Tucci Italy printed hard side luggage review

If you love eye-catching luggage, then you’ll want to check out the Tucci Italian Art & Design collection. These sleek, tough on the side but lightweight luggage pieces are durable, well made and very chic!

What luggage pieces are available from Tucci Italy?
Tucci Italy (you may see it styled as Tucci Italy) offers luggage in sizes 20″, 24″, 28″, 30″, and 32″, which is a bit larger than what many luggage brands offer. They make both hard-sided and soft-sided luggage – today, I’m only looking at hard-sided luggage.

You’ll find Tucci luggage in two, three and four piece sets, which is also unusual! Two and three piece luggage sets are common, but very few brands release four piece luggage sets. If that’s what you’re looking for, be sure to check out Tucci. Their 30″ and 32″ pieces of luggage are huge, with plenty of room inside for long trips to far-flung destinations.

Other notable things about this review are that it features two sleek, hard side luggage pieces with bold prints. They’re great (you’ll read more below), but they’re not all offered by Tucci. The brand produces a wide range of solid-colored and kid-printed luggage, and most of their line comes in textured and micro-textured finishes. For durability, these textured finishes offer more cold weather resistance, especially if they go into the cargo hold.

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Tucci Italian Hard Side Luggage Review:Winter Leopard 20″
The first piece I picked for this review is the Tucci Italian Hard Side 20″, featuring the brand’s Winter Leopard design. It’s very striking:I tend to buy dark, plain luggage pieces, so this is a big difference for me. While I love my plain suitcases (I think they fit my neutral aesthetic very well), I have to admit that it’s hard to spot them on the luggage conveyor belt. 90% of the luggage there looks exactly like mine, so I’m sure there will be moments where I’m standing next to a piece of luggage with a stranger and we’re both like, “Um, is this yours?”

With all the intricacies of Tucci’s designs, that’s just not going to happen. Yes, the brand also has a lot of plain finishes, but their prints will definitely get your attention. With this one-of-a-kind luggage, there’s no more guessing whose luggage is whose. If you’re worried about finding your luggage on the conveyor belt or your spouse in a crowd, well, you won’t be with those people.

This 20″ carry-on handles the size well. Its 360-degree Glide-Tech swivel wheels are very sturdy and I’m a big fan of them. Because of their size and construction, they roll very smoothly and are sturdy on two and four wheels.

Like all carry-on luggage, this one has a retractable handle that locks in two different positions and is well made – you can easily lift the entire suitcase off the retractable handle. This piece also has a soft jelly handle that pops up when lifting it for extra comfort, and you get a full three-piece set as well.

Luggage handles letucci italian hardside luggage review: turkish marble 24″
Tucci’s 20″ and 24″ pieces of luggage work very similarly for me. Like the 20″, this 24″ Turkish marble hardside luggage feels well-made. Its telescoping handle clicks into place twice (a rarity on the 24″ size) and its finish is absolutely striking.

The only difference between the 20-piece″ and 24-piece″ from Tucci’s Italian print collection, really, is in the luggage handle. the 20″ has only a top carry handle, while the 24″ adds a side carry handle. It’s made of the same soft, grippy material that really helps when lifting heavy objects or overhead.

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Tucci Italy Hard Side Luggage Exterior Finish
In my opinion, there are two types of ABS plastic hardside luggage.

Micro-textured
This is the more common type. Textured hard side luggage has tiny little bumps covering the entire surface which hides scratches and wear. Because of the bumps, micro-textured luggage has more surface area, so it’s a little heavier. Overall, it’s more durable, but you can always tell it has a textured surface. Because of this, micro textured ABS plastic tends to have a solid color finish with geometric designs showing the valleys and peaks in the surface itself.

Smooth.
Another type of hardside luggage is glossy, like these pieces from Tucci’s Italian hardside luggage collection. These pieces have an almost mirror-like surface – as if they’ve been glazed. They are super smooth and perfect for decorating prints, patterns, and even artwork and paintings. Glossy hardside luggage has a photographic finish, and because it doesn’t have any nooks or crannies, it tends to be much lighter than textured plastic. It feels soft and thin, but despite this, modern smooth ABS plastic is still durable.