Osprey Europe Rolling Transporter 40 Unisex Durable Wheeled Travel Pack

I had been looking for a new carry on suitcase for a while that wa light and strong.Finally took the plunge and decided to invest in a quality case based on reviews.This case is well worth the money, strong and light and you will definitely fit in more gear than you think.I’m so happy with it that I’ve just ordered a transporter duffle bag for shorter trips.

I'm loving it. Lightweight, waterproof, easily maneuverable, rigit and well made. Fabric and plastic details and robust and easy to clean. Different handles allows you to grab the luggage in various most comfortable way and carry it with both one and two hands easily. Great for both business trips on the plane, and taking it on camping for outdoor endeavours.

I've become a little lazy when choosing bags since getting a travel backpack from Osprey a few years ago. This was the fourth bag I've bought from them and is doing an excellent job (the other 3 bags are different and still work perfectly well). The packs rolling and handle mechanisms feel very robust, and the pack is suprisingly light for it's capacity. I personally prefer soft outer bags to hard cases as they are more flexible, and this product has great build quality with all the seams and zips being well sown and substantial.The only shortcoming is that the lack of compartments to conveniently separate items. I knew this when buying the product and still feel that this is worth accepting in order to have an otherwise excellent product.

Absolutely amazing and lots of fun to travel with. Fits nicely into overhead compartments and is so easy to pull along.i am thrilled with this purchase. It’s my permanent weekend travel bag..

I bought two of these to travel to Thailand with on holiday and they proved to be very robust and totally fit for purpose.We took six Osprey wheeled bags between us as checked baggage and all performed perfectly.There were bags coming off the airport baggage carousel battered and smashed to pieces, but these Rolling Transporter 40's were completely unscathed. And being highly weather resistant really adds to their usefulness.

Superbly made, rugged ,lightweight and easy to manoeuvre.

Perfect fit for carry on luggage. Really well made, super quality. I travel every week and this is the best case I’ve ever had. Well worth the money.

Rolling Transporter 40 v. the competition and loose miserably.Failed to Meet ExpectationsYou could say I am a fan of Osprey packing equipment for I have bought (or trialled and returned) of well over 20 of them. From various wash bags, Tote, Daylite’s, Farpoint Wheels, Farpoint packs, Sojourn’s, Atmos AG 50 & 65, Farpoint Treks, Duffels …. That’s because I am for ever (over 40 years) in the quest to find the perfect packs for (mostly) work assignments to deserts and offshore. Take a look at one of the photo’s; sharp eyes amongst your will see there are two Farpoint Wheels 36 because the second one was on a very special deal.Among the 20+ Osprey packs, this is the third I have had to return because it failed to meet the spec’s, this time, miserably. Suffice to say I no longer bother reading the reviews of adventure equipment web sites; I don’t know why anyone would give it more than 2 stars.Osprey Europe web site itself made a song and dance about the material used, “TPU”. Fine, but, the first but, for the price why not make the zips water proof also. Waterproof zips have been invented decades ago and Goretex jackets have had them two decades ago (the more expensive models). Second big BUT, TPU is not used on the bottom ! Why NOT? The bottom is always the first part to get wet. Even if the packs, any packs are stood up, they inevitably fall to their lowest centre of gravity whether bouncing on a Toyota Land Cruiser or on an offshore workboat. There is no mention of this anywhere on Osprey Europe, text or photos. It has none of the features I must have and available on e.g. Farpoint Wheels 36, or Jack Wolfskin TRT Rail 40 but was prepared to forego the features for waterproofness. 1 star awarded for twin column extension pull-along handle (and slide the Daylite Tote or laptop bag with the special sleeve) so it stays on without falling off – can’t do the same with single column handle. Another for the chassis which is near identical to the other wheeled luggage mentioned above. The wheels are very smooth, and runs quiet on airport floors.So what do I recommend a worker who needs a 36-40 litre wheeled cabin luggage to act as mobile office for 100 to 250 days of the year, every year ? Seeing as the Transporter 40 is not waterproof, may as well consider these :-If the work assignment allows you weekends off to go hiking, choose the Osprey Farpoint Wjheels 36. It is only 36 litres and further limited by the dual curvature of the pack – curvature for spine and for the back of the ribs). Hence 4 stars. But it has the best shoulder harness (and waist strap). The harness is comfortable and takes only seconds to put into action or zip out of the way. It has a section for document on the outside so it is easy to pull out documents while in a queue at airport or hotel. (Some countries you need to fight to stay in the queue and if you have to lay the pack down to open it to extract something, you would end up last in the queue).The best compromise wheeled cabin pack I would have on my next assignment will is the Jack Wolfskin TRT Rail 40. It has the sections I want to separate various office equipment, photographic kit, sound and light meters, binoculars etc. True the shoulder straps takes couple of minutes to engage but the twin column extension pull-along handle means it is lower profile than models with single column (which have to be thicker to give them strength, pure physics). This is for assignments which have little chance for “excursions” and space for packing equipment into it is more important. This Jack Wolfskin also has thicker fabric for in an emergency I would not be able to go get a new one when in the desert or offshore. Most assignments are couple of months to as long as half a year at remote locations. The most I could do would be stick some Gorilla Tape on a tear (also purchased through Amazon). The Farpoint Wheels is far easier to tear – there are lots of metal edges on a working vessel or sharp rocks in deserts.Worth putting in the short-list if you can still find it (it is no longer produced so would be discounted if available) is Lowe Alpine AT Roll-On 40. I give this three stars because the shoulder straps takes the longest to engage and remove. The Extension handle is unique, the columns of which are located to the edges of the pack so as not to take up valuable space along the middle bottom of the pack. But of course you cannot slide the Osprey Tote or laptop case through the columns, at least I have not seen a laptop bag with wide enough sleeve.All three models mentioned here have good chassis and wheels. All the luggage packs mentioned here were bought rather than given to me for review by manufacturers, and nearly all purchased via Amazon.There is an updated Transporter but it is still 2 stars compared to these three models.