New here last week and posted some of this in another thread re: Hartmann.

We recently had AA destroy two Hartmann tweed wheeled garment bags. One was the 2004 version of their 42 " mobile carry on garment bag and the other was an older larger wheeled "women's" garment bag.

AA has offered to replace both bags but Hartmann no longer has direct replacements for either bag. Their new carry on garment bag is considerably smaller and looks and feels cheaper. The larger bag has been replaced with a 50" wheeled bag that is HUGE that has nowhere near the flexibility of the old bag.

I've pretty much ruled out replacing them with the newer Hartmann bags, they feel much more cheaply made than my older bags and have lost many of the best features of the old bags.

That said, I am comparing the Tumi wheeled garment bags to the Briggs and Rileys. I can actually get three B&R bags with the allowance I have but am just not sure since in all honesty, until reading this forum I had never even heard of them before. Both companies seem to have their pros and cons and I have been leaning to the B&R bags but keep going back to Tumi because of it's reputation.

Does anyone have any hands on experience that they can share? I need to make a decision soon.

Thank you in advance.