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Lovely but HUGE DESIGN FLAW
HIGE DESIGN FLAW with luggage rendered worthless if zipper fails, which it did for me on first use.
Lovely set however the very first time we used the largest of the 3 pieces of luggage the suitcase zipper broke and hence the entire contents of the luggage spilled out everywhere. And since the design of the luggage completed depends on the zipper holding the two halves of the hard-shell luggage together, and the zipper was then damaged, the luggage was completely useless and couldn't carry anything without my holding the two halves together. I was stuck on the other side of the country with a ton of clothes (it is a large suitcase and carried quite a lot of clothes) and no suit case.
This is a huge design flaw because the integrity if the 3 suit cases depends on the zipper. But since the handle to carry the luggage is anchored to only one half, it means the zipper has to support the weight of the entire suitcase. This isn't so bad with the 2 smaller bags, but the largest holds a lot of clothes hence a lot of weigh hence the zipper is almost guaranteed to fail very quickly in my case. I know Samsonite brands themselves as durable luggage, but I don't know how this flaw could have passed stress testing, so I wonder if they ever actually tested the largest of the Winfield 2 Fashion set.
June 2017 · Clothing Shoes and Jewelry · verified purchase