Your Expert Guide to the Best Travel Gear in the UK
TravelGearExpert Team 
Buying luggage one suitcase at a time is a bit like buying odd socks — technically fine, but you know you’re doing it wrong. A 2 piece luggage set is simply two suitcases, usually a cabin case and a larger hold case, sold together in matching colours, materials and design so you’re not left wheeling … Read more
If you’ve ever watched the departure board at Gatwick with your heart in your mouth as the check-in agent plonks your case on the scales — you’ll know exactly why the lightest check in suitcase you can find is worth every penny of research. The difference between a 2.8 kg suitcase and a 4.5 kg … Read more
There’s something quietly brilliant about a soft shell suitcase. While hard-shell cases get all the glamorous press — looking like something out of a Wes Anderson film — a good soft shell suitcase is busy doing the actual work: flexing into overhead bins, absorbing a baggage handler’s best attempts at creative tossing, and carrying everything … Read more
Picture the scene: you’re standing at the baggage carousel at Heathrow, watching your battered soft-shell case emerge looking like it’s had a disagreement with a forklift. Again. If that sounds familiar, it may be time to seriously consider a hard shell suitcase — and you wouldn’t be alone. Sales of hard case check in luggage … Read more
There’s a particular kind of misery that comes from standing at an airport check-in desk, frantically rearranging your belongings between two overstuffed bags because you bought a suitcase that was just — slightly — too small. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there. And if you’re reading this, you’ve wisely decided it won’t happen again. Finding … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in at the baggage carousel. You’ve packed sensibly — or so you thought — and now you’re watching an oversized case that won’t close, stuffed to bursting like a Sunday roast the day after Christmas. Sound familiar? The best medium suitcase solves exactly this problem: enough room … Read more
Picture this. You’re at Stansted, it’s 5:47 a.m., the queue for security resembles a mid-morning tube carriage, and you’ve just watched someone’s ancient, brick-heavy suitcase eat up half their 10kg cabin allowance before they’ve packed a single sock. Meanwhile, you breeze past with your lightest carry on luggage — a sleek 1.8kg case stuffed with … Read more
Picture this: you’re sprinting through Gatwick’s North Terminal, coffee in one hand, boarding pass in the other, and your rigid hard-shell suitcase refuses — absolutely refuses — to squeeze into the overhead locker beside someone else’s overstuffed bag. The flight attendant gives you that look. We’ve all been there. Here’s the thing about soft shell … Read more
There’s a very particular kind of dread that hits you at the check-in desk: the one where your “definitely cabin-sized” suitcase gets eyeballed by a gate agent holding a metal sizer like it’s a guillotine. Hard shell carry on luggage exists to make that moment boring rather than terrifying — and in Britain, where a … Read more
zHere’s the thing about a carry on for British Airways: it sounds like a simple shopping decision until you’re stood at the gate at Heathrow Terminal 5, watching a staff member eye your “definitely fits” suitcase like it’s personally offended them. So let’s get the boring-but-vital bit out of the way first. British Airways gives … Read more