Originally Posted by
ftweb
I just bought a B&R baseline essential carry-on (nominally 9"x14"x22") a month ago. I love the idea of the CX expansion, because it makes it easier to pack with the sidewalls up. Unfortunately, I find that it doesn't necessarily stay compressed. When my bag is very full, I can pack it down to the compressed size, but then it often pops back up later on. I'm wondering if I could have gotten a defective bag (though this happens on both sides), or if it is normal. One possibility is that when I press down on my clothes, they expand out sideways against the CX mechanism and release it. Obviously I never have this problem with a traditional zipper expander.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems?
There was a poster in a different thread that had an issue with one of the compression units. I haven't had any issues with mine and I always overpack, and the reason I purchased this suitcase. I have the original one, but I assume they both have the same compression gadgets. When you compress it while it is full, do you compress one said at a time? I find that doing one side at a time pretty much makes sure it's fully compressed and locked. You can feel when it totally engages. And you have to do it on a hard surface like the floor and not a bed for it to be effective.