Suggestions, pros, cons on "metal" lightweight luggage?

I just ordered a Titan bag and will give you my opinion in about a month.

Can you tell me the size and how much the suitcase weighs empty?

Although this is far out of my typical price range, I'm very interested in hearing your reactions to the Tital luggage, maile.

But I just want to clarify, Titan isn't metal. It's polycarbonate plastic, though certainly very sturdy. These are usually very lightweight bags. The carry-on sizes weight less than 5 pounds, and I wonder how they measure up to a much cheaper bag like the Heys xcase, which I reviewed for our luggage article this week.

Received luggage but have not travelled. However, I did run the empty 24" Titan (24x16x11, 9.5 lbs) around the house, over the deck and down the driveway, and it rolls on all surfaces beautifully. I gave my husband all the Eagle Creek luggage along with my dislocated shoulder. By the way, Heys does not seem to make a 24", going with a 20", 21" and then 26 on up to 30.

Hi Doug,
Where can I read that review?
I need new light weight luggage for my 2 months Asia trip.

A Back Pack is not quite my style. Am concerned about using my duffelbag because it can easily be slashed on a train ride. Also it is not water proof which I unhappily discovered on one trip.

9.5 lbs. for a 24" suitcase is not "lightweight" in my opinion.

Here's a link to the article. It was just replaced on our homepage by something newer, but it's still appearing as a "news story" in one of hte smaller boxes on the right-hand side of the home page.

http://www.fodors.com/news/story_3042.html

Suze, I just ran a very quick comparison of 24" roller luggage and actually the Titan (with four wheels) is lightweight. The others (Briggs & Riley, Int'l Traveller, Travel Pro and Tumi) all ran 10 to 14 pounds. I really am sold on the 4 wheels vs. the 2 wheel "luggers" at this point. And I've also become converted to the "firm" vs. the "stuffable" cases. I also like the 24" size for a three/four week trip.