Live Luggage = first class pimpin'
Don't have a lowly-paid sherpa or illegal au-pair to carry your
luggage? Well in November, you too can enjoy the hi-life when Live Luggage releases their line of power assisted
luggage. These mofos will feature PAN motor technology which essentially means all the electronics, software, and
motors are built into the wheels. They are powered by a Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery pack which can hold a charge
for about 2.5 miles of effortless trudge. Want more, sure you do - an Anti-Gravity handle transfers 84% of the
load over the main wheels, controls the wheel speed, and conceals an integrated brolly (umbrella to us Yanks).
The harder you squeeze the handle, the faster it goes - take your hand off, and the motor stops. And these boys are
B-I-G big, holding up to 94 litres in an 840mm high by 560mm wide by 340mm deep case. Heavy you ask? Nope,
weighing in at a respectable 8 kgs (17.6 lbs), you'll still have room to transport another 32 kgs (70.5 lbs) of
Beefeaters (or Ray's Pizza depending on direction of travel) 'tween the US and UK (according to British Airways). You
can even get your pimp on with over 120 wheel hub designs to choose from. Oh, and is that Anna Kournikova in
the video? Got your attention now, huh? The target
retail price will be £397 ($750).
[Via bookofjoe]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Raghav @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
some hot stuff ahhahhaah
i would get this if i was a traveler
Sean @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
Wow, you're right, the only thing that got my attention in this article is this.
"Oh, and is that Anna Kournikova in the video? Got your attention now, huh?" =P
v @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
So it weighs 18lbs and the limit is 50lbs on all US airlines. Good luck with that.
TIMMAH! @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
As long as it has a remote...
DanAmpX @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
I guess that's kinda nifty, except they might have exaggerated a tad about how hard it is with conventional luggage, but everyone does that about their competition right?
The girl did look kinda like anna kournikova in the beggining, but its not her.
Yosh @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
haha, can you sit on this? Ride it baby, yeah!
Pfft. Screw beefeaters. I'd transport Weetos chocolate cereal back to NJ. :D
TIMMAH! @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
"...Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery pack which can hold a charge for about 2.5 miles of effortless trudge."
Well how effortless? Hell with walkin' the concourse, I'm saddlin' up on the thing! Giddy up, suitcase!
Awesom-o @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
Oh man... That's hilarious... He's right though...
OldManChild @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
Have always envisages walking through the airport with about 3 or 4 suitcases following me not unlike chicks following a hen . . Get the picture? All suitcases motorized with intelligence built in. Wirelessly connected to your mobile phone enabling them to determine your last position and follow you through the airport.Any of them strays an an alarm goes off....
Associate @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
No go on British Airways if this thing's full. Yes, the baggage limit is 40kg, but there's a limit on any individual bag of 32kg, so you'll only be able to load 24kg of stuff in this if you want it to get to your destination with you.
quanta @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
What happens when you need to go up a flight of stairs? Don't break your back!
gosub3000 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
Does it come in sapient pearwood? :o)
Discworld fans will know what I'm on about.
Dav'd @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
That ain't Anna Kournikova
Cecil @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
remarcable I hope