TRAVELPRO PE NXT GEN C/O
TRAVELPRO PE NXT GEN C/O EX H/S SPN BLK
5 out of 5 Stars - Very Happy with the Carry-On, March 27, 2026
Very elegant-looking and well-designed light-weight carry-on that is competitively priced. Sturdy construction with good-quality materials. The bag has 4 pairs of wheels and rolls effortlessly and straight, not only on hard floors, but also on carpets and/or rugs. The two handles, one on the wide side and one on the end, offer convenience of loading the bag in a car or the overhead bin in an airplane either wide-side in (smaller bins that I come across on short flights) or end-in (deeper bins on the longer flights). The pull bar can be locked in multiple steps, making the bag easy to roll according to your height and preference. Zippers slide easily without snagging. The combination lock is nicely designed and works very well. The charging pass-through is a great feature with one USB-A and one USB-C output. The charging accessory can be inserted or taken out of the compartment provided for it by unzipping the expanding zipper to reveal the zippered closure for the compartment, without having to open the entire bag. Travelpro should include a warning not to use this feature inflight because the accessory can get hot during use. The presence of a hidden zipper is not obvious to someone who has not had this feature before.
There are two equal packing compartments, each with a zippered cover that can be opened to pack each half of the interior. I typically use one side for dressy clothes and the other for shoes, undergarments, pajamas, work-out clothes and grooming accessories. The carry-on included two bags that can be closed with draw strings. I use these for shoes, accessories and toiletries. Both packing compartments have diagonal retainers which work well, but not as well as two retainers going from front to back in each compartment that would enable retaining each half of a compartment individually (like the style on older Travelpro carry-ons). The cover for one compartment has two zippered pockets and the other has one zippered pocket. The packing compartment cover with two half-width zippered pockets is nice because the pocket close to the top end of the bag can be accessed by partially opening the bag closure at that end to insert and/or take out items that I may need while travelling, without having to open the entire bag. On the other compartment cover, I would have liked to have one full width zippered pocket instead of one half-width pocket. I would have been able to use it for my laptop or a manilla folder with my documents. The bag has plenty of room inside for one week’s needs and more by using the expandable option.
Travelpro has an excellent warranty and customer service. I have not had any issues with most of the Travelpro luggage that I own, except one issue with a Maxlite soft-sided carry-on where a small narrow flap at bottom partly detached from the main body of the bag. I contacted Travelpro and they promptly sent me a brand new identical replacement without having to return the damaged one.