You know what would be great? Pictures of the inside, or at least some idea of how things fit in these eight wonderful pockets. That would be great. Yeah.
What I want is a Boston Dynamics. Auto Follow carry-on that is self-defending. One that can climb up into the overhead bin by itself. One that can glare out from the recess and dare the flight crew to do anything about it. One that will bite the careless neighbor who thinks that has to be theirs and grabs it “by mistake”. The more I have to travel with other people, the fewer other people I have any use for.
@fkgjlsdflk I’ve flown with this bag as carry-on for, probably, more than 100 flights (usually Southwest). There’s never even been a suggestion that it needs to be checked. They’re a really good bags - the whole family has one. I’m on my 3rd in about 8 years including one that did every-second-week travel for 2+ years. The inside is open and will fit a (work) week of clothing. The pockets on the sides are pretty flat. The pockets on the top will carry chargers, a book, something like that. The end pocket will take a quart bag of toiletries. I’d buy another but I bought one from morningsave in April.
That’s the first thing I checked (pun intended) was whether this could be carryon. It appears that most domestic airlines require luggage to have its combined dimensions of under 45". This bag is 46". It’s close, which is probably why the comment above indicates that they’ve flown over 100 flights with this bag as carryon.
Unfortunately, I just bought my wife a Travelpro, which cost significantly more than this. And I use a Pelican hardcase all of the time, so I don’t see using this, even if I but it.
@ergomeh@fkgjlsdflk@susanrm But on Southwest, they don’t care as long as you can get it under the seat or in the overhead of their 737s. This soft bag can be pushed down an inch while measuring.
@dred@ergomeh@fkgjlsdflk yes, that’s great. For people who never fly Southwest, or for the future when they may crack down like other airlines, that does not hold true.
@dred@fkgjlsdflk@susanrm It’s usually one of the smallest bags in the overhead bin. I’ve flown it on Frontier (once and only) and on United (possibly others that I don’t recall in the life of the bag). As someone points out, if it’s not over-stuffed it can be squished down. It may depend on the day/gate agent/airline, etc. but my personal experience has been positive (but you are correct that it’s mostly been SWA)
@dred@ergomeh@fkgjlsdflk@susanrm The lack of an industry standard for acceptable-size carryon is intentional, and from here it looks like American and United are the leaders in the “stripmine the passenger” championship trophy battle.
@dred@fkgjlsdflk@susanrm@werehatrack Last United flight (from Europe about a year ago) I was dumped into Las Vegas in the middle of the night on an Air Canada codeshare with, it turned out, no way out. In a complete f$$k up, they had cancelled my itinerary while checking delayed flights in Canada. Wrote to CEO Kirby. Letters to the CEO usually get you a response from customer service but I got no apology, no acceptance of responsibility, no response at all. I haven’t flown them since. I can’t say that I won’t ever, because they probably have the most flights out of my home airport after SWA, but they’d be the last airline I’d check for any route SWA doesn’t fly.
@fkgjlsdflk@stuart5 I’ve been using this model of bag for probably 8 years or so. Some years more use than others. IIRC the new one is my third and both the others are still usable but prophylactically replaced because I don’t want to have a broken bag in the middle of a trip.
@fkgjlsdflk Pro tip - when you get to the gate, pick it up and carry on rather than rolling. Some gate agents see a rolling back and automatically think “must be checked.”
As one of the @ergomeh family, I can confirm that he does indeed love this bag to bits (literally). I was summoned here by a text “BTW the Olympia bags are on meh today.” I did not need to ask which Olympia bag.
I’m on my second. It has done 1000s of miles. Plenty of trips in the overhead on transatlantic and transcontinental flights. Rolling through the cobblestone streets of Europe has split the wheels on my current one but it still rolls and the bag itself is still in fine condition so not time for me to get a new one either.
@bugger@dtwsportsfan@mehcuda67 Everyone knows that you use a shopping bag to transport a head. And if anyone asks what’s in the bag, you just show them. You’ve been shopping. (Treasured reference to a wonderful bit of writing in a Vorkosigan book.)
I’ve had a few of these (as have the rest of the family) and it’s a great pleasure just to be able to buy another one of the same model rather than finding that it’s no longer made so you have to research what to buy again. (Bought the last one in April from Morningsave so not quite ready for another yet). Hopefully they’ll keep making them for many years to come…
Here to be the one guy who unabashedly enjoys every second of the limited air travel I am privileged to experience. I can’t wait to be able to do it again.
The binder clip I was using as a zipper pull fell off my suitcase while dragging the damn thing through San Francisco this weekend. And the suitcase is easily old enough to buy itself booze and get nostalgic about grunge music. (Thank you older sister for the hand-me-down.)
I don’t have anything to say about this bag, but as I sit here, trying to force myself to drink this Caramel Latte Super Coffee, I am reminded again about the absolute worst Meh purchase I have ever made. This stuff is disgusting, but I can’t get myself to throw it away.
@mark0805
I hear ya, I find it hard to throw away a fading plant that’s only got a glimmer of hope for survival. The other night my guy accidentally left his delicious stuffed salmon dinner in the oven for a hour (after it was already done cooking ) he THOUGHT he’d turned the oven off. Needless to say, it was pretty crispy! He couldn’t bring himself to throw it out! I told him to pretend he had a stomach bug a just couldn’t keep it down and then just chuck it!
He couldn’t do it!🫠 When he got hungry enough he said it really wasn’t that bad. Lol
On Facebook, in our local “Buy Nothing” group people give away all kinds of drinks and food that they’ve tried it and just didn’t like. At least we’re not tossing it, and most everyone likes a freebie! Maybe you can check it out in your area, The Buy Nothing movement is nation wide.
Can I effectively hide medication (legal I swear!) in this without the TSA stealing it? That happened on my first big girl work trip, and I felt very naive. But it’s annoying to carry on.
@sunshineparadox I have yet to be challenged on any meds. Partly, that may be because I carry around every OTC sinus and NSAID med known to man plus a few for issues with i/o, and I don’t even try to hide it. They take one look at all of it, and me, and never even glance at the labels on the prescription stuff. But then, I also haven’t flown through OHare since the early '90s, and the fuck-you security agents there were already assholes at that point.
You guys suck! I’m literally sitting in an airport right now waiting for my flight to board. I don’t need reminded how bad this is. And YES, I will be flying over the great lakes, so thanks for putting that in my head. Sheesh.
@pakopako Actually, with this kind, there’s a fairly stout bottom plate along that lower edge, with boith wheels mounted to it. They tend to track along nicely until the urethane outer tread on the wheel suddenly breaks up and falls off. I’ve had to replace the inline skate wheels on several pieces of luggage lately. Unfortunately, some examples of this type of luggage use a structural plastic that autodegrades to “fragmentation” after about five years. I’m pretty sure these people don’t, but many do.
@pakopako The big offender appears to be polystyrene or polybuterate that’s used to produce a medium density foamed panel structure, which just cracks into little tiny pieces after a while. Polyethylene is one of the most stable plastics, but it’s also the one most resistant to be being made black.
@pakopako Polyethylene has to be pigmented, it doesn’t take dyes, and the black pigments that work with it are reportedly finicky. But polyethylene is the stuff Fisher-Price uses for its outdoor-neglect toys, and they survive better than most stuff made for adults. I have long suspected that the autodestruct nature of luggage inner structures is an intentional design choice, and I’ve learned to spot the kind of plastic panel that just falls to bits - IF I can unzip the liner to see what’s hiding behind it. The crapola plastics are typically present in 100% of paste-on-label kit, including some “designer name” stuff. To get away from it, choosing a brand that’s been around for a while - and is often seen following flight crew through the terminal - is the first line of defense. Travelpro, Swiss Gear, American Tourister, and a couple of others have been consistently good. I haven’t had any Olympia.
Specs
Product: Olympia USA 8-Pocket 22" Rolling Duffel Bag
Model: SRD-22
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$57.88-$64.09 at Amazon
$57.88-$68.99 at Target
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 23 - Thursday, Oct 26
Might as well share my experience
@Larry1977 Sadly, i preferred this to the actual offering, since i never go anywhere & have no use for it. <sigh>
I am going to bag it and not buy it.
Hey, there are carry on dimensions. It must be really small in real life. A banana for size, not a fictitious red beat.
You know what would be great? Pictures of the inside, or at least some idea of how things fit in these eight wonderful pockets. That would be great. Yeah.
What I want is a Boston Dynamics. Auto Follow carry-on that is self-defending. One that can climb up into the overhead bin by itself. One that can glare out from the recess and dare the flight crew to do anything about it. One that will bite the careless neighbor who thinks that has to be theirs and grabs it “by mistake”. The more I have to travel with other people, the fewer other people I have any use for.
@werehatrack Well, not quite as good, but if you buy the hot pink it’s unlikely anyone else will mistake it for theirs.
This is 22" x 12" x 12" and the carry-on dimensions are 24" x 14" x … 9". Don’t be shocked when they make you check it.
@fkgjlsdflk I’ve flown with this bag as carry-on for, probably, more than 100 flights (usually Southwest). There’s never even been a suggestion that it needs to be checked. They’re a really good bags - the whole family has one. I’m on my 3rd in about 8 years including one that did every-second-week travel for 2+ years. The inside is open and will fit a (work) week of clothing. The pockets on the sides are pretty flat. The pockets on the top will carry chargers, a book, something like that. The end pocket will take a quart bag of toiletries. I’d buy another but I bought one from morningsave in April.
@ergomeh buddy you just sold a bag!
@fkgjlsdflk
That’s the first thing I checked (pun intended) was whether this could be carryon. It appears that most domestic airlines require luggage to have its combined dimensions of under 45". This bag is 46". It’s close, which is probably why the comment above indicates that they’ve flown over 100 flights with this bag as carryon.
Unfortunately, I just bought my wife a Travelpro, which cost significantly more than this. And I use a Pelican hardcase all of the time, so I don’t see using this, even if I but it.
@ergomeh @fkgjlsdflk you got lucky. On international flights and small flights, they can be quite picky and make you measure.
@ergomeh @fkgjlsdflk @susanrm But on Southwest, they don’t care as long as you can get it under the seat or in the overhead of their 737s. This soft bag can be pushed down an inch while measuring.
@dred @ergomeh @fkgjlsdflk yes, that’s great. For people who never fly Southwest, or for the future when they may crack down like other airlines, that does not hold true.
@dred @fkgjlsdflk @susanrm It’s usually one of the smallest bags in the overhead bin. I’ve flown it on Frontier (once and only) and on United (possibly others that I don’t recall in the life of the bag). As someone points out, if it’s not over-stuffed it can be squished down. It may depend on the day/gate agent/airline, etc. but my personal experience has been positive (but you are correct that it’s mostly been SWA)
@dred @ergomeh @fkgjlsdflk @susanrm The lack of an industry standard for acceptable-size carryon is intentional, and from here it looks like American and United are the leaders in the “stripmine the passenger” championship trophy battle.
@dred @fkgjlsdflk @susanrm @werehatrack Last United flight (from Europe about a year ago) I was dumped into Las Vegas in the middle of the night on an Air Canada codeshare with, it turned out, no way out. In a complete f$$k up, they had cancelled my itinerary while checking delayed flights in Canada. Wrote to CEO Kirby. Letters to the CEO usually get you a response from customer service but I got no apology, no acceptance of responsibility, no response at all. I haven’t flown them since. I can’t say that I won’t ever, because they probably have the most flights out of my home airport after SWA, but they’d be the last airline I’d check for any route SWA doesn’t fly.
@fkgjlsdflk :I think meh needs to pay @ergomeh a commission. :laughing
@ergomeh @fkgjlsdflk So I am wondering, why do you need to replace the bag so often?
@fkgjlsdflk @stuart5 I’ve been using this model of bag for probably 8 years or so. Some years more use than others. IIRC the new one is my third and both the others are still usable but prophylactically replaced because I don’t want to have a broken bag in the middle of a trip.
@ergomeh @fkgjlsdflk @stuart5
There’s a mental image! Must… not… giphy… or showme…
@fkgjlsdflk Pro tip - when you get to the gate, pick it up and carry on rather than rolling. Some gate agents see a rolling back and automatically think “must be checked.”
As one of the @ergomeh family, I can confirm that he does indeed love this bag to bits (literally). I was summoned here by a text “BTW the Olympia bags are on meh today.” I did not need to ask which Olympia bag.
I’m on my second. It has done 1000s of miles. Plenty of trips in the overhead on transatlantic and transcontinental flights. Rolling through the cobblestone streets of Europe has split the wheels on my current one but it still rolls and the bag itself is still in fine condition so not time for me to get a new one either.
How many heads can fit in this duffel bag?
@bugger I got 26 heads of lettuce in one time.
@bugger @dtwsportsfan You can probably bring a duffel bag in the head, but you can’t bring a head in a duffel bag. Sorry, blame TSA.
@bugger @dtwsportsfan @mehcuda67 Everyone knows that you use a shopping bag to transport a head. And if anyone asks what’s in the bag, you just show them. You’ve been shopping. (Treasured reference to a wonderful bit of writing in a Vorkosigan book.)
@bugger @dtwsportsfan @werehatrack I sense a rabbit hole approaching.
@bugger from my calculations you should be able to fit 7 average sized heads and still use as a carry on. ISIS will probably buy a few of these.
It comes in PURPLE!!
/giphy purple
I’ve had a few of these (as have the rest of the family) and it’s a great pleasure just to be able to buy another one of the same model rather than finding that it’s no longer made so you have to research what to buy again. (Bought the last one in April from Morningsave so not quite ready for another yet). Hopefully they’ll keep making them for many years to come…
Here to be the one guy who unabashedly enjoys every second of the limited air travel I am privileged to experience. I can’t wait to be able to do it again.
The binder clip I was using as a zipper pull fell off my suitcase while dragging the damn thing through San Francisco this weekend. And the suitcase is easily old enough to buy itself booze and get nostalgic about grunge music. (Thank you older sister for the hand-me-down.)
So needless to say, I’m in.
/giphy uncanny-carving-eye
/giphy warped-haunted-woodsman
That last product photo is an instant all-time favorite
Does this have 4 wheels or two?
@shllybkwrm “Constructed of supreme polyester with metal ball-bearing in-line skate wheels for smooth rolling”, so just two and they don’t swivel.
I don’t have anything to say about this bag, but as I sit here, trying to force myself to drink this Caramel Latte Super Coffee, I am reminded again about the absolute worst Meh purchase I have ever made. This stuff is disgusting, but I can’t get myself to throw it away.
@mark0805
The other night my guy accidentally left his delicious stuffed salmon dinner in the oven for a hour (after it was already done cooking 
) he THOUGHT he’d turned the oven off. Needless to say, it was pretty crispy!
He couldn’t bring himself to throw it out! I told him to pretend he had a stomach bug a just couldn’t keep it down and then just chuck it! 
Maybe you can check it out in your area, The Buy Nothing movement is nation wide. 
I hear ya, I find it hard to throw away a fading plant that’s only got a glimmer of hope for survival.
He couldn’t do it!🫠 When he got hungry enough he said it really wasn’t that bad. Lol
On Facebook, in our local “Buy Nothing” group people give away all kinds of drinks and food that they’ve tried it and just didn’t like. At least we’re not tossing it, and most everyone likes a freebie!
@Lynnerizer That’s exactly what I’m doing, actually. Give Buy Nothing a try and then toss. It’s what’s got to be done, lol.
@Lynnerizer @mark0805 I hear you! Think of it as Salmon Bacon? It’s all in the marketing!
@mark0805 @mehcuda67
Or salmon jerky!
So meh uses Todd Beamer’s last words in ad copy about air travel. It bothers me. OK. I’m finished. For now.
Can I effectively hide medication (legal I swear!) in this without the TSA stealing it? That happened on my first big girl work trip, and I felt very naive. But it’s annoying to carry on.
@sunshineparadox I have yet to be challenged on any meds. Partly, that may be because I carry around every OTC sinus and NSAID med known to man plus a few for issues with i/o, and I don’t even try to hide it. They take one look at all of it, and me, and never even glance at the labels on the prescription stuff. But then, I also haven’t flown through OHare since the early '90s, and the fuck-you security agents there were already assholes at that point.
Get some Tic Tac’s and switch the contents of the bottles. The TSA will have minty fresh breath.
You guys suck! I’m literally sitting in an airport right now waiting for my flight to board. I don’t need reminded how bad this is. And YES, I will be flying over the great lakes, so thanks for putting that in my head. Sheesh.
@nubby0614
Just consider the source then put it out of your head! Happy and safe travels on the way back home! 
No need for bad thoughts!
I always liked the concept of these things. You could carry it, roll it, or (threading your arms through the carry straps) wear it like a bookbag.
Except the rolling never worked for me. The wheels aren’t on an axle and thus will “bend” causing whatever is in the duffel to sag, drag, and rupture.
@pakopako Actually, with this kind, there’s a fairly stout bottom plate along that lower edge, with boith wheels mounted to it. They tend to track along nicely until the urethane outer tread on the wheel suddenly breaks up and falls off. I’ve had to replace the inline skate wheels on several pieces of luggage lately. Unfortunately, some examples of this type of luggage use a structural plastic that autodegrades to “fragmentation” after about five years. I’m pretty sure these people don’t, but many do.
@werehatrack I’ve had that happen too; polyethylene and polyurethane just aren’t rugged enough solutions for my problems.
@pakopako The big offender appears to be polystyrene or polybuterate that’s used to produce a medium density foamed panel structure, which just cracks into little tiny pieces after a while. Polyethylene is one of the most stable plastics, but it’s also the one most resistant to be being made black.
@werehatrack you’re serious? It would be more durable if it were neon banana??
@pakopako Polyethylene has to be pigmented, it doesn’t take dyes, and the black pigments that work with it are reportedly finicky. But polyethylene is the stuff Fisher-Price uses for its outdoor-neglect toys, and they survive better than most stuff made for adults. I have long suspected that the autodestruct nature of luggage inner structures is an intentional design choice, and I’ve learned to spot the kind of plastic panel that just falls to bits - IF I can unzip the liner to see what’s hiding behind it. The crapola plastics are typically present in 100% of paste-on-label kit, including some “designer name” stuff. To get away from it, choosing a brand that’s been around for a while - and is often seen following flight crew through the terminal - is the first line of defense. Travelpro, Swiss Gear, American Tourister, and a couple of others have been consistently good. I haven’t had any Olympia.