Summary: B&R has earned my loyalty through over 1M miles of travel, the best warranty on the market, and great service. This bag continues to impress even though it could use some small improvements.

I had a predecessor to this B&R bag for about 10 years. To talk about this new model I have to talk about the old one.  It was a great bag. Fit in just every airline bin, traveled about 1M air miles and all the taxis, hotels, and buses in between.  The suit carrying mechanism was different (a separate zippered compartment) and was roomy enough to stuff a couple suits, shirts etc into it. During that time I made use of B&R's no-questions, easy-to-use, lifetime warranty about three times - zipper pulls, handle, and wheel replacement.  When it was time to buy another I did my research and, considering the past performance, and great service on top of the best warranty, I opted for the one-touch expandable.

Pluses
- the one touch works very well - very easy to use on the fly when I've decided to not check my bag and had to squeeze it down to carryon thickness - or do the opposite.
- durable construction makes it double as an upright seat in a crowded airport (let's say that I weigh 80 kg)
- open bin design allows for my own packing methodology
- mesh pocket good for separates/soiled clothes
- zip pocket good for misc
- removable suiter system is decent and I can easily fit 1 suit, 1 sportcoat, and three or four shirts in it (depends on how much more I am taking).
- it's a tough overall bag - this new one has about 250K air miles on it so far
- fits in most jet bins (see below), on European, Chinese, and Japanese train overheads, in small taxi trunks and under seat 3D on the Embraer ERJ170 regional (best seat in the economy house).

Needed Improvements
- can sometimes be difficult or impossible to fit head-on in some airline bins when other similarly sized bags don't have the problem.  Sorry but I have not been keeping track of which types of jets it has the problem with - note to self.  Seems to be due to the length of the standing legs. Fitting sideways is no problem obviously. It's predecessor did not have this sometimes-problem.
- the suiter trifold design and hanging system does not work perfectly with standard hanger heights (noted by a prior reviewer). This is not an insurmountable issue as when after zipping it up I just 'scoot' the hangers up toward the top of the bag (laying it flat first) and then easily fold it up. It does leave me longing for hangers with shorter hook-to-shoulder distances though. Clothes stay neat and in good shape as I put each grouping in separate 11 gal trash bags (hanger through the closed end) to keep them from getting too wrinkled. The separate suiter is more confined than the predecessor's design but this is not a problem.

If you have to have a reliable bag for world travel, and like the thought of getting over 1M miles and 10 years out of it then buy this bag!