About Trundlo

A four-wheeler once spent an entire hotel hallway drifting sideways toward the elevator, no matter how many times I straightened it. That was the third bag in four years to develop a serious wheel problem, and the point where I stopped buying on vibes and started keeping notes.

Regional account manager, suburban Indianapolis, 41. My work calendar has been a rotation of two-day client runs for over a decade: fly out Tuesday morning, come back Wednesday night with the same shirt slightly less crisp. Trundlo is what happened after enough friends texted asking which bag to buy that it seemed worth writing the answers down. Not a travel blogger. No industry connections. Just someone whose every-other-week rhythm has burned through a handful of carry-ons and produced strong opinions about wheel quality, zipper longevity, and how a bag handles three years of overhead-bin punishment.

What this site covers: carry-ons, check-in luggage, packing accessories, and the occasional piece on shipping gear ahead when checking it isn't worth the fight. Not gear reviews in the abstract. What actually holds up on Tuesday-Wednesday business travel and the occasional family trip where the stakes are higher and the overhead bin is already full when you board.

Some links here pay me a commission when you buy through them. Your price stays the same. The commission funds the next bag to test, which is the only way these reviews stay honest.