Before my recent trip to New York I knew I needed a bigger suitcase as the one I have was quite smaller, and I knew I would be doing quite a bit shopping in New York! I've had a smaller suitcase by Tripp for years and I've long been impressed by the quality of it. It's a good sturdy suitcase that feels like it's made with good quality materials and barely looks worn despite it being on quite a few trips including being dragged around the London Underground on a few trips. It was already set in my mind that my new suitcase would preferably be a Tripp one and so after browsing around on Debenhams who stock Tripp luggage, I came across this Navy Express Sunshine flower suitcase.

Initially I was impressed with the size of it, it was a nice large and spacious suitcase, and I knew I would be able to fit a fair amount of shopping in there. At first I was slightly concerned about the weight of it whilst empty, it does weigh 4.3kg which is fairly light weight but when I was lifting it up it felt quite heavy to me. Despite this once I had packed all of my belongings for the journey out I was pleased to see it came well under our luggage allowance, and on my return journey with it full to the brim it was still a good amount under the allowance. The suitcase has a height of 67cm, a width of 41cm and a depth of 26cm, and it has a 58 litre capacity, which was plentiful for a 5 day trip to New York.

One thing which attracted me to this particular suitcase is the floral design. I originally owned a plain navy suitcase by Tripp and this design I thought was pretty and noticeable. It's very handy when waiting at the luggage carousel as it's quite noticeable and whilst not bright and overly girly, I find it had a nice feminine quality without looking cheap or tacky.

The suitcase has 2 sturdy wheels and this is another feature I like about Tripp suitcases as the wheels aren't flimsy little things but are very sturdy and walking over bumps is easy with this. The handle is also equally good quality and slides away nicely when needed. There is a carry handle on the top and on the side for ease when lifting this suitcase, and again they are fastened on well and won't give way if you are lifting the suitcase by one of these handles. The suitcase has kissing zips and comes with a padlock and 2 keys. I hate using key operated padlocks on my suitcases as I worry I might lose the key so I swapped this for one of my own number code locks, but if you don't mind a key operated one then it does save you the expense of buying a lock. On the back there is also an address label panel with the label provided, making you feel slightly better that if your luggage does get lost, then at least it holds your address.

The inside of the suitcase is grey and fully lined, and it has 2 packing straps to keep the contents of your suitcase secure. It's large and spacious but doesn't feature any separate panels or pockets which my other Tripp suitcase has.

This suitcase cost me only £40 from Debenhams, supposedly with an original price of £135 however it seems Tripp luggage is always on special, whether online or in store, so you would rarely pay full price for one of their suitcases. I was extremely pleased with my suitcase, my luggage was well protected on my holiday, it has a nice design and it's extremely good quality, therefore I highly recommend this particular suitcase.