Mandofred
Well-known member
Just got it today, looks about what I was after. At this point, other than it being a little heavier that stated I think it was £80 well spent. Hopefully be trying it out next week.
*I've not owned/tried a carry bag before. Last time I carried a bag was about 1973? and it was a one strap beast. So....this is not coming from a long time owner/user of carry bags.
*I believe weight quoted was 1.7k.....on my wife's kitchen scales without hood I had it at 1819 grams (just over 1.8k).
*Poured a little water on the side of the bag in a little pool and left it for 30 seconds....it just sat there. The material looks like it will keep the water out quite well. I feel that if I just left it there and came back in an hour....it would still be sitting there. I was expecting something along the lines of a athletic jacket that states it is water resistant....and "kind of" is.
*Straps didn't amaze me. Feels like there might be a strap down the pad that is about 2/3 of the pad size with a bit of padding out from that. When I put the clubs etc in, the straps were a bit too far to the ends of the shoulders...but that could easily be something I can adjust closer to the neck....I'll have to play with that to see if it fits better. I haven't used a carry bag, so I need to fiddle with it.
*Wallet pocket. Narrow opening but does go down a fair ways and I would have no trouble putting my phone/wallet/keys in it with room left over. It's got the fuzzy lining. I might just keep that stuff in the car instead of filling the bag up.
*Bigger side pocket. Big enough for my Ping rain jacket and bottoms. I'll probably throw a few candy bars at the bottom as well. I am not expecting to get much else in there.....maybe the rain hood.
*Cool pocket. Don't really care if it is a cool pocket, but it fit a 75cl water bottle and you won't get much else in.
*Front pocket. Big enough that I put 35 balls in, anymore than that and I would have to start cramming them in. But to me, that was plenty of room. Easily could carry 6-8 balls and my little plastic container of ball marks/tees/pencils/repair tool with room left over.
*I was hoping to get 11-12 clubs in it......I got 12....barely. Remember though, I have Jumbomax x-small grips on. There should be a picture showing the difference with regular size grips. I could get all 14 with regular grips. No idea if there will be some grip/club interference. I would assume there will be a little, but it seemed ok to me.
*It looks like the 4 clubs slots go all the way down. Tried to get a picture, kind of showed it.
*The stand seems to work just fine. Something I did like was that the bag will stand upright in the garage without leaning on anything and without the legs coming out.
*Pictures comparing bags is with a Ping Pioneer.
*I've not owned/tried a carry bag before. Last time I carried a bag was about 1973? and it was a one strap beast. So....this is not coming from a long time owner/user of carry bags.
*I believe weight quoted was 1.7k.....on my wife's kitchen scales without hood I had it at 1819 grams (just over 1.8k).
*Poured a little water on the side of the bag in a little pool and left it for 30 seconds....it just sat there. The material looks like it will keep the water out quite well. I feel that if I just left it there and came back in an hour....it would still be sitting there. I was expecting something along the lines of a athletic jacket that states it is water resistant....and "kind of" is.
*Straps didn't amaze me. Feels like there might be a strap down the pad that is about 2/3 of the pad size with a bit of padding out from that. When I put the clubs etc in, the straps were a bit too far to the ends of the shoulders...but that could easily be something I can adjust closer to the neck....I'll have to play with that to see if it fits better. I haven't used a carry bag, so I need to fiddle with it.
*Wallet pocket. Narrow opening but does go down a fair ways and I would have no trouble putting my phone/wallet/keys in it with room left over. It's got the fuzzy lining. I might just keep that stuff in the car instead of filling the bag up.
*Bigger side pocket. Big enough for my Ping rain jacket and bottoms. I'll probably throw a few candy bars at the bottom as well. I am not expecting to get much else in there.....maybe the rain hood.
*Cool pocket. Don't really care if it is a cool pocket, but it fit a 75cl water bottle and you won't get much else in.
*Front pocket. Big enough that I put 35 balls in, anymore than that and I would have to start cramming them in. But to me, that was plenty of room. Easily could carry 6-8 balls and my little plastic container of ball marks/tees/pencils/repair tool with room left over.
*I was hoping to get 11-12 clubs in it......I got 12....barely. Remember though, I have Jumbomax x-small grips on. There should be a picture showing the difference with regular size grips. I could get all 14 with regular grips. No idea if there will be some grip/club interference. I would assume there will be a little, but it seemed ok to me.
*It looks like the 4 clubs slots go all the way down. Tried to get a picture, kind of showed it.
*The stand seems to work just fine. Something I did like was that the bag will stand upright in the garage without leaning on anything and without the legs coming out.
*Pictures comparing bags is with a Ping Pioneer.
. Although to give myself a slight break....murphthemog said they were wanting my opinion of the bag from my earlier post. So I'm only half a slime-ball.
