I've been diving my Rogue for a couple months now, and I have to say it was a great choice for me (exclusively travel warm water diving and liveaboards). It breaks down small (I band all the straps into one bundle, the bladder and BP in the other) and it fits in my duffel. It is very easy to assemble/disassemble (all you need is a flathead screwdiver and 3 minutes).
The AL rep came to my local shop in Portsmouth to go over the differences between the Rogue and Outlaw. I went in thinking the Outlaw was for me. I actually found the Outlaw to be too basic. Outlaw didn't have enough adjustability for my size (6'2" 260#, 2mm wetsuit). I also found it generally uncomfortable; not enough padding out of the water (which I considered a problem for shore dives).
I did like the biner/suicide clip on the front strap of the Outlaw, so I've simply put a big
stainless biner on my Rogue in the same spot. Serves the same purpose, and
I can use it as a banger/clicker.
I prefer the stainless D-rings (and satisfying 'clink' when I attach a deadbolt clip) of the Rogue. The webbing of the Outlaw was difficult to clip onto when I did a 'blind feel' test.
I put the
AL Airsource on my Rogue (hooray, no Octo to droop into the sand and hangup in branch coral!). If I remember correctly, this wasn't an option for the Outlaw.
I like the pockets of the Rogue, although I don't use them often. I keep a
trilobite cutter on my chest strap. If I know there are tangle hazards on a dive, I keep a folding
knife in the pocket. I frequently wonder the wisdom of this; if I'm tangled up, do I want the process of opening a pocket and unfolding a knife?
In the water I
immediately noticed an increase in streamlining with the Rogue over my former rig (Dimension I3). Went from tugboat to torpedo!
The ONLY downsides I can think of are 1) that there is not a lot of weight storage on the Rogue (even less on the Outlaw). I require 10#, and it just about fills every pocket to capacity. But both are geared for the warm water diver, so a lot of weight isn't generally necessary, 2) price (AL is pretty expensive compared with BCs from Zeagle, Oceanic, etc.), and 3) gender (Rogue is unisex - for now - which I interpret as "was made for men and women shaped like men"), but with the adjustability, this maybe less of an issue.
I found that there are a lot of choices (and opinions!) for a travel BC. If you have the luxury, try on as many as you can with all your gear. Do you feel comfortable? Are you relaxed? Can you reach everything "blind?" Is it intuitive? How is the support/service locally and from the manufacturer?
Good luck!!