Briggs & Riley Essential 22 Review | 21.Five Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Dylan and Max review the Briggs & Riley Essential 22!
As one of the lighter bags with a great expandable feature to hold up to 51 liters of volume, this makes a bag potentially better suited for corporate pilots. Briggs & Riley also offers a warranty for the life of the bag.
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I have this exact B&R baseline 2-wheel, as well. 5 years as an airline pilot, and it’s bulletproof. The secret is I replaced the crappy wheels with roller blade style luggage wheels from Amazon or eBay. It took three tries to get the right size wheels, but once I got the right wheels, it was perfect now for 5 years going!
What kind of wheels did you get?
@@jordangriffith-simmon8003 roller blade style luggage wheels that had to be exactly the same diameter as factory R&B. Sorry I don’t remember the brand of wheel maker.
I have the International 2 wheel Baseline and it's the best bag ever. One time I was forced to check and ended up with a damaged wheel base. Sent in for repair and it came back good as new.
After 11 years, the handle it starting to show scuffs and how much it's taken a beating, but the bag is still rock solid.
The guy in the blue shirt is funny. I’ll bet Briggs and Stratton didn’t know their engines came with a garment management pocket.
On the other hand, Briggs & Riley, Baseline collection, is super quality luggage (at a cost, I’m a believer in the “Fram” motto too).
Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts.
Nobody is going to let Max live that one down haha
I’ve been using the Briggs for almost a year now, it’s my first and only bag so I can’t say how it compares with others personally. I will say the wheels can be easily swapped for Skate wheels. I keep the smart link strap attached to my LW stealth premier multipurpose cube so it can be quickly attached to the T slot. I appreciate how light it is and how it doesn’t look like a traditional pilots bag when you’re out of uniform.
My biggest complaint with it is the T slot, I wish they just sold it with a metal tab to run a J hook strap through. As for it not being sturdy, I haven’t heard of them breaking even with a lot of weight on the handle, and even if they do then that’s where that lifetime warranty comes into play.
This is great information! Can you shoot us a picture of your setup? info@21fivepodcast.com
Which skate wheels did you install? Can’t find the wheel size listed anywhere for the B&R 2 wheel.
@@thomashead8888 I bought a pair of inline skate wheels on Amazon. 2.75” or 70mm. The axle size is 8mm, I added a couple washers as the skate wheels are slightly more narrow than the factory wheels.
Gentlemen Not only does this Slapping video bang but! Its informative. Thoughts from a 91/135 pilot
I have the four wheel version and it was my gift to myself when I got my first type rating last year (Career 2.0) and I LOVE it. I figure I can go easily 7 days in it INCLUDING carrying an awesome Kuhl Spyfire Jacket in the front pocket and I’m good to go pretty much anywhere in any conditions.
The warranty was a biggie for me and I think of it as a Buy Once, Cry Once proposition.
Oh one other thing. Thanks for showing me how to use the shirt hanger! I’m going to start doing that
Keep it up guys you rock.
And Max, Its Briggs and Riley, Not Briggs and Stratton, that’s a lawnmower
Great feedback, this is exactly what we were hoping to get from our listeners!
Fractional pilot here, I have the 4 wheeled version of this bag and love it!
That is awesome!
watched just one video and you won me as a subscriber
Believe me, a floppy handle is a good thing. That means it has plenty of play and tolerance for both segments of the stock to slide in and out a million times without seizing up. Over time every roller I’ve ever had with a collapsible stock has slowly begun to become more and more difficult to collapse and has eventually seized up or broken.
Great perspective, thanks!
I started using 2 underseat type rollers and it’s more than enough space, specially if you have to ride in the back. Practical for work and travel.
This bag seems to be a competitor to the Travel Pro Flight Crew 5 22”. That bag has up to 56L capacity, a solid j-hook, all the other features this one has including a soft exterior plus it has nicer wheels. I have packed for a 13 day trip in this bag. (Should I be bragging about a 13 day trip?) That Briggs repair policy is nice but TravelPro has the exact same thing. You can buy the TravelPro for $179.
I was expecting to see some giant Breitling pilot watches on both wrists because this Briggs bag is the equivalent of that. Spend more money for something that is the “cool” brand. I’m perfectly happy with my “flight attendant” bag that works awesome and is made for our industry.
Love the podcast and these reviews are great and really well done. Just have to bust your balls a bit. Keep up the good work!
Ok, we've reached out to travel pro to see if we can review some of their offerings. We kept the Breitling in the hangar for this review, didn't want to double flex on ya'll.
You may want to check the warranty again on the travel pro, it says 3 years for the commercial use pilot bags. With the crew discount the Briggs is closer in price to the competition than MSRP would suggest.
Can you use the bag in its expanded mode all the time (during travel)? Or do you have to actually compress/collapse it for use?
Absolutely, you can leave it expanded the entire time.
I use the B&R 22” Been using it at the airlines for 3 years and I’ve abused it and it’s stood up very well. I’ve been worried about the handle, but I am amazed how much abuse it’s gone through. The only thing I dislike are the wheels; they sound cheap when you’re rolling it around. The guarantee is nice to have in case the handle does give out, I know they’ll fix it or replace it.
Good to know. I agree, my handle has never failed me, it's just much floppier than some of the other bags. Another listener said they replaced the wheels with better ones, I am going to look into that for mine.
I have this exact B&R baseline 2-wheel, as well. 5 years as an airline pilot, and it’s bulletproof. The secret is I replaced the crappy wheels with roller blade style luggage wheels from Amazon or eBay. It took three tries to get the right size wheels, but once I got the right wheels, it was perfect now for 5 years going!
Corporate pilot, I have an $1,100 Tumi. One gets what one pays for.
Agreed. No reason to cut corners on something we use almost every day.