A couple of things in telegram style.

1. Garment bags, particularly the wheeled kind, are not space and weight efficient packing solutions. Forego garment bags if at all possible.

2. The only time when it is not possible is when you are absolutely unable to learn how to pack or when you are literally pressed for every second when packing. Since you know how to book a ticket and get through an airport, you are intelligent enough to learn how to pack.

3. If you are checking these bags, the answer is super easy. Choose BR. They have a no-matter what warranty, life-time. For checked luggage that is SUPER valuable. They are thus superior to Tumi in this decisive criterion.

4. In all other regards they are equal or better than Tumi (I own products from both companies). The only way they are inferior to Tumi is brand recognition because of lesser marketing.

5. This means you pay less for a better product with a better warranty because the company doesn't spend so much on marketing.

6. This also means the bag is less likely to get pilfered or stolen because it flies under the radar much more than a Tumi, which screams "Expensive luggage, steal me!".

7. OK. I found another point BR might be regarded as inferior. They don't have as many lines and are not as fashion oriented. But that is probably not an issue here, since you are most likely comparing BR Baseline to Tumi Alpha.

Till