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Featured slimmer LEVEL8
LEVEL8 PC Carry-On, 20 inch, gray
LEVEL8's non-expandable carry-on is 21.4 × 14.5 × 8.9 inches and 7.2 lb. Depth clears 9 inches. Width does not clear 14.
The non-expandable LEVEL8 is listed at 21.4 × 14.5 × 8.9 inches and 7.2 pounds. Depth clears 9 inches. Width still misses the 14 inch US major limit by half an inch.
Check price on Amazon- Published size
- 21.4 × 14.5 × 8.9 in
- Weight
- 7.2 lb on the listing.
- Shell
- Polycarbonate
- Wheels
- Four spinner wheels
- Lock
- Built-in TSA combination lock
- Warranty
- 2-year manufacturer warranty, as stated on the expandable sibling's listing family
- Capacity
- Not stated as liters on the gray listing we checked
- Expandable
- No. This is the non-expandable shell.
- Best for
- Someone set on LEVEL8 who wants the shallower published shell, and who can live with a 14.5 inch width.
Product details and bullets agree: 21.4 × 14.5 × 8.9 inches including handle and wheels, 7.2 lb. The title says 22 × 14 × 9. The table does not. We use the table.
Pros
- 8.9 inch published depth fits under the 9 inch cap
- 21.4 inch height fits under 22 inches
- Lighter on the listing than the expandable, at 7.2 lb
- Same TSA lock and spinner story as the expandable
Cons
- 14.5 inch width still fails a 14 inch sizer
- Only the gray listing clearly showed stock on our check
- Not expandable, so the return trip has no extra zipper
- Two-year warranty
Does the published size fit?
| Airline | Carry-on box | Personal item | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | Over | Over | No cap |
| Delta Air Lines | Over | Size not published | No cap |
| United Airlines | Over | Over | No cap |
| Southwest Airlines | Fits | Size not published | No cap |
| JetBlue | Over | Over | No cap |
| Alaska Airlines | Over | Size not published | No cap |
| Spirit Airlines | Fits | Over | No cap |
| Frontier Airlines | Fits | Over | Fits |
| Allegiant Air | Fits | Over | No cap |
| Air Canada | Fits | Over | No cap |
| British Airways | Fits | Over | No cap |
| Lufthansa | Fits | Over | Fits |
| Air France | Over | Over | Fits |
| KLM | Over | Over | Fits |
| Emirates | Over | Not a second bag | Fits |
| Qatar Airways | Over | Not a second bag | Fits |
| Singapore Airlines | Fits | Size not published | Fits |
| Ryanair | Over | Over | Fits |
| easyJet | Fits | Over | Fits |
This is the LEVEL8 to look at if the expandable's 9.4 inch depth worries you. The gray non-expandable listing, ASIN B0FS1DVSDQ, showed "only 1 left in stock" on November 10, 2026. Three other non-expandable ASINs in the same campaign opened as product pages but did not show an in-stock buy box, so we are not linking them.
The bullets and the product-details table both say 21.4 × 14.5 × 8.9 inches including the handle and wheels, and 7.2 pounds. The title still says "22 × 14 × 9." Those are not the same rectangle. A gate sizer does not grade on the title.
Against the strict US box, height passes, depth passes, width fails by 0.5 inch. Half an inch of width is enough for a gate agent to make you check the bag, and it is enough that we will not call this suitcase airline-approved for American, Delta, United, JetBlue, or Alaska. It does fit the published Southwest and Frontier 24 × 16 × 10 boxes, and Spirit's 22 × 18 × 10 box, on these numbers. Linear inches are 44.8, under Delta's 45, but Delta still enforces each side, so the width miss remains.
The shell story matches the expandable: polycarbonate, spinner wheels, a TSA lock, a four-position handle. You give up the expansion zipper. For a lot of travelers that is the better trade, because an expanded carry-on is how a bag that barely passed becomes a bag that does not.
If you need the published dimensions to land on 22 × 14 × 9 with nothing over, this is not that bag. The Travelpro Maxlite Air compact is the one in our lineup whose own bullets say 22 × 14 × 9. The LEVEL8 slim is the featured-partner bag that gets closest, and the honest review is that "closest" still fails the width.
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Questions people ask next
What size is the LEVEL8 listing?
Product details and bullets agree: 21.4 × 14.5 × 8.9 inches including handle and wheels, 7.2 lb. The title says 22 × 14 × 9. The table does not. We use the table.
Who is the LEVEL8 PC Carry-On, 20 inch, gray for?
Someone set on LEVEL8 who wants the shallower published shell, and who can live with a 14.5 inch width.