CES 2026: I Made Enjoyable of My Daughter, however This Rideable Baggage Made Me a Believer

Like many dad and mom, typically I view my youngsters as lazy. This was a kind of occasions: At Orlando International Airport, on our approach to Disney World, my 16-year-old daughter shared how a lot she wished a rideable suitcase. I laughed and informed her that she will stroll simply wonderful. “Besides,” I added, “that would never work.”

I hadn’t seen rideable baggage but, and I identified the fast detractions that got here to thoughts. First, it would not work for somebody like me—6’3 and 215 kilos. Second, I had doubts that it could have a lot cupboard space to hold gadgets, which is the entire level of baggage. And third, who can be caught useless using one thing so foolish? But my daughter was decided to show to me not solely that they exist, however that they are standard. She confirmed me movies of them in motion. I wasn’t satisfied.

We joked about rideable baggage as we walked by the airport. It got here up once more as we trekked by Disney World. (“See, if we had rideable luggage, we wouldn’t be so tired.”) By the time we walked to baggage declare after returning to LaGuardia, it was a working gag. That similar week, as I ready for CES, I seemed into rideable suitcases and made plans to check them out on the present. And because it seems, my daughter was proper.

At CES, I attempted a number of rideable suitcases, placing my cumbersome 6’3, 215-pound body on motorized, battery-powered, airplane cabin-sized luggage. The finest I rode got here from Jitlife, which is premiering its fourth mannequin, the Jitlife JS07i, this 12 months. Not solely did it impress, nevertheless it’s additionally one of many finalists for the official Best of CES 2026 awards for the journey class.

Like all of the suitcases I drove, the Jitlife rideable suitcase is the scale of a regular cabin bag however can carry as much as 250 kilos, has a most velocity of round 8 miles per hour, and might journey about six miles on a cost. The suitcase has a capability of 28 liters, which is certainly a lot lower than the 60-80 liters of house I anticipate from a regular check-in bag, nevertheless it’s higher than I assumed for one thing that weighs underneath 20 kilos and might carry me round. Overall, the child was proper: Rideable baggage can work, and it is truly already a reasonably widespread sight in Asia, notably in China.

As for trying goofy using one, properly, I imagine my level stands. But, for these with accessibility wants, youthful youngsters, or individuals who prioritize its performance over the judgment of strangers, rideable baggage is perhaps a worthwhile resolution for shifting by giant airports extra shortly and simply. Testing it out is definitely probably the most enjoyable I’ve had at CES, so no matter the way forward for rideable baggage, I’ll reside with the “I told you so” from my child.