Heavy Duty Luggage with Wheels

Heavy Duty Luggage with Wheels

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If you need heavy duty luggage with wheels, ours is built for the traveler whose last bag didn't survive the second trip.

Polycarbonate hardshell. Anti-burst zippers. Dual Cyclone spinner wheels. Engineered for what baggage handlers actually do to luggage.

Trusted by 8 U.S. airlines as the replacement bag when their own handlers cause damage.

If you're sick of luggage that can't last, have a look at these options below.

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MaxPorter II Carry-On

MaxPorter II Carry-On

22" x 14" x 9" • Anti-burst + anti-theft zippers • Dual Cyclone wheels • USB-C port • TSA lock

$199.99 • 8.14 lb

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MaxPorter II Large Trunk

MaxPorter II Large Trunk

Checked/large format • Anti-burst + anti-theft zippers • Dual Cyclone wheels • USB-C port • TSA lock

$299.99 • 13.3 lb

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MaxPorter II Collection Bundle

MaxPorter II Collection Bundle

Carry-on + large trunk • Full anti-burst protection • Dual Cyclone wheels on both • USB-C on both

$499.98 • Best value

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The Luggage Airlines Trust to Replace Yours

Our heavy duty luggages gets their real test from baggage handlers, not in a lab.

Traveler's Choice is the authorized luggage replacement partner for JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska, Frontier, Allegiant, Hawaiian, and JSX. When those airlines damage a passenger's bag, they replace it with ours.

That's not a marketing claim. It's an airline procurement decision — made by 7 separate buying teams that have processed enough damaged luggage to know what actually holds up in the hold.

Forty years of manufacturing out of Pomona, California. Built to keep coming back.

Airport terminal check-in

Zippers Built to Stay Shut

The MaxPorter II uses anti-burst and anti-theft zippers on every bag.

Standard zipper sliders fail under lateral pressure, the exact force created when a bag is shoved into an overhead bin or dragged across a baggage conveyor. The MaxPorter II zipper housing is reinforced to hold under that load.

Anti-burst construction means the zippers stay closed when the bag is overpacked or compressed. Anti-theft construction means they resist forced entry.

Two failure modes. One zipper system built to handle both.

MaxPorter II anti-burst zipper close-up

Wheels That Roll Mile After Mile

Dual Cyclone spinner wheels. Recessed housings protect the spinners from the impact that cracks cheaper wheels at the mounting point.

That mounting point is where most budget spinner wheels fail. The housing absorbs the contact from conveyor belts, overhead bins, and rough tarmac before it reaches the axle.

Four-wheel configuration for clean rolling across tile, carpet, cobblestone, and airport surfaces. No drag. No wobble under a full load.

The same wheel system on every TC bag that 7 airlines chose to hand their passengers after causing damage.

MaxPorter II Dual Cyclone spinner wheels

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