- Hanke Top Opening Carry On Luggage 20 Inch Aluminum Frame Hardside Suitcase

I rarely write Amazon reviews, but this carry-on is freaking awesome! I recently used it for a nearly four-day work trip, and it exceeded my expectations. The wheels glide effortlessly across airport floors and even carpet. Seriously, one of the smoothest rolling suitcases I’ve used. One thing I was initially skeptical about was the extra-wide telescoping handle. As you can see in my photos, I travel with an OGIO backpack, and the handle design turned out to be a huge plus! My backpack fits perfectly between the handles, stays snug and secure, and doesn’t shift around while I’m walking. Even better, I can easily access the backpack’s pockets without constantly having to reposition it. The hard-shell construction feels sturdy, the top-loading design makes packing incredibly convenient, and there’s plenty of room for everything I needed for my trip. Between the smooth wheels, clever handle design, and spacious interior, this has quickly become my go-to carry-on for work travel. Absolutely worth it. Highly recommend!

My wife set me off on a quest to find a highly rated and affordable piece of luggage. My old set had broken roller wheels and huge black smears across its gray fabric exterior from the airport luggage carousels. The piece I was looking for had to have some very specific features. Built in combo security lock, side opening, hard case, well reviewed, durable and lastly look good. This set so far has met all of those criteria. They all kind of speak for themselves with one exception. Why side opening? Easy answer. Because when opening and closing the furniture in a hotel room or cruise cabin you don't need double the space to see all your clothes. Since it opens from the side you only need half the space to get at your travel gear. Its got the usual pockets form bathroom and personal hygiene articles and best of all the green color is really snazzy looking. The hard shell type exterior will also take a beating and come back scratch and stain free so far. Lightweight too.

Here are all my thoughts (in no particular order): 1) Love the smoke white color. Wish there was a slightly brighter white option but the smoke white is beautiful. The general overall look of the luggage is premium! 1b) I'm not really worried about how it will look after many flights. It's a carry on so it won't get the kind of beatings that a checked luggage does. 2) Love the wide handle. I am one of 10 people on the planet who still preferred the old school tilt-and-wheel luggage because I have always found the newer 360 kind to be sort of difficult. The new wide handle makes the luggage far more stable. I also love the bright orange accent there. The handle stops at a few different heights which is great because I'm shorter (5'5") but my roommate is taller (6'). It works for either of us and it adjusts SO EASILY and smoothly. 3) Love the open top style. It takes up less space when unpacking/packing and is easier to pack (for me). I am also trying to use a compressible hanging closet organizer when I travel and the open top style is much easier to use for that. If that's not how you pack, I still think the open top is easier to pack than a clam shell but it might be a less obvious difference. 3b) A minus of the open top style is that when the lid is open there's sort of a lip of hard plastic around the inner corners. Can make packing things in the corner annoying. Only fix I can imagine is making the opening larger. But it might be a problem no matter what. Definitely not a deal breaker for me. Just an annoyance. 4) The wheels glide real nice. Sometimes I just move the luggage around for fun. Like a giant adult-sized fidget spinner. 5) The zippers are a win(?). They zip smoothly, the long handles make them easy to grab, and I like that they lock into the suitcase. It's a cool feature that seems to be popping up on luggage of all brands. I haven't had any issues yet but I do wonder about the durability of the zippers when locked and getting tossed around at the airport. That's not just with this Hanke carry on but with nearly any piece of luggage that uses this style of zipper lock. If the worst happened and the handle of the zippers broke, I could add a new zipper pull but it wouldn't work with the lock. So still serviceable but not ideal. Again, this isn't a ding against the Hanke but a general concern about the style in general. I have only seen one piece of luggage from some random brand that had this zipper lock style AND a built-in cover over the zipper lock to protect it. I'd like to see that the next time they redesign this luggage. But definitely not a deal breaker for me yet, and it may come to pass that it's never a problem. Just something I noticed. Tl;dr: Love it. Very few, small complaints. EDIT: actually flew with this on a plane (4 flights) Reading point 1b makes me lol now. Went round trip 4 flights and for all 4 the airline made me check the luggage because the flight was full. Sooooo now the suitcase has spent some time on rolling ramps and in the bowels of an airplane. First, in terms of durability I’ve had no problems. Nothing has broken, zipper and wheels are just fine. Second, I got a bunch of compliments on the bag from airline workers (which really says something!) Now the disappointing: the really textured surface of the suitcase “catches” the softer black rubber that all of those luggage ramps are made of, depositing bits of black on all the scrapes on your luggage. The nice thing is, at least for smoke white, the color on the plastic exterior is through and through so you’re not getting color removed (instead the black rubbery stuff is getting deposited on). Ultimately you can scrub nearly all of it off with some patience. I included some pictures of the small sections I couldn’t clean all the way. There are now scratches on this luggage but they’re the same color as the luggage which sort of hides them. I tried to take pictures but it was hard to get them to show (which is kinda what I’m talking about). I don’t know if there’s any luggage out there that can survive the kind of abuse that airlines put out. If you don’t think you want to ever scrub your luggage (which is understandable haha) I would just advise you to pick one of this brand’s darker colors. EDIT TO ADD: I’ve literally never had a chance to use this as a carry on. 8 flights in and it always gets checked lol still works great but the black rubber deposits/scratches are annoying to scrub off. I don’t like being someone who cleans their luggage - I’ve got better things to do! As beautiful as smoke white is, if I did it all over I’d pick a darker color. Wish they always made the handle arms an accent color :)

So far, so good. I only took my new suitcase on one overseas trip and cruise so far, but I was very happy with it. I did a lot of research before because I was picky with what I wanted, and this suitcase fit the bill. 360 wheels were a must and these rolled smoothly through airports, trains, tube, ship, and streets of London. I also wanted the top-opening instead of the clamshell, which was great...especially in small European hotel rooms where there isn't a lot of room to fully open a suitcase. What a pain if you have to keep moving a suitcase to the bed or floor of the hotel to access your stuff. I was able to arrange my packing cubes perfectly. This thing was packed like a precision glove and held a lot! Can't wait to pack again for my next adventure. Hopefully it holds up to all the future airport abuse. Bonus that I also loved this color!

Used this suitcase for the first time on a big trip the Europe. The trunk style made it easy so I was barely taking up any room while traveling, as I didn’t need a lot of room to open up the suitcase, which is nice when 5 people are squeezing into rooms. It traveled on side walk, gravel, cobblestone, trains, airplanes and it was so easy to manage as the wheels are extremely smooth and the handles are very easy to manage. The lock works wonderfully & I was able to fit the perfect amount for a big trip to a colder climate in just a carryon and personal item. As someone who used clamshell suitcases for the last few years, when I first started packing it I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to fit enough, but I was able to fit more than normal and had room to add items I picked up while traveling. The expandable option is great, but I didn’t even need to use it my entire 1 week trip in Europe. The trunk style helped keep everything organized. Obviously there is a few scuff marks from travel, and I’m not a careful person, my items tend to get beat up, but from how I treated it to how many small marks there are, this suitcase is VERY sturdy. The color is amazing and beautiful and I can’t wait to travel with this suitcase again in the future.

I really liked this luggage - top opening saved space in a hotel room, beautiful off white color, wide handle and smooth, easy to push wheels. However, after a little more than a year and using it for approximately 6-7 trips where it was never checked in, always carried on, I discovered this yesterday as I was packing for another short trip. The seams of the zipper itself is coming loose, rendering the luggage basically unusable.

I like the design of the luggage and its features and thus the purchase. The case is sturdy, but the zippers are not. The zippers have already detached and I am unable to resecure them. This is merely less than 6months of use. The product is supposed to come with a 3 years warranty and support for maintenance. Biggest issue is that they want you to contact them via Amazon. Their listed email and phone number does not work. They are dead. Amazon representative also tried to call them for me to verify and the number does not work. Amazon doesn't even have a working contact for them. I'm only trying to get them to fix the zippers so I can use the bag. They should not be allowed to advertise on AMAZON as this is pure frustration.

Bought this for a medical device, to carry on plane; the depth & way it opens affords room for the device to sit in the case. Gave it 4 stars because there is only a piece of material between the handle & the inside of the case (maybe this is standard?), thought there would be something a bit more substantial in the bottom of the case. At any rate , like the color (not as dark green as my other luggage , but at least it’s green). Light weight. Rolls well. With the wheel positioning, I anticipate this case will not fall over once packed. I am using for medical, however this would certainly allow a week’s worth of clothing for a trip. Expensive, but then so is what I plan to place inside. Do recommend.

I am extremely disappointed with this suitcase. I used the suitcase once and the zipper already broke. The suitcase (especially the top flap and zipper) is very flimsy. Feels like a waste of money.

Muy resistente y espaciosa

I love everything about this luggage! The wheels are super smooth and the orange contrast makes it look very luxurious. The colour is a smoky white (light grey) so you don’t have to worry about it getting too dirty. It is very spacious inside and fits all the essentials! Overall really good quality luggage! If you want a quality aesthetics luggage , this is a must buy!

this is the best luggage ever! i bought the expandable version of this carry on (i also own the regular one and 26in one) for my recent trip to europe. if i didn’t shop so much, it would have been the perfect size for a 10 day trip! very cute and my only tiny complaint about it is that stickers don’t stick to it very well, although that could be user error! lightweight but sturdy, zippers and lock work seamlessly. obsessed with this suitcase!

Perfect size for 1-2 week trips. Did 1 trip to Cuba so far. Luggage still looks great, minor scratches, but surprisingly, none of those nasty black rubber stains. The top opening is great for hotel luggage stands. Note to those complaining about scratches: I have never ever heard of luggage that does not get scratched. Be extremely careful when setting lock code. This one passed the YUL and SNU baggage trauma test. Will see in future if it stands up to 4-5 trips a year.