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A strap instead of a hook, and the lowest capacity here

Samsonite 61338-1041 electronic luggage scale

The only luggage brand on this shelf, with the lowest capacity, a strap instead of a hook — and two different sets of dimensions on one page.

Samsonite electronic luggage scale with its adjustable strap

Samsonite 61338-1041 electronic luggage scale

The only luggage brand on this shelf, with the lowest capacity, a strap instead of a hook — and two different sets of dimensions on one page.

Amazon reference
B00OVADLBU
EAN
0043202611377
  • An adjustable strap rather than a hook, which takes a soft handle, a duffel loop or a bag with no handle at all
  • A comfort-grip handle, which on a 20 kg (44.1 lb) bag is the part you feel
  • No graduation, no accuracy and no display lock published — the three things this hub compares

Best for: A bag with no fixed handle to hook, where a strap can be passed around it

≈ $17
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Specifications

Amazon reference
B00OVADLBU
EAN
0043202611377

This is the only established luggage maker on the shelf and the thing it does differently is the attachment: an adjustable strap rather than a hook. That is a real advantage on a duffel, a holdall or anything whose handle a hook cannot bite — and it is the only strap among seven scales here. The handle is described as comfort-grip, which on twenty kilos held at arm’s length is the part you actually notice.

What the listing does not contain is any of the three things this hub says to compare. There is no graduation, so the step the display can show is unknown. There is no accuracy figure or tolerance. And there is no mention of a display lock, which matters more with a strap than with a hook because a strap lets the bag hang lower and swing further. Three cheaper scales on this shelf publish at least one of these, and one publishes a 10 g (0.4 oz) deviation.

The capacity is 80 lb, the lowest here by thirty pounds, which is still more than any airline checked allowance. And the dimensions appear twice and disagree: the fourth bullet is the unlabelled, unitless string “4x12.25x11.75”, while the description states a body of 6.299 by 5.118 by 1.181 inches. The second reads like the scale; the first reads like the box.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $19 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.

What travelers ask

Strap or hook?

A strap is more versatile and slightly harder to read. A hook needs a rigid handle to bite on, which a hard suitcase has and a duffel or a soft holdall may not; a strap passes around anything. The cost is that a strap lets the bag hang lower and swing more, which makes an unlocked display harder to catch — and this scale publishes no display lock. Of seven scales on this shelf, this is the only one with a strap.

What are the dimensions?

The page gives two answers. The fourth bullet is the bare string "4x12.25x11.75", with no units and no explanation of which measurement is which. The description then says "Body dimension: 6.299 x 5.118 x 1.181 inches". Those are not the same object. The second figure is plausible for a hand-held scale; the first looks like packaging.

Does the brand name mean a better scale?

Nothing on the page supports it. This hub compares stated accuracy, hook and handle design, and display lock. Samsonite publishes a capacity, a handle description and a strap — and no graduation, no tolerance and no lock, where three cheaper scales on this shelf publish at least one of those. The brand is a reason to expect the strap and the handle to last; it is not a figure.

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