

When you buy a Rolls Royce you expect to pay top dollar, well this is no exception. This frame adds a little more weight to the suitcase but offers more rigidity and durability. Rimowa® offers collections with top-of-the-line zipper closures or with aluminum and magnesium frames.

Additionally, the wheels are engineered to withstand the wear and tear you can expect from a substantial amount of weight and impact. The outer material is not where Rimowa® stops, in fact they have a patented Multiwheel® system that is designed to roll in any direction on either two or four wheels. This institute is renowned for the endurance tests they conduct on vehicles for road safety. They have actually had their polycarbonate product tested by the German institute TUV. I would like to start with Rimowa®, the high quality German manufacturer, who was the first vendor in our luggage industry to offer pure polycarbonate in the year 2000. Having said this, even the polycarbonate composites perform amazingly well especially considering their lightweight properties.
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By comparison a polycarbonate composite will generally show a white crease or perhaps crack under the same degree of impact. Consequently, if there is a stress crease due to excessive weight or an excessive blow, you will notice the color of the crease is the same as the surface color. The outer surface color of a pure polycarbonate is fully penetrated or immersed into the material. Once the person gets off the suitcase, you will miraculously see the suitcase return to the original shape. Although, a composite can actually have multiple layers, by definition a composite must have at least one layer other than the polycarbonate.Īn amazing demonstration of the polycarbonate strength is to have an average sized adult stand up on top of the suitcase and watch the suitcase flex all the way to the floor. A polycarbonate composite is a layered plastic that generally has a ‘cap sheet’ of polycarbonate plastic on the surface layer. The polycarbonate composite is far more prevalent, primarily because it is much more affordable. Although, most luggage vendors make a decision to produce one or the other, I know of some vendors that offer both varieties. The distinction is pure polycarbonate vs. However, not all polycarbonate products are the same. The most attractive properties of polycarbonate are the lightweight, flexibility, and durability characteristics.

Polycarbonate is relatively new to the luggage industry. I’m not a chemical engineer or a science buff, so the fact of the matter is my descriptions will always be in layman’s terms. The question was which hardside luggage is the most reliable? First, I would like to provide an understandable definition or distinction in product, so that my response is qualified. Heys USA EZ Computer Carry-Ons Which hardside luggage is most reliable?Ī fellow Hubber asked me to write a hub addressing their question.
