Originally Posted by
sb1982
If we're getting an off-the-shelf product and not Q-Suites (which admittedly I haven't tried), I hope this is true.
The seat has easily-accessible storage areas (though no water bottle cupboard), doesn't have the same tiny foot-coffin restrictions* of so many J seats and, because the bed lowers closer to the floor, provides reasonable sleeping privacy to at least half the seats (and excellent privacy to some) without doors installed. Without doors the best seats in the cabin are, in my opinion, better than QR's non-Q-Suites (787, A350 etc), CX's A330/777, and AA's 773. With suite doors all seats would beat those products.
*it does have a foot cubby, but it's wide and tall. These images are from 2A of a Qantas domestic A332 (the same seat as the QF Dreamliner mentioned in the article). Although difficult to appreciate the size, this is a 15" MacBook Pro and size UK 9 feet. I'm six feet tall and, when reclined with my head touching the top wall, can't reach the far end of the foot cubby even when fully extending my feet.
