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Speaking to the other half lastnight about weekends away next year and she mentioned "easyJet" bags which I've never heard of. Looks like these are bags made to be the allowable size for cabin bags A couple of reviews say they are good enough for 3 days away but I suppose this depends on who's packing.
Anyone had any experience of these and if they are any good?
I don't really understand the question.
They're just bags, big enough depends on what you want to take.
Any bag that fits will do soft ones are the best because you can encourage the to fit the check cage.
Wear three layers etc
I recently got one of these https://amzn.to/3YsA6IP could just about do a weekend away with it.
We have the eco hub versions. Decent quality.
Easily big enough for a few days away.
Just be aware that the Ryanair standard is smaller.
I bought a bag from Argos which matches the dimensions. It's quite tiny and I don't use it for anything else. When I got to the gate the boarding staff pointed to the cage, expecting it to fail and were surprised when it slotted right in. I was then asked where I got it from because "I'm going to get one of them".
After doing some extensive research recently on cabin bags and personal (under the seat) bags, I noticed that there's a lot of variation between carriers. A couple of centimetres could be enough to see you hit with extra fees.
If you only fly with one airline, find their limits and search your favourite browser for that size. If you fly different airlines, you'll need a spreadsheet to hit the minimum of each dimension.
Thanks for the replies, there is one on Amazon that expands from the smaller size to the marginally bigger depending on the carrier so will have a look at that. Will have to learn to pack minimal and hopefully the shoes I've got on my feet don't get wet!
Ryanair to easyJet is a big step up. I wouldn’t trust something that said it catered for both. Might work for other airline combinations though.
I have one. Depends on how much stuff you're taking with you but I use mine normally now for business trips etc - can get a spare change of clothes, laptop, chargers etc into one easily.
Just use a soft bag or backpack
Flew from Edinburgh on Friday with an Easyjet sized bag. Fitted the cage thing…but only just.
Flew back from Birmingham the next day and the same bag with the same stuff in it, packed in the same way was at least 5 mm too big in both width and length to fit the cage.
I was just one in a long line of very unhappy people who had to hand over £48 to extremely rude and arsey Easyjet gate staff
The bag is the size it claims to be so the logical assumption is that their measuring gauge is not always as big as it claims.
I’ll take a backpack next time. The guys I was with with soft luggage just sailed through unmolested.
@perchypanther If something is sold by size or weight, trading standards can check for you and issue some financial pain if things are not right. Carry a tailors tape and measure the gauge after confirming the the max permissible size. Given that staff are rewarded for charging for oversize bags there's a conflict of interest that could potentially lead to fraud.
"easyJet" bags
I had the idea that you can buy a bag form easyJet that fits their specifications. I just tried to Google it and failed, so maybe it was just a hallucination 🙁
https://www.cabinzero.com/ are decent and we've now stopped paying for and (more importantly) waiting for bags.
We have 4 in our family of various descriptions that we've used A LOT - 3 weeks interrailing round europe, 2 weeks in canada, a week in the US, numerous weekends away.
They have a guide about which bag is fine for which airlines and whether it's for under seat or over head bin.
Sorry that was her phrase, its just bags made to the size of the under seat luggage dimensions.
I flew to Malaga with RyanAir in October, with a travel bag from Primark which I'd measured in store as exactly the right dimensions. It was enough for everything I needed for a three day break in Spain - t-shirts, shorts, underwear, Kindle, etc. I was wearing trousers, hoodie, coat, etc, none of which was needed while away. It wouldn't have been big enough to take thicker clothing, or extra shoes, so if I'd intended hiking or doing anything that needed more gear I would have needed a bigger bag. The Primark bag was cheap in every way - it is unlikely to last more than a few trips.
I bought one from decathlon which fits the dimensions though one of the two have now changed but I never over fill it so it'll squash into the cage but I do think the most important thing is that its a soft bag and is of the backpack variety, they're just naturally not noticed as much as somebody wheeling something along or carrying it at their side. I generally go away several times a year for 3-4 days and always manage perfectly fine with what I can fit into it.
My mate always has a smug look on his face and winds us up about airline luggage. He's recently divorced and started going on overseas naturist holidays.
We did 5 days in Amsterdam with Sleasy Jet compatible bags - ours doubles as a rucksack or a wheeled case. Great !
My mate always has a smug look on his face and winds us up about airline luggage. He's recently divorced and started going on overseas naturist holidays.
Does he just pick up eye bleach at the airport?
Just be aware that the Ryanair standard is smaller.
It’s way past time that the industry forced all carriers to conform to exactly the same standard without exception, and fine heavily any that tries to wiggle out of it and charge passengers extra. This especially applies to Ryanair.
A couple of times last year I flew from Heathrow to Dakhla (Western Sahara) via Casablanca with Royal Air Maroc. The Heathrow staff were very particular about our allowances, those at Casablanca less so. It seems the locals were obliged to bring on 3 bags minimum and I'm sure one bloke had a piano with him.