With a few simple modifications, this baby will be able to go off some sweet jumps.

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    From the product description:

    Too big to be included in your free allowance and self-defeating as a checked bag, this mandatory carry-on item includes an unfamiliar-looking battery (which is either too small to be useful or too big to be safe) that will cause both in-flight staff that are sick of life and TSA agents looking for an excuse, any excuse, alike to giggle with glee. The space demanded by the retractable handles and motor ensure that not only will you need to be selective with your packing but also with your gym workout in preparation for lugging this thing into an overhead bin. In the departures lounge it comes into it’s own: instead of having to walk for arduous minutes at a time from security to the gate - often along treacherous perfectly flat carpeted concrete floors, and with mere hours to spare - you can now inexpertly weave your top-heavy assemblage through the delighted thorngs of your fellow travellers who will surely be as obliging as can be of enduring the occasional shin injury or will graciously bow out of your way as soon as their self-preservation instincts sense your approach.

    Please note this thing must be kept bone dry and is utterly useless on asphalt, gravel, uneven paving slabs, grass or even the mildest inclines, meaning it becomes an unrelenting burden the moment it leaves the terminal.

    …probably

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      After hours of scrutiny, I’ve determined that the product in the top (the Elila Master) is different than the one on the bottom (the Elila Pro)

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    Just remember, if you see someone riding one of these in the airport, you can laugh your head off knowing they can only pack 3 pairs of underwear and nothing else.

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    I wouldn’t waste valuable suitcase space on a motor and battery even if I thought this could get past TSA and Customs.

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    Yo dawg, we heard you like suitcases! So I put on a suitcase on your ride so that when you put your suitcase on the plane it’s actually considered an e-scooter not a suitcase and you get banned from plane, so then you can ride your suitcase more!

    Now open up that suitcase, it’s actually a speaker!

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          At the risk of sounding like an ad, the “Elala Pro Rideable Carry-On” is 21.3 x 9.1 x 20.5 inches

          Edit: the one in the larger top image is the “Master” model at 24.5 x 11.1 x 23.3 inches

          It’s technically a little wide but the carryon I use is technically wider than allowed and they don’t care unless you’re in the last boarding groups of a full flight

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        They do in Europe. It’s annoying. I had to rearrange stuff amongst four carry-ons while standing in front of the check-in counter because one of them was too heavy. It would have all evened out and they knew that because they weighed all of them, but they still made me do it.

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          Considering how many aviation disasters are a result of incorrectly weighing passengers and luggage, in addition to incorrect weight distribution, I can understand the caution

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          I’ve only flown maybe 6 times from Europe, 2 domestic/Schengen and the rest international. I’m only counting the times I started at an airport within Europe.

          So far never had my carry on weighed. France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Portugal.

          Not saying it doesn’t happen just curious how common it is

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    YSK: If you have mobility problems, you can call ahead or just ask for assistance and the airline will provide a wheelchair and an escort to/ from the gate.

    Edit: this is a free service AFAIK, but handing your escort a five or ten bucks is polite.

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    “The entire empire has sunk into a quagmire of extravagance from which they cannot extricate themselves” — Some random quote from the internet.