Originally Posted by
PAXboy
The finest case ever has these wheels. They are 15cm / 6" in diameter and are protected by the guard plates - which take the damage. I bought this in Munich in 1999 and have never seen it on sale again - anywhere. The company no longer sell this style. Yet, it must be readily apparent that these two wheels are brilliant for all regular roads and so forth.
This case is mid-sized, you can do a week if it's summer, or possibly even longer. I have constantly searched for a full sized version with these kind of wheels but nothing has revealed itself. All those silly spinners. Incidentally, this case was given a VERY serious workover by FCO/airline/LHR to the point where I was given a full price replacement voucher. That was in 2004. The case is still going strong as it is 'old school'.
Another Victor Mature production.
And therein lies the problem, as no-one wants to sell you a suitcase [even at a higher price] that is gong to last you 25 years and is still going strong
A possible solution that has not been mentioned for your particular trip in which you state you require a large case and bear with me on this...is to buy a large hard lockable suitcase
without any wheels and buy a separate foldable trolley with large wheels that you can collapse and fit inside the suitcase for transit and get out at the other end to refit and transport the case.
I have such a trolley [bought from a discount chain which is from Germany
] which was cheap/foldable and is rated at 50KG looks a bit the one below but I'm sure lots of others are available, it came with some bungee straps for attaching cases/equipment. I use one for transporting all my camping gear. The good thing being when the wheels eventually give up, easy to replace just the trolley as the case is still good.
Another tip if you did go down this route, take a plastic bag to put the trolley in before packing in the suitcase, that way if the wheels are wet/dirty your clothes won't be affected.
