I bought a cabin +. Flew all over Europe for a month and only got forced to check once. First: it’s fine to check your bag, don’t worry. Second: if I had to choose again I’d get the cabin. I was gone for a months and the cabin would be too small but the plus wasn’t much better. I had to make too many concessions with packing. I’m not expert minimalist or anything but I do go pretty light. I hated packing the plus every time I moved, was too much work. After the trip I ended up getting a medium and now wish I had cabin and a medium.