The design on this lively, spinner suitcase embodies America.
In designing the Fernando by Heys FVT USA suitcase, Heys partnered with Fernando Volken Togni, a Brazilian digital artist. The design is incredibly detailed and has icons, architectural and symbolic, that represent America, including the Statue of Liberty, a hotdog, the White House, and the Golden Gate Bridge among others. The shell of this suitcase is truly eye catching and will show off your American pride while traveling domestically or abroad.
The Heys FVT USA suitcase without a doubt looks great, but is it travel worthy? Does it hold up when checked in? Is it well designed? Here are my answers to those questions and thoughts on the luggage after testing it out for a bit:
Pros:
- Lightweight, the 30″ check in version weighs 11.4 lbs (independently weighed by me using my luggage scale – not regurgitated from manufacturers specs, although it weighs 11.7 pounds according to Heys.)
- Expandable
- Smooth spinner wheels
- Built in TSA approved lock
- Durable and smooth zippers
- Gorgeous design
When you first receive the suitcase, you’ll see instructions to remove a thin protective film from the suitcase. Honestly, it’s hard to tell that there’s a protective film, but after removing it, you’ll reveal the design in it’s full glossy glory.
In my opinion, the main and most stand-out feature of this suitcase is by far it’s design. But addition to it’s striking exterior, the Heys luggage has some other great features. The suitcase has a spinner design, making it almost effortless move around on the smooth airport floors.
The wheels on the suitcase are sturdy and easy to turn. The telescoping handle is sturdy as well and there are squishy carrying handles at the side and top of the bag for lifting.
Built into the side of the suitcase is a TSA approved lock. The zippers clip directly onto the lock as depicted in the image above. I really like the built in lock feature since I frequently find myself loosing luggage locks.
When you first get the suitcase, the combination will automatically be set to “0 0 0”, but there are simple instructions included for you to reset the lock and choose your own combination.
Durability:
The Heys FVT suitcase is made of a lightweight and flexible polycarbonate composite material. The material is quite durable, although thin to make the luggage lightweight. It would take a large drop or forceful hit in order to dent or crack the shell.
I wouldn’t have any qualms about the suitcase breaking if I checked it in, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it picked up some scratches in transit. The polycarbonate exterior will survive some drops, but it isn’t scratch proof.
Durability: 7/10
Interior and Organization:
The interior of the Heys luggage is quite standard. There’s a one half of the suitcase can be separated by a zipper and on the other side there’s a nylon strap for cinching down your clothes and gear. There are also a couple of pockets in the middle as you can see in the photo above.
I highly recommend getting packing cubes when using this suitcase – or any suitcase in general. Packing cubes are like portable drawers and make it a lot easier and less of a hassle to organize your clothes. You can read more about the pros and cons of packing cubes.
The expansion zipper can be unzipped to give the suitcase extra room. Like with most hard-sided suitcases, there are no pockets on the exterior of this suitcase, so if you need to quickly stash something away, or access an item inside, you’ll have to open the entire main compartment.
Interior and Organization: 7/10
Cons:
- Can get scratched
Luggage handlers can be merciless. If dropped or thrown, this Heys suitcase can get scratched, tarnishing it’s exterior.
When doing a drop test on concrete, the corners got scratched up. The scratches weren’t obvious, but the suitcase wasn’t in it’s formerly pristine nature. When checking this suitcase in, know that it can get scuffed or scratched.
The Verdict:
Forget pretending to be Canadian. Flaunt your American pride with the Heys FVT USA suitcase.
With an exterior this colorful, it’s hard to miss the Heys FVT USA at the baggage claim. The suitcase is lightweight and well made, although it can get scuffed up if you check it in (which you have to do if you’re flying. It’s not carry-on). This check-in suitcase is ideal for vacationers, short term travelers and even family travelers.
The Heys FVT USA luggage comes in 3 versions and a set:
- 30 inch, retail $189.99
- 26 inch, retail $169.99
- 21 inch (carry-on), retail $149.99
- A set of all 3 suitcases, retail $509.99
Heys FVT USA Luggage Ratings
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Durability - 7/107/10
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Design - 9/109/10
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Weight and Portability - 9/109/10
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Organization - 7/107/10
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Value - 8/108/10
Be sure to also check out our reviews of the Samsonite F’Lite hardshell suitcase and the Delsey Helium Shadow suitcase.
Where To Get It:
- You can find the Heys FVT USA suitcase on Heys.com
- Also on Amazon.com: 30 inch version, 26 inch version, 21 inch version, 3-piece set (Be sure to pick up some packing cubes while you’re at it.)
What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below.
The Heys luggage was provided for this review. As always, this Heys luggage review contains only my honest views and opinions. 🙂 Find out more about me and this site here.
I’m going to London this summer, so really want to use this suitcase there!
Such a bright and colourful change from my usual luggage!
This would be perfect for my next beach holiday in Andalucia!
Awesome and good luck! I haven’t been to Andalusia, but it’s on my list!
Love this suitcase! I want to go to Los Angles with it!
Nice! Went to the LA a while ago, but only to the airport. Need to go back!
I love this suitcase and would use it during our trip to Guatemala this July.
Great!
Love to take this to Tokyo!
Very cool – this suitcase would be perfect for that.
Such a cute suitcase. I’m heading to Austin TX next month and I’d love to take it with me! Thanks for the review.
Good luck!
We are so excited to travel to the Caribbean this summer and then a family reunion in Georgia! I’d have no trouble identifying my luggage if I was using this suitcase! AND it would stand up to the aggressiveness of the baggage handlers! 🙂
Anywhere. Traveling in general is good for the soul.
This would be perfect for my next Disneyworld vacation!
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ON A CRUISE
Cruises are great – lots of food
If I win this suitcase, I’d take it on my next trip, which is only to Toronto, but how awesome is Toronto, right? 🙂
Good luck! I went to Toronto a pretty long time ago, but barely remember it.
I would go to Hawaii or to Ireland
Very cool, Hawaii is on my list.
I would use it to travel to visit my family in Texas. I always wanted to go to New Mexico or Arizona.
Ooh! I would love to have this to take with to Bristol Tn. this spring!
Awesome!
I have family that lives in So. Carolina and I travel there often.
My first trip would be to New Orleans. I love the French Quarter, seafood gumbo, and all the beignets I can eat!
Yes! New Orleans’ food is the best.
Looks like it’s gotta be Hollywood!
Love the design work. This should be easy to spot on the luggage carriers in any airport. Sure, pick my name and send me my free suitcase. Would be proud to use it!
Yes, it would stand out in the baggage claim! Good luck!
I would like to go to Colorado to visit my wife’s family again!
They would see me arriving in Rio for the Olympics.
Sounds like fun – I want to go to the Olympics one day!
I would love to travel to Georgia to see my family!
I will use the suitcase to travel on a trip to Oregon.
Good luck!
I would use it when I travel to see family and friends in the Midwest.
I want to take my hubby with me on a trip to Ireland and take along our Heys Luggage!!!
I would use the luggage for my honeymoon this summer
I would go to Las Vegas with this luggage!
I will be traveling to Las Vegas next month!
Love the suitcase I’d go to HAWAII!!!!!
I would travel to Paris with the Heys FVT USA suitcase.
I am long overdue for a vacation to Destin, FL and I also want to check out Denver, CO
Awesome! I want to go to Denver!
I would love to travel to Colorado with this suitcase! Thanks!
this would be awesome to take to Hollywood to visit my daughter
i would travel to florida so i can see my family
I will be heading to France, Switzerland & Italy this summer. This would be perfect!
Wow, sounds like a fun trip! Good luck!
I love it! I WOULD TAKE IT ON MY TRIP TO Mexico,
I would love this for my trip to Cali, thank you so much!
Very cool! ?
Hello! This is the perfect suitcase to trek to Japan with because it’s super KAWAII!!! Aka cute! Love the designs and colors and it’d definitely stand out from the crowd. I like how easy it is to travel with and all the storage, it’d definitely be great for traveling! Thanks for the chance!
Hi Tiffany! Yes, this would be perfect for a trip to Japan. Good luck!
I’d take this great suitcase to Paris!
OMG what a CUTE suit case!! I would love to take this cutie on a cruise with me!!
I would travel to see my son in Norfolk, he is proudly serving the Navy.
Good luck! Let him know we appreciate his service!
I will travel anywhere I win a Trip.
I would travel with this awesome bag on all my trips this year; Puerto Vallarta, Austin, North Carolina, & Maui!
We’re planning on going out to California this summer!
I would love to show this off on a cruise, With my Husband !!!
Awesome! What cruise line are you taking?
Beautiful luggage!!
It looks like I will be traveling to Florida this summer. Thanks!
I will be travelling to Michigan and would love this suitcase!
Cool! Good luck!
Need this for our trip to Australia
Nice! Which part of Australia are you going to?
This looks like the perfect size for loading up both of my kid’s things during our Florida spring break trip.
I want to take this suitcase on my trip to Tuscany next fall.
England and Scotland
I love the design! This suitcase would be perfect for my trip to Montenegro this summer 🙂
My next travel destination is Laguna Beach, CA in April so I would use it for that!
lov to visit
I’m flying to Cyprus!
I am dying to vacation in Turks & Caicos!
We are taking a family trip to Florida in September and I would use it then. I LOVE this!!!!
I love the different compartments and the travel design of this bag.
I’ll be traveling with a group of 30 on a cruise later this year. This piece of luggage would be great as I’m an overpacker, lol!
I want to go and visit family in Seattle. Thanks for this amazing giveaway!
No problem! Good luck!
Woodstock Vermont.
Maybe back to Southern California
And I would love to go to the Bahamas!
Chicago for a convention.
OMG! I love love loooove this Heys Luggage! I need it in my travel life! This year I’m going to Cabo, Jamaica, Thailand, and Spain and I want to take this lovely luggage with me! Thanks for a fab giveaway!
Good luck! Sounds like some fun trip!
I’d use it on a trip to Vegas!
I want to go to England and Ireland
I’ll be traveling to Belgium and I would love to take this lovely suitcase!
Great! I haven’t been to Belgium but want to go!
I want to go to Turks & Caicos & I also want to go to Nashville.
Sounds like fun!
I’m going to Vegas in July and I love this design and need luggage badly. I would love to win this!!!
Good luck!
My next destination with this colorful luggage piece would be Las Vegas and hope the design brings me luck on the slot machines.
I am going to Nashville on my honeymoon and have no luggage so I need luggage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Planning to visit a friend in Idaho. I’d love to take this!
I would take it to Germany to visit my family.
Would love new luggage, Mine is so old!
I’m planning a trip to Belize and would love to bring this luggage!
I’ll visit my kids in California!
Awesome!
I would love to take a family trip to Disney world with my new luggage.
Sounds like a good idea!
New Orleans!!!
Going to Alaska in June and would love to have this suitcase!
Heading to Ireland in 2 months!
I’m going to Hawaii for the 1st time EVER! I’d love to take this amazing suitcase with me it’s so awesome <3
I will travel to go see my BFF who I have not seen in years.
I really want to go the Ireland for vacation later this year.
I would take it back to Europe with me. thanks.
I would like to go to New Zealand
I love how unique and bright it is. It will be easy to spot my luggage from a mile away!
i will travel to Netherland next June to participate on some mission culture, and it would be amazing if i bring this luggage with me 🙂
I would love to go to Hawaii with this suitcase!
Next trip in a couple of months to Venice, Italy!
I would like to go to Paris….but that’s not likely to happen so I will say I’ll go to Beaumont, TX!
I’d pack this bag and head straight to the airport for Orlando, FL and Walt Disney World!
What a fun piece of luggage, I would use it on my cruise to Alaska
It wouldn’t matter where I was going. This suitcase would be fun to carry. Sure wouldn’t have a hard time locating it. This is sharp!
We are traveling to explore the South this Summer, NC, SC, Georgia, & Mississippi.
I’m so in love with this suitcase!! I hate when you’re at the airport and you’re trying to figure out which black suitcase is yours out of the thousand going by!! This would be so great…it’s got a gorgeous design and would be so easy to spot!! Absolutely stunning!! Our first trip coming up is flying to Florida in April to introduce our baby boy to his great grandmother! It’s going to be such a lovely trip and how wonderful to have such lovely luggage! Thank you for the amazing opportunity…truly grateful to be considered! Xoxo
ya never know
I was recently promoted to a position which will require me to travel. I would be travelling for the first time since I was 5! Exciting, right? Except, I really need luggage now. My travels could be anywhere on the East coast (I’m in California) but mostly to Pittsburgh and the Philly area.
I would take this on my first trip to England!
I will be traveling to Florida..
I love this suitcase!! I’ll be traveling to California and Florida!
I’ll travel to Kauai, Hawaii!
I would love to take on our next cruise. It is gorgeous luggage.
I’d take it with me when I travel to Hilton Head, SC! I love it!
I would definitely use this luggage on my upcoming trip to Australia! It’s the perfect set for navigating through airports.
The Grand Canyon
Dream to take it with me to Hawaii
I would travel to montana
We will be going to Florida soon and would love to have this to take with!
I have too take too Tucson & then Las Vegas also I would take it
Las Vegas Love to go visit family
Greece I’d love to see the Parthenon, I’ve seen the replica in Nashville I’d love to see the real thing!
I would travel to Chicago to visit m family.
I could seriously use this when I go back to L.A. to visit my mother for the first time in 10 yrs. Then go on to Oahu to see two of my three grandbabies which I have never seen since their birth.
I like this, it would be so much easier to take on our next cruise. Our first as husband and wife.
I’ll be traveling to El Paso Texas
I am on vacation in Charleston now but am doing a Med cruise in may so I would take it there!
Cool! I’ve always wanted to do a cruise there.
I would travel around the world with this!!
But I could see this being awesome to take with me on a European river cruise! 😀
Or! A cross country roadtrip! YEEHAW! 😀
Sounds fun!
When I finally win that ‘amazing trip’ that I keep putting in for, that’s when I will need a awesome bag such as this!
🙂
I would take this all over the U.S.!
East Asia!!!!!!^^
If I have my way, Tahiti. Otherwise California.
I would use this to go anywhere. I think it’s really cute and looks pretty durable. Would love to have one like it!
Although I do not have definite plans for a trip right now this suitcase would be accompanying me on many journeys I plan to go to from the East Coast of Maine clear to the Dakotas and Oregon. Thanks so much for the chance. I love this print on it.
Good luck!
Colorado or Iowa
Thank you for this giveaway opportunity
Nice! What part of Colorado are you visiting?
I would love to be able to use this on a road trip to visit National parks with my husband!
Awesome – right now it’s the Centennial, so great time to visit!
I would love to use it for a trip to Europe
I’d take it to Orlando!
I Love to take this Heys suitcase traveling with me this Summer to Disney World!
It’ll be much easier to find my luggage when I travel abroad!
I would travel to see my family in Illinois!
I would travel all over the country with this luggage! From the east coast to the west, to the islands of the eastern seaboard and beyond… Have been waiting to do a coastal trip so this would be awesome!
LOVE IT. I WOULD GO TO PARIS.
I will use it to travel to Vegas!
What a darling and amazing suitcase! I would adore to take and travel to New Mexico. New York and Texas! This would be fantastic to take anywhere! Thank You for hosting!
I would use it on my trips to Florida!
This would be great for our trip to Florida this year
I would take this wonderful suitcase to Virginia Beach this Summer, we are planning a summer vacation there with our kids for the first time!
I’d travel to London and visit our daughter
I would love to travel to Branson, Missouri with this fabulous luggage!
Id love to walk through Heathrow with this bag!
The outer art design is so amazing! I love to travel and will be making trips back and forth from the US and London a few times a year! This bag will be so sweet to wheel around in the airports and be seen with it! Thanks for the amazing contest!
Would love to take it along on my next trip to Ireland !
I would like to travel to Hawaii with the Heys FVT USA suitcase