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Tumi Bags
by Tumi
14 endorsements on r/BuyItForLife first recommended in Jan 2025
Ballistic nylon messenger bags, backpacks, and luggage built for heavy daily and travel use.
Added Jul 5, 2026, Updated Jul 6, 2026
Why it's buy-it-for-life
Owners report decades of hard daily use and abuse (climbed a mountain, thrown off a cliff, washing-machine cycles) with the bags still functional, and Tumi has replaced a worn bag for a longtime customer. One owner also complained that the synthetic-leather handle wrap on a newer bag peeled after a few years of use.
What redditors say
Recommended on reddit as recently as June 2026
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- 72r/BuyItForLife comment
Backpacks don't just "fail". Tumi is a ripoff
- 60r/BuyItForLife comment
The straps on the inside broke off the case within a couple of months... They wouldn't fix or replace it the second time.
- 51r/BuyItForLife comment
its outrageous how Tumi is willing to cheap out on synthetic leather on a $300 bag
- 21r/BuyItForLife comment
It's an excellent bag. It's been through a lot with me, and it's still holding up.
- 21r/BuyItForLife comment
Exceptions (imho): Patagonia outerwear; Tumi luggage; Calvin Klein undies; BMWs
- 15r/BuyItForLife comment
My Tumi backpack is on 23 years. Its zipper broke, and they fixed it for free.
- 15r/BuyItForLife comment
Tumi hasn't been the same since they were acquired by Samsonite in 2016. Quality is way down.
- 13r/BuyItForLife comment
Best bag I have ever had but it's older.
- 5r/BuyItForLife comment
I have two Tumi's that flew with me for over a million miles in 6 years. There are no breaks anywhere on them.
- 4r/BuyItForLife comment
I have a 30 year old Tumi laptop bag. Kept a series of Macintosh laptops safe.
- 4r/BuyItForLife comment
they also refused to replace it... Suffice it to say I will not buy TUMI again.
- 3r/BuyItForLife comment
This whole time I've been so stoked with my Tumis
- 2r/BuyItForLife comment
Sometimes overpriced just means overbuilt, tumi really said "you'll get tired before I do."
- 1r/BuyItForLife comment
I have the same one (Alpha Bravo Dover) but in full leather and wow is it just beautiful quality.
- 1r/BuyItForLife comment
I do also have a tumi cross body bag so i guess i cant really say much lmao
- 1r/BuyItForLife comment
1998 should have still been covered by the lifetime warranty. The lack of parts shouldn't excuse that, but they have gone down.
- 1r/BuyItForLife comment
I've also had a beloved Tumi carry-on... from the 1990s... Tumi no longer carries the parts and I guess they've deemed it irreparable
- 1r/BuyItForLife comment
tumi fixed it for free 3 years out of warranty. Gonna go ahead and get another tumi
- 1r/BuyItForLife comment
now they are just overpriced crap with no warranty
I put the work in and gave my old Tumi a second life
This Tumi bag was stupid expensive but it's seen a dozen countries and been kicking ass for 11 years.
I'll never buy Tumi again after they reneged on their lifetime warranty post-purchase.
their backpacks are $675 - $1100 and that's outrageous
I had a Tumi messenger bag I bought in 1986 that I put through hell and it just didn't care.
I got my first Tumi roller bag in 1998, used it regularly and only once had to send it in... My wife and I now own 5 Tumis... great products!!!