I'd bought a great utility travel scale from magellans online which arrived today. So i weighed my empty suitcases to see how they compared. I have a hard side and a softside samsonite which are about the same size. I was pleasantly surprised that the hard side only weighed 2lbs more than the softside. The actual weights were 10lbs for the softie and 12lbs for the hard case. And at least the cases don't gain weight on the cruise!
