The Best Luggage Brands in 2026

Best Luggage Brands at a Glance

Victorinox

Victorinox shows up here for durability. If you want bags that take everyday travel wear, start here.

Victorinox also makes watches, cutlery, fragrances, and Swiss Army knives. This roundup stays on the luggage.

Karl Elsener started the company in 1884 with Swiss Army knives. Luggage came later, alongside watches and cutlery. American heritage runs just as deep at Hartmann’s heritage luggage.

Victorinox sells both hardside and softside luggage, so this roundup covers one bag from each. Antler splits its range the same way, and our Antler hardside vs softside carry-on review shows how differently owners rate the two.

Victorinox Connex Hardside Carry-On

The Connex Hardside collection comes in a range of sizes, but we link the global carry-on. That carry-on has a polycarbonate shell, eight wheels in four dual casters, an integrated TSA-approved combination lock, and an expandable main compartment.

Haul handles make it easier to pull the bag through airports and hotel hallways. Victorinox even maximizes the packing space so you don’t have to overpack.

Inside, you get a zippered divider with a pocket that stashes a full suiter. You can take the suiter out and clean the pocket. Dual mesh accessory pockets hold small essentials, and X-shaped compression straps keep the load in place.

Victorinox Werks Traveler 6.0 Frequent Flyer

As Victorinox says, “soft means strong.” Their Werks Traveler 6.0 softside luggage in large has Hinomoto wheels outfitted with Lisof tires for quieter rolling. The RC coil zippers from YKK are self-cleaning. Victorinox also adds to this soft luggage the brand’s Pack More system, and the expansion adds four centimeters.

Briggs & Riley

A padded 15.4-inch laptop compartment sits in the expandable zippered section. X-shaped compression straps, a tri-fold suiter, and mesh side pockets handle the rest of the packout.

Luggage gets damaged all the time, and most brands leave that cost on you. Briggs & Riley says it will repair the bag for free if it takes serious wear, which is why it sits in the premium slot here.

The company uses the “engineered for reality” line, and a set of in-house patents, to sell bags meant for real handling. As part of U.S. Luggage LLC, a company founded in 1970, Briggs & Riley was officially established in 2006. Today, you can buy the brand’s luggage in nearly 30 different countries.

Briggs & Riley Baseline International Carry-On

The Baseline Global 21-inch expandable spinner bag is the Briggs & Riley bag to start with. CX expansion buys extra packing room and then compresses back down to cabin size. The YKK zippers are self-repairing, and they even lock.

Corner guards are reinforced so the bag keeps its shape longer. The Outsider pocket holds a phone and other grab items, and a U-zip front pocket is large enough for a sweater or documents.

Briggs & Riley uses a hybrid fiberglass frame for this carry-on, which is meant to hold its shape without going rigid. The HideAway ID tag keeps personal info covered. The top carry handle is cushioned.

The bag’s exterior is ballistic nylon, which resists abrasions, dirt, moisture, and scuffs. V-groove tube handles are designed not to jam, and the four swivel wheels roll 360 degrees. The handle system, including the Outsider handle, is aircraft-grade aluminum, with three height settings.

Mesh lid zip pockets hold ties and socks. A garment folder can keep up to two suits flatter. Mesh garment panels with cinch-down straps help with wrinkles, and the CX compression expansion system adds packing room when you need it.

Delsey

Delsey is the Parisian name on this list. The brand was founded in 1946 by the Delahaye Institution, which made phonograph and typewriter protective boxes and leather camera cases. When Delahaye partnered with Seynhaeve, Delsey was born. Italy’s version of that design pedigree shows up in FPM’s Italian-made suitcases.

Today, as the company itself says, Delsey is known for its “innovative, modern, practical range of luggage for first-time travelers looking for adventure.”

The hard-shell line arrived in the 1970s, with wheels on it by 1972.

Delsey Chatelet Air 2.0 Carry-On

The Chatelet Air 2.0 20-inch carry-on spinner bag is the first Delsey to look at. TSA-approved locks keep the case closed at the checkpoint. The spinner wheels are dual-density, with a soft layer that absorbs shocks and a hard layer for durability.

An interior lining can come out and be cleaned in your washer, but only on delicate. The interior also has shoe pockets, a zippered divider with pockets, and tie-down straps. The Securitech zippers promise three times the resistance, and the accents are vegan leather. The rest of this bag is polycarbonate.

DELSEY Paris Helium Aero Hardside

The Aero expandable rolling luggage comes in a range of sizes. It has a TSA lock and double spinner wheels that turn 360 degrees. Side carry handles help you lift a packed bag. The main compartment has a zippered pocket and tie-down straps, and dual packing compartments with lined dividers add packing space.

Travelpro

Travelpro is the business-travel name on this list. Bob Plath, the company founder, was a pilot for Northwest Airlines. He was unhappy with the luggage available at the time, so he built his own.

From laptop bags to backpacks, garment bags, checked bags, and carry-ons, Travelpro covers the full set. Travelpro’s Quality Control Lab is the brand’s own durability claim: it says it tests every bag. Not every name on a suitcase works that way. Some are licensing deals, which is why London Fog luggage, sorted by model, reads so unevenly from one line to the next.

Travelpro Platinum Elite Spinner

The Platinum Elite expandable spinner bag is the Travelpro bag to look at. Those namesake spinner wheels, of which you get eight, are the self-aligning MagnaTrac variety. The wheels are also part of the brand’s PrecisionGlide system and roll 360 degrees.

A PowerScope extension handle is adjustable and features Travelpro’s Contour Grip, which has touch points covered in rubber so it doesn’t hurt your hands to use.

The main lock is TSA-approved. The other zippers are accented in chrome, and the shell uses the brand’s higher-end fabrics. A tapered expansion, which resists tipping, adds two inches of capacity.

Color options include coastal blue, true navy, Bordeaux, vintage grey, rich espresso, intrigue black, and shadow black. Travelpro backs its luggage with its Limited Lifetime Worry Free Warranty as well as its 100-day trial. That gives you 100 days to use the luggage. If you don’t like it for any reason, you can get a full refund even if the bag is somewhat used. The individual bags are covered in our model-by-model luggage reviews.

Tumi

Tumi is the luxury name on this list: ballistic nylon, a high price, and a look people buy on purpose.

Since 1975, Tumi has sold the brand on five lines: “world-class customer service,” “functional superiority,” “technical innovation,” “design excellence,” and “superior quality.” The name comes from a Peace Corps worker in South America. Nylon travel bags in black-on-black ballistic fabric arrived in 1980.

Today the brand sells bags, backpacks, luggage, and accessories.

Tumi Alpha Dual Access Carry-On

The expandable carry-on from the Tumi Alpha collection wears the brand’s signature ballistic nylon exterior, with a dual-access front opening for the things you grab at the gate. Four spinner wheels are built to stay light, and the low-profile integrated lock is TSA-approved.

The carry-on’s interior is completely lined and has a mesh zip pocket, two other zippered pockets, a hanger bracket, dual packing compartments, and tie-down straps made of mesh. You can select from colors like black, navy blue, silver, blush pink, and purple for this carry-on. 

TUMI Men’s V4 Extended Trip

For an example of Tumi’s bright and vivid designs, check out the Extended Trip expandable four-wheeled packing case in the Tumi V4 line. This hard luggage with four spinner wheels (all recessed) also features a zippered expansion, a telescoping handle, a bottom grab handle, side carry handles, a retractable top, a TSA-approved lock, and a zippered main compartment.

The interior has compression straps, a hanger bracket, and zipper pockets with two compartments. An ABS and polycarbonate shell comes in finishes like black, blackberry (deep purple), sea green, stone grey, bright red, bright lime, eclipse (dark blue), mink (beige brown), and blush floral with a pattern in dark pink, white, and blue. You can even get your name monogrammed on the luggage.

FPM (Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano)

FPM is the Italian outlier on this list. The company has been making leather goods in Milan since 1946, and its hardside luggage lands somewhere between Rimowa’s industrial minimalism and Away’s direct-to-consumer polish. Prices start around $600 and run past $1,500, which puts it in luxury pricing, not value pricing.

Three collections carry the range. Bank is the flagship, aluminum with butterfly closures and leather handles. Spinner is polycarbonate, built on Makrolon shells with Japanese Hinomoto wheels, one of the quieter and steadier caster systems out there. Our Ridge luggage review covers a Makrolon hardside in that same material class. Trunk is the vintage-inspired line, stackable and styled after classic steamer trunks.

What sets FPM apart from the rest of this list is where it is built. Every piece is finished in Italy, leather work and metal included, while Rimowa manufactures in Germany and Canada and most of the field produces in Asia. Against Rimowa specifically, FPM uses a thicker gauge of aluminum and lists for roughly 20 percent less, trading brand recognition and resale value for exclusivity and finishing detail. One practical note: FPM is not sold on Amazon, so buying means fpm.it or a luxury retailer such as Nordstrom or Neiman Marcus. BritBag’s hardside luggage sits in the same spot from the British side, sold through UK retailers rather than Amazon US. If where a bag gets assembled matters to you more than an Italian label does, ROAM builds its luggage to order in Georgia at a fraction of FPM’s prices. At the opposite end of the price ladder, Quince’s direct-to-consumer luggage runs the same skip-the-retailer model for a fraction of what any brand on this list charges. Carl Friedrik and Monos sell the same way; the write-ups are our Carl Friedrik luggage review and our Monos luggage review.

Pick by the job. Victorinox and Travelpro cover frequent flyers who want durability and a repair story. Briggs & Riley is the lifetime-repair premium. Delsey is the design-led hardside. Tumi and FPM are the luxury spend. None of those names is a default for every trip; match the brand to how you actually travel.