USATODAY.com - Built-in scale keeps suitcase under the limit
USATODAY.com - Built-in scale keeps suitcase under the limit:
"'It's a stunningly simple solution to a very real problem,' says Michele Marini Pittenger, president of Travel Goods Association. Though fliers can weigh their bags at home before departing, 'it's more difficult on the return trip after you've accumulated souvenirs.'
Made of high-strength nylon, the Solutions line is the first-place winner of the Travel Goods Association Product Innovation Award. It comes in two sizes, 25 and 28 inches, and three colors black, teal and berry. Both sizes cost about $200 (information: ricardobeverlyhills.com). It rolls out this month at Macy's stores and will be at macys.com and ebags.com by month's end. "
its one of the "why didn't i think of it" concepts.
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