Packed to the brim and carried across-seas. The size was perfect for all of our plane travel and has plenty of room. Rolls easily over various surfaces with good steering capability. The purple color is a great one, and easily distinguishable from black bags. Down-side I would say is if you mess up the lock on the top (which seems it would be difficult to do) there is no way to fix it without trying every combination of 3-number combinations. Also due to its hard sidedness, the outside did receive some scratches going in and out of the overhead compartments. No functional damages, only visual.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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