IT luggage

I bought a 24" (maybe 25"?) IT suitcase for a trip last summer. All I had were carry-on sized bags and I needed something larger to take some things to family in Germany. I found it for a really good price at Ross. I didn't move around very much, only going to 3 cities, and I only had 2 train trips.. I liked how lightweight it is and it seems well made. I didn't have any problems with the wheels, but like I said, it didn't get much abuse.

Haven't taken it to Europe, but the 22" is ultra light and holds a lot of stuff. Well used domestically.

Keep in mind there are several designs of IT bag and wheels so your experienc3 may vary.
I have 2 sizes....carry on and 24. Carry in used multiple times in Caribbean and North America - checked and carried on. 24 inch was a cruise in Europe but had several transits to make with various modes of transport and 'walking' it over multiple road surfaces. Wheels stood up fine. I think the smaller size will fare better.

I used a 23" or 23.5" IT bag in 2016. It weighed over 30 pounds packed. The bag itself was about 3-1/2 lb. At that time each of the four wheels on the IT bags was a single wheel; the newer bags have double wheels.

The bag was fine through 89 days in Spain, including more than 20 changes of hotel and probably about 30 miles of sidewalks, cobbles, etc. I always tilted it and pulled it on 2 wheels.

I took the bag on my 2017 trip, but by the time I reached my first hotel, one of the back wheels wouldn't roll at all. I don't know whether the wheel was just about gone when I left home or the airline did something to accelerate its demise. So Wheel 1 died on Day 91 of heavy use.

I rotated the wheels and continued using the bag in France. More cobblestones. 30 days later (about Day 120 of use and a total of over 25 hotel changes and 40 rolling miles) the second wheel failed and I no longer had two working back wheels, rendering the bag useless.

I was annoyed at the time, but that was a lot of days of use from an inexpensive bag. I was lucky that it died in a town large enough that I could buy a replacement.

However, the replacement bag--about the same price as the IT bag but at least 2 pounds heavier--has only 2 (sturdier) wheels and has served me for about 250 days of similar use.

Ergo, I am not a fan of spinner wheels. Unfortunately, it is not easy to find anything else in the US these days.

The IT bag I am asking about has 2 wheels and is advertised as the “world’s lightest luggage”.

I took the small IT carryon to Europe two years ago. It was a two-wheel model and very lightweight, I'm guessing the same as what you are looking at. My experience was that I was gone 54 nights, toting luggage around 12 cities and always walking from public transit to lodging with it. One plane trip, the rest by train. I had taken it on one trip to Chicago before I left, wheeling the luggage several blocks from transit to hotel each way. Then I took it on two domestic trips, also using public transportation and therefore wheeling it for several blocks each time. Also a couple of short domestic trips with minor rolling of the luggage within a hotel complex. One of the wheels eventually gave out and doesn't turn, meaning the luggage has to be dragged or carried if I want to use it now. So depending on the length of your trip, and how you feel about spending small money for something that doesn't need to last forever, I would say go for it.

The extreme lightness of the IT bag was a real plus to me. You will be very happy about that characteristic of the bag every time you have to lift it. If I found an IT bag in the size I need with two wheels, I would buy it. I don't know whether I'd buy another 4-wheeler, but then again, that may be the only option available by the time I need to buy another base.

acraven, the next time you're in Europe take a look at the Samsonite Uplite 55

https://www.samsonite.co.uk/uplite-upright-55cm-grey/74755-1408.html#q=samsonite%2Buplite%2B55&start=1

I have this bag and it is very good and lightweight. You can usually find it for less than listed retail. Unfortunately, it's not sold in the USA. I bought mine in the UK when my RS rolling bag had handle issues. I'm going to get the spinner version of this bag next month. (I like spinners and haven't had a problem.)

IT still makes two wheeled, lightweight carry on bags:

https://www.ebags.com/product/it-luggage/worlds-lightest-los-angeles-2-wheel-219-carry-on/298752?productid=10713936

Thanks, Frank. The carry-on IT bags don't have the capacity I need for 4+ months' worth of vitamins/supplements and travel information. I will watch for the Samsonite bag.