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Sim Pull

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Posted on February 4, 2003 at 12:57 PM

Updated Thursday, Jan 14 at 4:10 PM

Has this ever happened to you? You're in a busy airport trying to get to your flight and you lose control of your wheeled luggage.

The makers of sim pull claim that won't happen if you use their device.

So, some flight attendants agreed to test it to see if it works.

Jamie Stenger flies with Southwest. She's dragged suitcases through a lot of airports

"Everything we own is pretty much in our bags," she said.

She clicked the ergonomic luggage handle onto her suitcase and pulled in around for a while.

"i just noticed that it feels different. I've been pulling my bag for so long, I just noticed that it feels different to me."

Michelle Dayday was at the airport with her family and agreed to give it a pull. She says she often has problems with her wheeled luggage.

"I find that it gets a little wobbly and it just goes all over the place."

The problem was solved with sim pull.

Her mother, Aurora Culala, gave it a try and she liked it very much.

"I like it better. Really, it's more handy because I don't have to use all the grip that I have."

Delta flight attendant Angie Stanford gave it a try and quickly found a problem with the sim pull.

"When you turn quickly, it slips out because it's all plastic and they easily slide off. I think that's what happened."

So, in the end, sim pull got mixed reviews.

Jamie, the Southwest flight attendant, thought it worked.

Michelle wasn't sold on it. "I guess it did lessen the pressure from pulling, but I could just get my husband to pull it."

And Angie said it works, depending on the situation.

"It works if you're going forward, but if you turn quickly, which you do a lot because of crowded airports and everything, it's probably not going to because it's going to slip off."

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