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I talked to two pilots this week about the PLASTIC roller boards. They showed me the bags. They both were trashed. The handles were broken along with the frames. I would strongly tell you to steer away from the plastic one.
Any idea how long these guys had their bags? I talked to 2 guys that had to plastic ones this week. I flew with the first guy and was surprised how light it was when I pulled it out of the closet on the 145. He has had his for about 1 year and the other guy was in the crew room he said he had it 3 or 4 years. Both were happy with the plastic and liked the lighter weight. And said they thought it was probably just about as strong as the metal one.
However I've been doing some "scouting" around the airports the past week or so and it seems like the metal one is more common.