5 Reasons Your Next Suitcase Should Be Aluminium
A zipperless aluminium-magnesium alloy shell, wheels you can swap in 30 seconds, and a frame warrantied for life. Built to be repaired, not replaced.
- Aluminium Alloy
- Zipperless
- Riveted Corners
- Integrated Locks
- Removeable Wheels
- Lifetime Warranty
- Next Day Delivery
- FREE Returns
There Is No Zip To Split
A zip is the part of a suitcase that fails first and the part you cannot fix. FORTE has none. The aluminium-magnesium alloy shell closes on a riveted frame with dual integrated TSA combination locks, so the thing holding your case shut is the case itself.
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A Broken Wheel Is A 30-Second Job, Not A New Suitcase
The 360° wheels come off and go back on in about 30 seconds, no tools. Order a replacement pair and fit them yourself at the kitchen table. Most cases become landfill over one wheel. This one does not.
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Every Part That Wears Out Is A Part You Can Replace
Wheels, handles and locks are all user-replaceable. Wheels are tool-free. Handles take a Phillips screwdriver. It is automotive chassis logic applied to luggage: the frame lasts, the parts get swapped, and you never buy the whole thing twice.
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Three Sizes That Store As One
Take the wheels off and Cabin, Check-In and Check-In XL nest inside each other. A full set lives in the footprint of the largest case, which matters more than it sounds if your storage is a wardrobe rather than a garage.
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The Frame Is Warrantied For Life, Which Changes The Maths
This is not a cheap suitcase and it is not meant to be. The frame carries a lifetime warranty and the parts that wear are sold separately, so the question stops being what a case costs and becomes how long before you replace it again.
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Start with the Cabin, our bestseller, or build a set and save up to 20%. Finishes are chosen on the next page.
Cabin, Brushed Silver
- Zipperless alloy shell
- Dual integrated TSA combination locks
- Tool-free 360° wheels
- Lifetime frame warranty
Build Your Set
- Cabin, Check-In and Check-In XL
- Nest into one for storage
- Mix finishes across the set
- Lifetime frame warranty on every case
What you are buying
- Detachable 360° wheels, 5cm wide, 6cm tall, 5cm ground clearance
- Wheel swap in about 30 seconds with no tools
- Handles and locks user-replaceable, Phillips screwdriver for handles
- All three sizes nest for storage with the wheels removed
Sizes and finishes
FORTE against a typical hard-shell case
| FORTE | Typical hard-shell | |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | Zipperless alloy frame | Zip |
| Wheel replacement | 30 seconds, no tools | Send away or scrap |
| Handles and locks | User-replaceable | Bonded or riveted in |
| Storage | Nests as a set | Stacks separately |
| Frame warranty | Lifetime | Varies |
Why We Built It This Way
I got tired of watching good luggage get thrown away over one broken wheel. Cars are not built like that. A chassis outlives every component bolted to it, and the components are designed to come off. We applied the same logic to a suitcase: warranty the frame for life, make the wear parts replaceable, and let the finish age.
Built to be repaired, not replaced.
What Owners Say
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will aluminium scratch?
What does the lifetime frame warranty cover?
How do I replace a wheel?
Are the locks TSA locks?
Buy It Once, Then Buy Parts
Zipperless aluminium-magnesium alloy, wheels you swap yourself, and a frame warrantied for life. Start with the Cabin or build the full set.
Struck prices are the standard selling price at fortetrvl.com. Set savings of up to 20% apply to qualifying combinations built in the set builder. Lifetime frame warranty covers the aluminium-magnesium alloy frame and is subject to the terms on the warranty page. Wheels, handles and locks are replaceable wear parts.
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