DELSEY Paris Titanium Hardside 21" Carry On

I should have listened to those few who dissatisfied about this luggage from the first time they used it, but I thought it was just an expected manufacturing defect level (a rare occurrence). So I gave it a try! I purchased this luggage for two reasons: to have easy access to my 13" apple computer and iPad Pro for my frequent international travels going through many security check points, and secondly for a good size carry-on for a one-week trip. I have used this luggage as my carry-on on two long trips: New-York - Hong Kong - HCMC (Saigon) on Dec 28 and HCMC (Saigon)-Hong Kong-Amsterdam - Hamburg on Jan 3. Here are what happened after the Second trip from Saigon - Hong-Kong - Amsterdam - Hamburg (a long 28 hour trip) with three aircraft changes and a long-distance bus ride: 1. I Like the V-shape opening of the computer compartment. Zipping up the zipper to close it has to be done with care, otherwise the zipper catches the fabric ears that maintain the V-shape. As long as you do not overpack the shared compartment on the other side of the computer side, you are OK. 2. When I received this luggage just on the same day of I was leaving New York for Asia (on Dec 28), I saw the handle was not as strong and durable as I expected compared to my Tumi luggage. I thought it should be OK after all it came with a 10-year international warranty. During these two trips obviously the handle was used quite a bit - as you move from gates to gates and from lounges to lounges. I handled it with care all the time. The luggage runs smooth on a hard surface, less so on thick carpet as I expected. But after I got to Hamburg, and was getting on to a bus to Kiel, the handle did not lock-in properly (to stay down). One handle bar could not collapse all the way down - just about 0.5 in on one side and prevented it to stay down. I managed to lock it after a few jiggles. But now it needs a minute or two to collapse all the way down and stayed in a lock position. This is unacceptable flaw. Definitely I will return it. The manufacturing defect rate is more than I expected from Delsey. I will definitely return it and reconsider buying a Vitrinox that is twice the price. All in all it is an OK bag. The volume is small as some reviewers have pointed out, but it works fine for me (fits for two jeans, 2 shirts, 5 T-shirts, winter gears, two sweaters, and 1 computer + 1 iPad Pro). I have a small back pack to carry the back-up drive, cables, and books.