6 Promising Luggage Brands Every Traveller Needs to Know
Floyd - Modern Travel Bags with Skateboard Wheels
Boring blank-colored luggage is in the past. The old decade’s fashion is coming back to life in many ways, and one of them is as funky colorful travel cases. That’s exactly what Floyd wants to do: give modern traveling its mojo back that has been lost in the circle of conformist black business suitcases rotating non-stop on baggage claims all over the world.
Floyd’s mission is to bring back the bohemian vibes from the seventies, with their unconventional travel cases with skateboard wheels, which are smooth and comfortable enough to give you a silent and comfortable ride. Available in different colors and sizes, Floyd suitcases are made from premium hard-shell polycarbonate to absorb external pressure and give you stellar durability.
Paravel - A Brand Bringing Sustainability into the Luggage Business
Have you been aiming to find a super cool and socially conscious brand that makes suitcases attractive enough for you to buy them? That might sound too exact, but you’re not asking for too much, plus you’re not the only one thinking of this. Paravel creators had this urge as well.
Paravel makes eco-friendly, high-quality suitcases that are easy on the planet using vegan leather, circular cotton, and jute. Their focus is to fight climate change by incorporating upcycled and eco-friendly materials into their luggage, reducing and eliminating carbon emissions as much as possible, and planting trees. So far, they’ve planted more than 35k trees, saved more than 8k tonnes of CO2 offset, and recycled more than 2 million plastic bottles.
Travelmate - The Robot Suitcase that Follows You Wherever You Go
Travelmate is revolutionizing the robotics and AI industry with the first suitcase that follows you everywhere you go. The suitcase uses a security system called TSA standard with a Bluetooth-enabled lock. Its battery can be easily removed, and you can charge it with wireless technology. Other amazing elements? It comes with a built-in scale that measures your suitcase content weight, amazing multi-colored LED lights, and a removable GPS chip that allows you to knows its location at all times.
Airwheel - The Suitcase that Turns into a Scooter
Why handling your suitcase when you can ride it? Meet Airwheel, the smart, electric suitcase you can turn into a scooter in just three seconds.
Airwheel is the world’s most versatile scooter-luggage combination of all, perfect for every journey. It is compact enough to fit in overhead bins of airplanes and includes a portable power supply and a USB charging port in the case. Thanks to their aviation-grade aluminum alloy, the Airwheel suitcase is also super fun and safe to ride.
Zippelin - The First Inflatable Suitcase
Luggage is bulky, clunky, awkwardly shaped, and consumes a lot of precious space when is not in use. But hey! What if you could almost disappear your bags when they are not in use. Meet Zippelin, the first inflatable, biodegradable travel bag in the world.
Lightweight, durable and compact, Zippelin bags are entirely made of recycled materials, such as used truck tarps (polyester fabric with PVC coating), used car seat belts (polyester), and discarded bicycle inner tubes (rubber). Zippelin bags are spacious and mobile. When rolled up, they take up no more space than a 2-liter bottle, so you can easily store them anywhere.
Charles Simmon - Handcrafted Travel Accesories Made with Sustainable Wood
Charles Simon's suitcases unify the precision of aeronautical engineering and the love for design and aesthetics. They work with sustainable materials to ensure long-lasting products, using recycled Canadian log-drive wood, a very dense and stable one. With it, they are clearing lakes and rivers, avoiding deforestation, and taking care of the planet. Cases are made with aluminum-carbon fiber content, which makes them lightweight and sturdy; while the soft leather from the inside is crafted in France.
