Rockland Fashion Softside Luggage Set

I purchased these in two colors for a trip that we did not want to deal with checked luggage. The Turquoise looked very cute online and is typically my favorite color, but it was a bit plain in person. Not a huge drawback, but not as cute as I was hoping for. The Black Cross was extremely cute and made me wish I had chosen it or one of the fun prints. They both held a good five days of clothes for a beach vacation (for two women) very well, and we especially liked the flap at the back of the smaller bag that you hang over the extended handle of the larger bag to keep the pieces together with no falling or slipping. Don't forget to use this as it was a life saver even if it does make the bag front heavy so that it falls forward. Just turn it to face the wall or something steady so it doesn't fall. The zippers worked well enough with only a couple of catches and the extender worked well and would still fit in most larger airplane overhead bins if fully extended. However, there were a few things that I did not like about the bags that may impact your wanting to buy one. On one of the larger bags, the locks that came with them were 100% useless. No joke. They are simply there for looks. There were two keys attached, but the bottom of the lock had no fitting space for the keys. It was just a messed up lock that couldn't even be opened to make it appear the bag was locked. Second, the handle on the other large back worked well for the first half of our travel, but on the way home, the plastic handle at the top came loose of the metal bar and we could not get it to snap back on no matter how hard we tried. It's still mostly functional, if you don't mind having to hold it by the metal bar rather than the handle. We may be able to hammer it back on at home, but I don't see that being effective as it's not the highest quality plastic to start with. Finally, on the smaller bag, while it is plenty roomy and I like the large front pocket for keeping airline tickets, passport, and wallet easily accessible, the zipper on the larger opening only goes one way, so you have to open it all the way to get inside the opening. It would have been much more functional to have a double zipper that meets in the middle, so you only have to open part of it on whichever side you need to access. All that said, these worked well for one trip, held quite a bit of luggage, met airline codes, were mostly functional, and they have a great variety of colors so you don't have to have the same black or gray bag as every other passenger. However, for around $40, it would be nice to have a bit better quality with a couple more features and they would get a 5-star rating from me. *Full disclosure: I did buy two more sets for my kids to take on a trip this summer, so we will see how they fare against the likes of a 9 and 11 year old. I would have tried another brand of bag since these were not the best, but I knew what to expect from these and didn't want to take a chance on a different bag that may have bigger issues.