[JMintzer]

Two of our closets have built ins (from the previous owner). They are too high to store things I'd use every day, but the perfect place to store suitcases...

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by CFrance

We kept our TravelPro spinners in the attic. When I got them down last spring, on two of them the hard rubber extension handle and the outside buckles that keep the suitcase from falling open had gotten sticky from the heat. Just two out of the four, but that was enough for me to find somewhere else to store them.
I assume this was because they were up in the attic over two summers prior to last spring due to Covid lockdown/ageing dog, and we were unable to spend those two summers elsewhere.

Ditto with us. Two of our rolling suitcases wheels were shot from storing it in the attic

[Debset]

Heat or not luggage is fine. Just be careful with cardboard boxes as they can mysterious disappear when stored in someone else's attic storage. Or, the two boxes were just taking up too much space?

[peggyb]

Mine have been in the attic for storage for 13 years without a problem. I have a lot up there. decorations etc, and the only problem I ever had was plastic bags falling apart from the heat, so I don't use them.

[CZN715]

I just took my luggage out of the very hot garage and made room in a closet. I was worried that the fabric around the zipper would degrade and have nightmares of my luggage busting open in the middle of the airport!

[mkjelenbaas]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi all,

I've read some instances where storing luggage in the attic space melts the wheels. Is this a common occurrence? Does it happen in all attics, or those with (or without) the radiant barrier?

I have a few pieces of soft side (and some hard side) luggage that I'd be bringing down with me, but will they get damaged being stored there? Am I safer just wrapping them in plastic and storing them in the garage proper?

Thanks!

Kevin

Kevin - time to take the plung and make a hard decision and live with it.

[Lovey2]

Originally Posted by DAVES

Storage space is limited for all of us. Far as I know no one has a basement, I so miss mine.
Where to store things? Realize heat rises. Your garage, hot as it is, is cooler than your attic.
Access to the attic is also limited. Most of the fold down staircases are not very safe. Power staircases are available for like $3,000. Wrapping them in plastic? Fabric, old bedsheets are a better choice. Depending on the plastic the luggage is made of and the plastic used to wrap they can amalgamate-stick to each other.

Have you considered under the bed?

We lost a really nice and fairly new suitcase by storing it under the bed. I decided I didn't like the odor it had from previously being in the attic a short time, so when we came home from a trip I decided to store it under the bed. As the original poster said, it was too thick, so I opened it and slid it under the bed open. Didn't take my cats long to find that and prefer it to their beds, so I threw an afghan in it to collect their hair (and make it more comfy, truth be told) so we could use it again. Welll... that never happened...using it again. Because now we felt bad to not only be leaving them, but to take their preferred sleeping spot. This was also a factor to be considered when we looked for a new mattress and framing. It always has to be high enough to accommodate their bedding and an adjustable bed is definitely out! So...guess who runs THIS house?

[paulajr]

We found this out the hard way..in the middle of the super long walkway over the highway in Green Airport in Providence RI!
Wheels just disintegrated…and we had to drag them the rest of the way…and buy new suitcases before we came back!
They have been stored inside ever since!

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi all,

I've read some instances where storing luggage in the attic space melts the wheels. Is this a common occurrence? Does it happen in all attics, or those with (or without) the radiant barrier?

I have a few pieces of soft side (and some hard side) luggage that I'd be bringing down with me, but will they get damaged being stored there? Am I safer just wrapping them in plastic and storing them in the garage proper?

Thanks!

Kevin

[Gullwing]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi all,

I've read some instances where storing luggage in the attic space melts the wheels. Is this a common occurrence? Does it happen in all attics, or those with (or without) the radiant barrier?

I have a few pieces of soft side (and some hard side) luggage that I'd be bringing down with me, but will they get damaged being stored there? Am I safer just wrapping them in plastic and storing them in the garage proper?

Thanks!

Kevin

It’s strange and I’d like to know the answer.
Yes we have had items self destruct in the attic. Thin bulbs on X-mas items. Different types of totes. Some totes have been there for years. Others after a few years became brittle and crumbled easily. Apparently different plastic reacts in different ways. I’ve plastic containers of automotive fluids that cracked open and leaked in the garage.
Wish there was a code on containers that differentiate.

[REDCART]

Originally Posted by CZN715

I just took my luggage out of the very hot garage and made room in a closet. I was worried that the fabric around the zipper would degrade and have nightmares of my luggage busting open in the middle of the airport!

We had a Little Giant aluminum ladder in the garage with plastic wheels. Over time the wheels dried out in the heat and completely disintegrated. Since our luggage would be expensive to replace we store it in a bedroom closet. I’ve also heard from snowbirds that the heat over the summer months destroyed the grips on their golf clubs in the garage. There is of course a limit of what you can realistically store inside the house.

[MillerD]

Lived in Florida since 1969. Do not put in attic. They will mildew and the smell is awful.

Guest closet, 2nd shelf in master high up, or use bed risers but that is not my choice.

You can store blankets or something in them.

We don't use our attic at all. We have lost too many things. Even Rubbermade Totes start to smell odd after a couple of years.

[Freehiker]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

Don't leave any bacon in your luggage. The heat in the attic storage will fry the bacon.

But then my attic would smell delicious, so…..