Bottom Line: Best luggage for that late summer escape [Video]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/CONSUMER REPORTS) – Between long lines, flight cancellations, and delays, your luggage is the last thing you want to worry about at the airport.

Does that mean you have to spend a small fortune to get a quality piece of luggage?

Thankfully, the answer is no.

Consumer Reports says its luggage tests mimic the airport experience and everything in between, such as dragging, dropping, and pulling the bags to simulate someone traveling with a piece of luggage.

CR’s tests find that you don’t have to spend a lot to get a quality bag.

Testers fill the luggage with fabric to simulate a bag packed with clothing and then run it along a conveyor belt studded with obstacles for thirty miles.

To check handle strength, a machine lifts the weighed-down bags five thousand times!

This test checks for resilience by applying 220 pounds of pressure to the top and sides of the baggage.

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