I travel all the time and have every brand of luggage you could ever imagine. I finally found the very best, although Briggs & Riley is great, just a little heavy. I found the lightest, most rugged luggage that keeps expanding. It is A.SAKS LUGGAGE CO.
I have had, Tumi, (totally overrated) Delsey which was ok, Travelpro was a little dissappointing, Atlantic, Samsonite and others. This A.Saks bag kills them all. I have had it for almost 2 years and so far, so good.

My needs:

I fly 75K-100K per year, most of my trips are fairly short in duration and distance. I need to be able to carry one suit with me in a carry-on. Status symbols are pretty meaningless in my line of work and no one ever sees or cares what my bag looks like.

My current (Samsonite) 20inch rollaboard is nearing its final stanza and I will need to replace it in the next few months.

This question has led me to consider other options and I have been thinking of buying the 20inch Briggs and Riley instead. See here: http://www.briggs-riley.com/category...Upright_U420LX[/QUOTE]