I travel a lot for work and pleasure; my previous luggage lasted me five years and cost less than this piece of luggage.  I travel at least two weeks per month if not three weeks for work; normally I can get by with a smaller piece of luggage.  I have used this suitcase eight times in the past year and I am fairly sure it will fall apart w/i the next six months.  My smaller piece of luggage is patagonia and it is used at least once per month for the last three years and is often used twice per month.  It looks like a used piece of luggage, but I am not concerned that it will fall apart.

On the flipside the luggage is well designed and set up to store clothing and accessories very well.  Its a shame that as much time was not spent on the durability of the item b/c its great when you need to take a lot of clothes and you do not want them to get wrinkled.