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7 carry-on cases, read against the test that matters at the gate: whether the bag drops into a 22 by 14 by 9 inch frame with the wheels counted.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Oct 31, 2026
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Two legacy names, and the honest difference is not the cases. It is that one of them puts its softside line where flight crews buy, and the other sells more shapes than any shop can stock.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Oct 31, 2026
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The FAA lists trackers by name and allows them in checked bags up to 0.3 grams of lithium. An AirTag's CR2032 holds about 0.109, so it clears the limit roughly threefold.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Oct 14, 2026
The Edit — Travel
TSA bans a multitool with a knife blade of any length from carry-on bags. A blade-free tool can fly in the cabin, within 2 limits: scissors under 4 inches from the pivot, and tools no longer than 7 inches.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Oct 14, 2026
The Edit — Travel
A lifetime warranty covers a seam that was stitched wrong in a factory. It does not cover the wheel a baggage belt tore off, which is the only way most cases ever die.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Oct 11, 2026
The Edit — Travel
A scale that reads half a kilo light is worse than no scale at all, because it produces confidence rather than a check. Four scales, and the one number to test them against.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Sep 6, 2026
The Edit — Travel
Both shells survive the trip. What decides between them is which failure you would rather own — a cracked corner you cannot repair, or a torn panel and a zip that a ballpoint pen opens in seconds.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Sep 5, 2026
The Edit — Travel
An adapter changes the shape of the pins. It does nothing to the 230 volts behind them, and the appliance that dies abroad is usually the one that needed the second thing.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Sep 5, 2026
The Edit — Travel
Almost every US carrier publishes the same three numbers, and almost every bag sold as compliant measures larger than them once the wheels are counted. The sizer at the gate is the only measurement that decides anything.
By Mara Okonkwo · Updated Sep 4, 2026
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