Hi all

I know this thread is over a year old, but I should state what happened last year.

What I got for my birthday was a bag, a Briggs and Riley rolling duffel. It was the baseline series UWD628 (28").

Don't get me wrong, it is a great bag. Sturdy, strong and all that jazz, you can definitely have confidence in Briggs and Riley gear. Now the cons; with a shell weight of 6kg, yeah, I don't think so. When I left Montreal, with all my stuff packed I was already at the 20kg mark. Furthermore when I left Brisbane and saw the check in person attach to my bag a "heavy" sticker, yeah I was a little embarrassed by that. What I had to do was buy a separate "north face" duffel bag in Chiang Mai (i use " " because, well, you know it's a fake). Furthermore 28" is simply massive in size!!

I have a longer vacation coming up (6 weeks this time from June 28). Now I am back down to luggage square one. I have thought about getting an Osprey Porter 65, or a Deuter Traveller 70+10 (from MEC), or even going to an Eagle Creek HC2 Hovercraft Duffel 25. Then there is also the Osprey Sojourn 25 [which will be hard to find], as well as the Osprey Waypoint 65 [that is easy to find]. I want to be able to move quickly in an airport, hold the sweat, and well I will already have a daypack with me, so if I get a backpack i would be wearing the day pack in the front of me. A bag with wheels would be great, but as I am going to Laos I wonder what the terrain would be like. Also I would like to be able to use the bag afterwards and not cast it aside like the B&R duffel. As a beggar I can't be a chooser, but the cheaper the cost the better, heh.

I will have to make a decision soon, but man this is annoying...

Thanks all again for all your help in the past...it was greatly appreciated.