What’s the best 12-15 pack currently?

gmatheis

Hall of Fame
looking for a new bag, keep changing my mind as to which one I want.

Some choices

- Wilson Federer DNA 12 pack - love the clean look, and the molded sides. Not sure about the lack of a middle compartment and gear storage, or the way the racquet sections open.

- Wilson Pro Staff or blade 15 pack the ones with the rounded pockets on the sides. Looks like good for organizing extra stuff.

- Tecnifibre ATP endurance 15 - just not sure if I like the material

- Adidas Tour Tennis 12 - looks nice, would like to see it in person but done know anyone with one.


Or others.

Thanks
 

Vlad_C

Semi-Pro
Personally I would go with the Wilson Blade 15 pack.
Best design in terms of pockets and compartments.
Also, the black/green color scheme is a timeless classic and looks totally awesome.
 

stapletonj

Hall of Fame
the wilson bag is nice, but it is smaller than you think.
I went with the babolat and it is fine. ONly drawback is that the zipper on the little wallet/phone/etc pocket pulls in the opposite direction of all the other zippers and is easy to forget it is open.
 

stapletonj

Hall of Fame
the wilson bag is nice, but it is smaller than you think.
I went with the babolat and it is fine. ONly drawback is that the zipper on the little wallet/phone/etc pocket pulls in the opposite direction of all the other zippers and is easy to forget it is open.
 

stapletonj

Hall of Fame
It isnt the # of sticks, its the space for water, med kit, spare shirts, socks towels, etc.
If it is hot out and you sweat a lot, yeah, it can take up a lot of space.
 

604al

New User
I went on the hunt for the perfect large capacity tennis bag and didn't find one that fit all of my needs. I instantly rule out bags that have backpack straps on the bottom of the bag as I often play outdoors and have to lay my bag on the ground... I don't like the idea of having that dirty part of the bag on my back. The second criteria for me is a dedicated shoe pocket, so considering the above I rule out almost all Wilson and Head bags. The Babolat pure bags are almost perfect for me, but that narrow shoe pocket makes it hard to fit my size 12 shoes in. The Dunlop (not new Srixon ones) bags seem to have some very nice features, but the aesthetics of putting their logo almost everywhere killed it for me. The Prince Tour bags seem cleverly designed but I haven't pulled the trigger... if the shoe compartment was larger I think I would have done so already. Tried the Tecnifibre rackpack pro but the lack of structure means it's very floppy when trying to access different parts of the bag. Currently mostly satisfied with the now discontinued RF Elite 12 pack bag. Only gripes are the shoe compartment doesn't have any structure and it shares a space with the racket compartment, so it's annoying to reach in and push rackets out of the way when trying to place shoes back in the compartment. Also, the racket compartment is meant for 5-6 rackets, and with me only carrying 3 in that side, they tend to flop around. If they fixed the above and updated the cosmetic, I think it'd be perfect.
 

gmatheis

Hall of Fame
Why don’t u just by one of those wheeled laundry baskets they use in hotels and wheel your 15 racquets out onto the court.

15? Please!

HAHA

I only have 4 sticks of my own the rest of the bag is towels, change of clothes, wristbands, hats, injury gear (ace bandages, ice bag knee brace etc) tennis balls , maybe a jacket and pants for colder weather etc.

I do however string racquets for people and often get handed a couple while I'm playing. so I like to have room for those too.
 

gmatheis

Hall of Fame
I went on the hunt for the perfect large capacity tennis bag and didn't find one that fit all of my needs. I instantly rule out bags that have backpack straps on the bottom of the bag as I often play outdoors and have to lay my bag on the ground... I don't like the idea of having that dirty part of the bag on my back. The second criteria for me is a dedicated shoe pocket, so considering the above I rule out almost all Wilson and Head bags. The Babolat pure bags are almost perfect for me, but that narrow shoe pocket makes it hard to fit my size 12 shoes in. The Dunlop (not new Srixon ones) bags seem to have some very nice features, but the aesthetics of putting their logo almost everywhere killed it for me. The Prince Tour bags seem cleverly designed but I haven't pulled the trigger... if the shoe compartment was larger I think I would have done so already. Tried the Tecnifibre rackpack pro but the lack of structure means it's very floppy when trying to access different parts of the bag. Currently mostly satisfied with the now discontinued RF Elite 12 pack bag. Only gripes are the shoe compartment doesn't have any structure and it shares a space with the racket compartment, so it's annoying to reach in and push rackets out of the way when trying to place shoes back in the compartment. Also, the racket compartment is meant for 5-6 rackets, and with me only carrying 3 in that side, they tend to flop around. If they fixed the above and updated the cosmetic, I think it'd be perfect.

This is interesting … I like my backpack straps on the bottom so they aren't in the way for opening the zippered sections up, and a shoe compartment is not important to me because I never keep my shoes in my tennis bag (stinky! hehe)

I always wondered why some companies put the straps on the "wrong" side (as far as I was concerned) but I guess people want different things out of their tennis bag, so it wasn't "wrong" just not my preference :)
 

gmatheis

Hall of Fame
Personally I would go with the Wilson Blade 15 pack.
Best design in terms of pockets and compartments.
Also, the black/green color scheme is a timeless classic and looks totally awesome.

I ended up with the burn 15 pack (same as the blade but in orange with grey writing) partly because I got it for $59.
Took it to a tournament last weekend and was pretty happy with the pockets for organizing my stuff and it's storage capacity.

Like @stapletonj said it is smaller than one would expect for a 15 pack but I feel I can easily put 4-7 racquets and all my gear in it comfortably so I'm pretty happy.
 
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