highest quality bag

[blipblop]

Interesting to see so many votes for Babolat. I just got their "9-pack" team bag, and I have several issues with it that make it much worse than my older Yonex bag.

First, no way is it a 9; it's a super-6 at most. Second, the zippers don't feel heavy duty enough. They have teeth that snag and misalign all the time.

There are some things I like about it, but overall I'm disappointed.

[ATL Jack]

Can't go wrong with Prince or Babolat.

[Posture Guy]

And I'll reiterate, the Pacific bag I have is first rate. Very well designed and constructed.

[Power Player]

^^^

Does it have thermalined pockets? That is key for me down here in Florida. I'm still leaning towards the Babolat Team 12 pack for my next bag.

[The Bawss]

Wilson isn't very good at all...but I'm not prepared to go on the court and pull my Wilson BLXs out of my Head or Babolat bag.

[retlod]

Originally Posted by The Bawss

Wilson isn't very good at all...but I'm not prepared to go on the court and pull my Wilson BLXs out of my Head or Babolat bag.

I think the new Wilson Tour bags are excellent. They have lots of useful pockets, are made of thick fabric, and hold their shape well. Way nicer than my Aero 12-pack.

[oldcity]

just got my bag today. got the wilson blx tour super six fed bag. one thermo section, one anti moisture section, plus center section for cloths and gear, has two good size side pockets, two more smaller side pockets, and backpack straps. nice, thick and of same quality as my babolat team. does not collapse when empty. i don't see a nicer bag on TW.

[kengan]

Originally Posted by The Bawss

Wilson isn't very good at all...but I'm not prepared to go on the court and pull my Wilson BLXs out of my Head or Babolat bag.

Exactly, no matter how good babolat's bags are I'm not going to be taking out my wilson racquets out of one.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by retlod

I think the new Wilson Tour bags are excellent. They have lots of useful pockets, are made of thick fabric, and hold their shape well. Way nicer than my Aero 12-pack.

But the Aero 12-pack has two insulated compartments, an insulated water-bottle holder (very useful!).

[retlod]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

But the Aero 12-pack has two insulated compartments, an insulated water-bottle holder (very useful!).

"Insulated" compartments lined with foil are a sham. Foil would reflect radiative heat, but in order for that to work, it'd have to be on the outside of the bag. The only way bags can insulate is with thicker walls that trap more air. That would cut down on conductive heat transfer in the same way that double pane windows insulate better than single and down jackets are warmer than fleeces. Plus I never used the drink holder. It's only big enough for two 20oz bottles. In the summer, I take a cooler full of ice/water and about 64oz of drinks.

[ArliHawk]

Babolat Aero ftw.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by retlod

"Insulated" compartments lined with foil are a sham. Foil would reflect radiative heat, but in order for that to work, it'd have to be on the outside of the bag. The only way bags can insulate is with thicker walls that trap more air. That would cut down on conductive heat transfer in the same way that double pane windows insulate better than single and down jackets are warmer than fleeces. Plus I never used the drink holder. It's only big enough for two 20oz bottles. In the summer, I take a cooler full of ice/water and about 64oz of drinks.

Foil or not, it works.

[syke]

If Arcteryx or Mystery Ranch do come out with some tennis bags. I will be all over them.

All the tennis bags currently available are crap IMHO.

[retlod]

Arc'Teryx or Osprey bags would be awesome! OGIO should make some, too!

[Up&comer]

My old babolat 12 pack team line.

[Larrysümmers]

ive been rocking the wilson k tour super six since it came out, really nice bag

[leroy_sunset]

Prince Tour Team 100 bag. Discontinued for years, still the best bag I've ever owned. My wife just bought a Prince Rebel bag - total garbage.

[audioaffliction]

Originally Posted by retlod

Arc'Teryx or Osprey bags would be awesome! OGIO should make some, too!

Totally agree. The question is, how much would we be willing to pay for them? For a brand-agnostic bag with minimal logo bombing, I'd pay a lot. And I'd keep it a lot longer.

[Posture Guy]

My ideal would be one from Tom Bihn (www.tombihn.com).

I'd never heard of them a few months ago. Was searching for a high quality laptop backpack, ordered 7 different models, demoed the heck out of them. Their Brain Bag was by far the best of the bunch. Ended up buying another piece from them, just super high quality stuff, incredibly well designed.

But I'd suspect the tennis bag market is a small niche, so we're stuck with what we've got.

That said, I'm still loving my Pacific Basalt bag. No complaints whatsoever, very functional.

[syke]

Originally Posted by audioaffliction

Totally agree. The question is, how much would we be willing to pay for them? For a brand-agnostic bag with minimal logo bombing, I'd pay a lot. And I'd keep it a lot longer.

I will pay if Arcteryx comes out with racquet friendly bag. What works for the Marines, will definitely work for me..

Anyways, anyone heard of RSL?
http://www.rsl-1928.com/bags.php