Originally Posted by conejo23

Well, from what little research I've done so far, product quality does seem to correlate to some degree with the strength of the warranty.

Are there any great quality lines with crappy warranties?

Now, I completely agree that a strong warranty doesn't mean the $300 bag is better than it's $170 competitor. But I'll take the $170 bag with the strong warranty over the $300 bag with the lousy warranty every day of the week.