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Garment Bags Review: wheel garment bags and rolling garment bags

I have always been a “pack and fold”, kind of guy. Sometimes I skip the fold part all together. If you not a big fan of garment bags you understand how I feel. However, my sister is the corporate type and travels with wools suits and black tie dresses and she “needs” a garment bag.  She has some really nice ones too, even a Briggs and Riley leather garment bag. So recently she took me on a “how to buy a garment bag” tour and this is what I learned….

Rolling garment bags and wheeled garment bags are the latest thing. And yes it surprised me too that those “folding garment” bags really do not wrinkle your clothes. There are several key ingredients:

Buy a garment bag with a fully lined interior; most linings are water resistant which an added plus is. The lining is the critical component that keeps your clothes from wrinkling. Also most of the rolling garment bag or wheeled garment bags have padded hold down straps keep you from getting packing lines on your clothes

Get a garment bag with a removable extension panels for long garments like “black tie dresses”. Being a man I personally do not where dresses but I am sure my wife will love this feature.  My sister likes a garment bag with multiple interior pockets that hold the jewelry that matches the dresses – another plus for the wife. The most important part is the hanger clamps. When you buy a garment bag think “big” hanger clamps. A good size is around 3 inches. You hanging bag should include hanging hooks so you can unfold the garment bag when you get to the hotel and hang it up in the closet. As I said my sister owns a wide variety of these from leather garment bags and discount garment bags but her favorite (today) is the TravelPro Platinum 4 wheeled garment bag. I will let you know when this changes.