RIMOWA: How To Know If Yours Is Real (2024)

Last Updated on August 7, 2024 by Ch David

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This guide works for any Rimowa.

Regardless of the size, color, and year of manufacturing, any RIMOWA can be verified through this guide.

How to recognize a real RIMOWA cabin

The easiest way to tell if your RIMOWA cabin is real or fake is to check the interior label. Do all the letters have the same thickness? Then yours is real.

1. Label

• Authentic: Thicker engravings.
• Fake: The letters are too thin and the geographical coordinates are missing.

Here is a list of other authentic labels:

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2. Engraving

You’ll find this logo on the side of your luggage.

• Authentic: Thinner text, looking engraved rather than printed.
• Fake: Thicker text — looks printed.

3. Handler

Extend your bag’s handler and look at its screws.

• Authentic: Multiple screws and holes inside the handler.
• Fake: Has only two screws.

A quick mention:

• The steps we’ve written so far are the BEST ways to authenticate this item
• The next few steps are still reliable methods…
• … but they apply to non-top-versions of replicas available for this item

If in doubt, we recommend double-checking the steps we’ve explained above this line.

4. Fitment

• Authentic: Gap is bigger between the handler and the metal (rest of the luggage).
• Fake: Too little empty space between the handler and the metal.

5. TSA locks

• Authentic:
  1. Thicker and wider text.
  2. No deep scratches on the metal.
  3. “®” is thicker.
• Fake:
  1. Text around the lock is too big and narrow.
  2. Might have deep scratches al around the metal.
  3. The “®” symbol is too thin.

6. Side

• Authentic: Thicker, more solid “M”.
• Fake: “M” is too thin.

7. Strap

• Authentic: “RIMOWA” is smaller, and the stitching is way denser.
• Fake: “RIMOWA” is too big, and the stitching is too rare.

8. Logo

• Authentic:
  1. “RIMOWA” is thinner.
  2. The screws are properly fit deep into the metal.
• Fake:
  1. The “RIMOWA” logo is too thick.
  2. The screws aren’t fit entirely deep into the badge.

9. Wheels

• Authentic: Thicker wheels.
• Fake: The wheels are a little bit too thin.

10. Packaging

This is what the entire packaging looks like on an authentic RIMOWA cabin.

Conclusion

That’s it for now.

Hope this guide helped you authenticate your RIMOWA cabin!

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