I ordered the $32 one from Amazon; no weird smell. Used it on our boat trip last month - loved it! Using it in a few weeks for a 10 day trip to Europe. I actually measured the inside volume and compared it against my old carry on suitcase - more room in this one! Only "complaint" is that there are 2 small zippered pouches on each side - they don't hold much so if they redesigned it to make one long pouch on each side it'd be more useful. And I ordered a red one - much easier to spot in a sea of black suitcases.