What luggage brands do you use?

[LisaH]

I am curious why no one mentioned Tumi. We have been using Tumi almost exclusively for the past 20 years and are very pleased with them. We bought all from the outlet stores with good discounts. I have to admit that I’m a bit surprised with the prices on our recent trips to the stores. They seemed to have gone up quite a bit.

 

[Conan]

I recently switched from Tumi ($$$$) to July ($$).

July is similar to Away. It's a high-quality hard-side, very light weight, lots of color choices, and two special features--lifetime warranty (assuming they stay in business) and a unique high-capacity ejectable battery.
https://july.com/us/build-your-set/

 

[jd2601]

I am curious why no one mentioned Tumi. We have been using Tumi almost exclusively for the past 20 years and are very pleased with them. We bought all from the outlet stores with good discounts. I have to admit that I’m a bit surprised with the prices on our recent trips to the stores. They seemed to have gone up quite a bit.

I used Tumi for many years and had been happy. Seems like quality has gone down and I they wanted to start charging for repairs. Shipping cost even on warranty. I travel a lot and the Tumi suitcases would break every 6 months to a year. I switched to Briggs and Riley and have had no issues for a few years. I hope to not have issues with Briggs and Riley warranty as Tumi.

i believe Samsonite purchased Tumi in 2016. This might be when I started to have issues. Samsonite is the parent company for both Tumi and American Tourister.

 

[Ken555]

Costco is currently offering an additional 10% off Briggs and Riley. I ordered a new suitcase I've been considering. My current B&R is 11+ years old and doing great, and I wanted a smaller version of the same suitcase. This is the least expensive I've seen them in many years.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Costco is currently offering an additional 10% off Briggs and Riley. I ordered a new suitcase I've been considering. My current B&R is 11+ years old and doing great, and I wanted a smaller version of the same suitcase. This is the least expensive I've seen them in many years.

Costco is also offering additional $40 off on some Travelpro:

Costco Members Receive an Additional $40 OFF Roundtrip Hardside Collection with Travelpro Through Costco NextValid 1/26/26 through 2/1/26. While supplies last.

 

[beejaybee]

My purple Travelpro carryon has traveled to more places than me.

Most recently, it was left behind in Southampton England on a Saturday morning for 3 days while I went on without it to Dublin and then home to CLE the next day. (The plane was an ATR 72 so it had to be checked.) My bag finally arrived at the Dublin airport Monday before being shipped to Toronto on Tuesday. Wednesday it finally made it to CLE but by this time the tags were in shambles so it stayed in lost luggage there. Luckily the AerLIngus agent took it upon herself to check the i.d. on the bag, left a message on my home phone and when I retrieved it and called back around 7pm it was just in time to make the last delivery of the day that Thursday. (Why AerLingus couldn't have sent it to Dublin on the afternoon flight the very day it went missing and why it couldn't have been sent on the direct DUB-CLE flight once it flew to DUB is beyond my pay grade!)

All items were intact and the only damage to the bag was a broken zipper pull on the large outside pocket!

However, despite the benefits of flying carryon only, DH and I are finding that Schlepping a 2-wheel fully-packed bag is no longer an easy breeze in a large airport such as EWR. And lifting it into the overhead is also more challenging these days.

 

[buzglyd]

Costco is also offering additional $40 off on some Travelpro:

Costco Members Receive an Additional $40 OFF Roundtrip Hardside Collection with Travelpro Through Costco NextValid 1/26/26 through 2/1/26. While supplies last.

I just ordered that. My travelpro has thousands of miles on it. Still rolls perfectly. It was pretty dirty and had some spills in it. A year or so ago I went out to my Scottsdale house when it was boiling. I threw my travel pro into the pool and sloshed it around and let it dry in the hot sun. Still rolls perfectly.

 

[Ken555]

I went with the Briggs & Riley ZDX 26” ($423 at Costco) over the Travelpro Roundtrip set ($210 for two pieces). While the Roundtrip has a limited 10-year warranty on defects in materials/workmanship, the B&R offers a true lifetime warranty that even covers airline damage with no questions asked.

My previous B&R 29” has lasted 10+ years of heavy use and is still going strong, working out so far to about $30/year over its lifespan. The Roundtrip is fine for occasional travelers, but for frequent cruising and international travel, the B&R’s durability, superior construction (ballistic nylon vs. hardside), and comprehensive warranty made it worth the extra investment. Between my two B&R suitcases with lifetime warranties, I may never need to buy luggage again.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I went with the Briggs & Riley ZDX 26” ($423 at Costco) over the Travelpro Roundtrip set ($210 for two pieces). While the Roundtrip has a limited 10-year warranty on defects in materials/workmanship, the B&R offers a true lifetime warranty that even covers airline damage with no questions asked.

My previous B&R 29” has lasted 10+ years of heavy use and is still going strong, working out so far to about $30/year over its lifespan. The Roundtrip is fine for occasional travelers, but for frequent cruising and international travel, the B&R’s durability, superior construction (ballistic nylon vs. hardside), and comprehensive warranty made it worth the extra investment. Between my two B&R suitcases with lifetime warranties, I may never need to buy luggage again.

I almost bit, but I decided I didn't need another piece of luggage right. A little over a year I bought a 22-inch B&R spinner to use to carry personal items between my abodes in WA and San Diego. It is simply beautiful, but I don't need another one. I also bought a large B&R hard side about six months for use on longer trips. DW and I put that to good use on our stay on Kauai in December. That filled a need that we had.

That's on top of the set of B&R two-wheelers that we bought about 20 years ago and that sold me on B&R. That was before spinners became a thing. In the intervening years DW picked up occasional non-B&R spinners. I thought they were mediocre, at best. Then I got that B&R spinner and the difference in quality was noticeable. I actually bought that larger B&R spinner mostly for my wife, since she is the one who uses the most luggage space.

 

[1Kflyerguy]

I really like my Briggs and Riley luggage, and have been slowly replacing the other pieces. In the past, I used Travel Pro and Eagle Creek; they both worked well, but I eventually wore them out. I sent my wife's Eagle Creek for warranty repair a while back, and they took over 3 months to decide it was not repairable, so they replaced it for free. It was great that they replaced it for free, but it took so long that I ended up purchasing B&R for my wife as well.

 

[pedro47]

My Platinum Travel Pro luggage looks good until it takes it first airplane trip. After that first trip it is dirty . LOL

 

[1Kflyerguy]

My Platinum Travel Pro luggage looks good until it takes it first airplane trip. After that first trip it is dirty . LOL

Dirty for sure, but is it still working for you?

Back when I was a road warrior for work, i had a coworker that was always bragging about how cheap she got her luggage.. and then it would break in the middle of a trip. The last thing I want is a broken wheel or handle in the middle of a long trip.

My B&R is beat up, with stains from something, but it still works great.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Dirty for sure, but is it still working for you?

Back when I was a road warrior for work, i had a coworker that was always bragging about how cheap she got her luggage.. and then it would break in the middle of a trip. The last thing I want is a broken wheel or handle in the middle of a long trip.

My B&R is beat up, with stains from something, but it still works great.

20 years now on our oreiginal B&R gear, and while I've owned the B&R I have been traveling at least 50% more. The B&R is still going strong. For comparison, that's 4x longer than when the Atlantic luggage started failing, and the Samsonite-type luggage I owned before the Atlantic lasted 2 yrs at most. The only comparable piece we've got is a TravelPro roller that DW picked up.

Only issues with the B&R have been zippers and one corner guard that got ripped off on a conveyor. Dropped the pieces off at a B&R repair shop and got them back in a week, fully repaired at no charge. I didn't have to get them any proof or verification that I was the registered owner; as long as it's B&R they just repair and send their invoice to B&R.

Also dropped off the TravelPro for zipper repair at the same time, but I had to pay for that. So I figure why should I buy TravelPro when I can get equal (or better) quality from B&R for about the same price and with lifetime free repair warranty?

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Back when I was a road warrior for work, i had a coworker that was always bragging about how cheap she got her luggage.. and then it would break in the middle of a trip. The last thing I want is a broken wheel or handle in the middle of a long trip.

Yeah - that happened with a me a couple of times in my pre-Atlantic days. I remember one time on a business trip, lifting my bag out of the trunk or a rental car, and the handle broke off. This was before roller bags, so the rest of the trip I had to handle the bag sans handle. Too many gashes and slices in the sides, crushed corners, wheels torn off during baggage handling.

The Atlantic stuff was decent; if I only traveled a couple of times that would have probably worked OK for me.

 

[Clov9974]

Have several Briggs and Riley pieces. Great luggage. Purchased my son Travelpro Platinum Elite hardside. He travels extensively and only had one issue with a bent wheel ( probably brutal luggage handlers )

 

[Snazzylass]

This just seemed appropriate:
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Well.... it wasn't quite like that! That's photo from the '50's? with a woman wearing a hat. On the other hand, yes, lots of flights in the late '70's (which is about 50 years ago) and, ahem, smoking. Now flying international is like what coach used to be back in the day - those lovely heated meals on the china... *sigh*

 

[heitmullerj02]

Travel Pro,lightweight and sturdy. Great shape after 5 years. Wash outside with Clorox wipes after a every trip.