabric of the bag held up well, I do not detect oil marks or anything, perhaps the airline was more careful? I am not sure. the wheels are great, but a caveat, if the airline is not careful your bag WILL Roll away. I had this happen in the airport, the wheels are toooooo good. Great to glide on the floors, but a little too well. The extra expense of this may not be worth it. Handle seems wobbly, especially at full weight. I had this thing at 28-31kg for the entirety of the two weeks. You could see the material bulging out for sure.But no internal or external damage, but probably a lot of stress on the zippers. I did not push it down though to zip it, I tried to avoid that, if it would not zip without pushing it down, I repacked and moved things around to get it to zip without too much force, but still overpacked. Long term speaking probably not a good thing. But I would do that with the jaguar too, and for over 15 years. So I don't know what to tell ya. I am still looking or another bag that has more expansion. Briggs and Riley looks like a good choice, but at double the price is it worth it? I don't know. I have heard both good and bag. Maybe better to buy a cheaper bag, use it for 2-5 years and then replace it. hahahahahahahaha. Overall the quality of the TP bag is good, I just don't know the long term quality.