Away luggage review: The 9 best Away suitcases and travel accessories we've tested

One of the archetypal things my hubby and I registered for erstwhile we got joined was a acceptable of Away's carry-on bags — helium opted for the standard-size carry-on portion I upgraded to the Bigger Carry-On. He loves his Away suitcase's astute details: a built-in lock, an interior compression system, and a fold-away laundry bag. The smaller size is peculiarly adjuvant connected smaller planetary airlines: connected a Ryanair formation successful Italy, helium didn't person to cheque this bag, but I got dinged with my Bigger Carry-On. We're some a small upset that the marque did distant with the enactment to adhd a removable battery. I thought that truly acceptable Away luggage isolated from others, but I tin spot wherefore they did, since airlines are truly cracking down connected having batteries successful the luggage clasp and overhead bins. —Lauren Savoie, lawman enforcement editor

I person ever hated packing, particularly the dreaded acquisition of trying to squish my apparel and shoes down to zip up my suitcase. Using Away's Carry-On showed maine that packing tin beryllium casual and adjacent fun. The Carry-On comfortably fits 5 days of outfits with country for more. As a instrumentality of each things agleam and unique, I besides emotion the scope of colors that Away offers. The Away Carry-On is simply a luggage staple that won't fto you down. —Kinsley Searles, Insider Reviews fellow

Read our afloat Away Carry-On review.

While my hubby opted for the smaller Carry-On, I sized up to the Bigger Carry-On due to the fact that I thin to question with much stuff. It's not a melodramatic quality successful the sizing implicit the Carry-On, but I emotion that it has each the aforesaid features and offers maine a spot much country erstwhile packing. I really precocious had the accidental to speech the container nether the brand's warranty programme erstwhile the lining started to teardrop aft 100+ flights with the bag. I recovered the process truly simple: lawsuit enactment responded to my petition wrong 24 hours, and aft I sent photos of the damage, they sent maine a marque caller container (I got to take the color). All I had to bash was vessel backmost my damaged container erstwhile the caller container arrived, and Away provided the shipping statement astatine nary complaint to me. The full acquisition was incredibly affirmative and made maine consciousness truly large astir the prime of the brand. —Lauren Savoie, lawman enforcement editor

As a notorious overpacker, I've experienced galore trips that impact maine attempting to maneuver respective suitcases down ample flights of stairs, done crowded airports, and onto tiny overnight trains. So it's harmless to accidental that I request each of the abstraction I tin perchance get erstwhile traveling. I purchased the Bigger Carry-On astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the smaller Carry-On and I emotion that the bigger mentation offers somewhat much abstraction portion inactive being capable to acceptable successful the overhead compartments of astir large airlines. I've already taken this carry-on with maine connected respective tiny getaways implicit the past twelvemonth and can't hold to question with it internationally. —Maliah West, erstwhile location & room reviews fellow

After trying retired this container successful our latest circular of luggage testing, it's my caller go-to. I emotion that the enlargement features let maine to inactive question with lone a carry-on, but not person to interest astir fitting souvenirs and different items I prime up successful my travels into my suitcase. The enlargement panels besides marque it overmuch easier to adjacent the bag: I haven't had to wrestle the suitcase closed similar I usually do. Instead, I typically battalion it with the enlargement open, and past zip up the enlargement sheet erstwhile the suitcase is afloat closed. I deliberation this volition effect successful a batch little deterioration and teardrop connected the container from overpacking. Keep successful caput that you whitethorn beryllium asked to cheque the container erstwhile it's afloat expanded, though this has yet to hap to me. —Lauren Savoie, lawman enforcement editor

Read our afloat Away Carry-On Flex review.

My Away Bigger Carry-On has been my go-to container for implicit a year, truthful erstwhile I saw that Away was releasing a caller mentation arsenic portion of its Softside collection, I knew I had to effort it. It's a small little businesslike successful its packing abstraction erstwhile compared to Away's hard-shell luggage, but its durability is unmatched, coming distant from my investigating process without truthful overmuch arsenic a scratch. Its waterproof exterior survived some snowfall and rain, truthful I wasn't ever frightened of my luggage being damaged. It besides comes with each the features modular to Away bags, similar quiescent wheels, a creaseless multi-stop handle, and a laundry bag. It's a large prime if you similar soft-sided luggage to hard-shell bags. —Kinsley Searles, Insider Reviews fellow

I emotion this carry-on truthful overmuch that I named it the champion aluminum luggage successful our usher to the best carry-on luggage. Built to last, this container is earnestly sturdy and has travel retired of respective trips wholly unscathed. What astir impressed me, though, was the immense magnitude of packing space. I took this container connected a play skis travel and was capable to acceptable my agelong underwear, sweaters, skis pants, gloves, and a airy overgarment connected conscionable 1 side. I easy acceptable a weekend's worthy of mundane apparel connected the different side. The lone downside is the weight. At conscionable nether 11 pounds, this container is heavy, truthful I thin to usage it much for car and bid trips. —Hannah Freedman, erstwhile subordinate question editor

I've been utilizing The Large Away suitcase for astir 5 years arsenic my main checked bag. Though I thin to effort to acceptable everything successful a carry-on whenever possible, determination are times that's conscionable not feasible, and this container has travel successful earnestly useful for everything from monthlong treks done Asia to large skis trips successful Europe erstwhile I needed to acceptable each my gear, positive my clothes. Checked bags, successful particular, request to beryllium durable since they get tossed around, and though it has a fewer marks and scratches, this suitcase has held up truly well. I besides similar that the Carry-On nests wrong it for casual storage.  —Hannah Freedman, erstwhile subordinate question editor

Away's sleek Pet Carrier has a roomy interior fitted with a plush sherpa mat and privateness screens, and plentifulness of pouch abstraction connected the exterior to clasp essentials. Its padded enarthrosis strap is comfy and you tin gaffe its luggage strap implicit the grip of a carry-on for casual rolling done an airdrome oregon bid station. Best of all, this bearer is arsenic harmless arsenic they come: it's been some crash-tested and certified by the Center for Pet Safety. I ended up naming it the astir stylish successful our usher to the best feline carrier. —Shoshi Parks, erstwhile Insider Reviews contributor

The Everywhere Bag is simply a fantastically flexible summation to Away's luggage line-up. I person utilized it arsenic a enactment tote, a idiosyncratic item, and an overnight bag. This bag's versatility is incredible: features similar a padded enarthrosis strap and luggage sleeve marque it arsenic astatine location astatine the gym oregon astatine the airport. Whatever you usage it for, I decidedly urge this container for some regular usage and traveling. It lives up to its name: you tin instrumentality it everywhere. —Kinsley Searles, Insider Reviews fellow

I'll admit it: I ever thought packing cubes were pointless. I stubbornly stuck with this thought for my full beingness until it was clip to battalion for a monthlong travel for my destination wedding. There were conscionable excessively galore things to organize, truthful I tried Away's Insider Packing Cubes Set.

With six options successful varying sizes, I was capable to usage each cube for a benignant of covering — dresses utilized a ample cube, swimsuits a smaller one. During the people of this trip, I stayed successful 7 hotels, and 7 times the cubes not lone helped maine find what I wanted to wear, but made it easier to battalion up rapidly erstwhile it was clip to determination on. And, erstwhile I overpacked and had to region items from my Large (see above), each I had to bash was propulsion retired a cube and propulsion it successful my carry-on to region value quickly. For agelong trips especially, this packing cube person thinks these are wholly worthy it. —Emily Hochberg, erstwhile question editor

Similar to Emily, I utilized to beryllium a packing cube skeptic, but present I don't question anyplace — even for 1-2 nighttime trips — without them. Away's are flexible and stretchy and support each my antithetic apparel neatly organized. I ain them successful black, but if I could spell backmost I'd take 1 of the lighter colors truthful it's easier to spot the contents down the mesh cover. —Connie Chen, erstwhile elder reporter 

As a integer nomad, I've recovered Away's packing cubes to beryllium an casual mode to enactment organized. They are spacious and diagnostic a sturdy mesh lining to support your apparel caller (and besides to fto you spot what's inside). Best of all, these bags tin truly acceptable a batch of clothes. I ain the set of four, which comes with 2 slim and 2 wide cubes and is conscionable close for astir of my trips. Together they measurement conscionable 0.32 kg, truthful they don't adhd overmuch value and tin beryllium stored flat. — Jamie Ditaranto, Insider Reviews contributor 

Read our Away packing cube review.

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