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Title: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: KPittman on June 19, 2013, 01:06:14 PM
I was just looking for a new cricket bag and was wondering if anyone has any good ideas on which one I should get if it is around the £50 mark.
Thanks!!!
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: smilley792 on June 19, 2013, 01:15:15 PM
Id be Interested to know as I've always found bags a hard thing to get right.

My gm wore through,
My slazenger all the zips broke,
My current kookaburra the bat pocket tore after 1 week.

I'd like a hard wearing one.

Problem being is that, when someone finds a bag that last a few seasons, the company has stopped selling it, once you realise it's a good one.


Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: imogzyboy on June 19, 2013, 01:38:39 PM
Bit more than 50 I know but the best bag I've used is my current which is a newbery sps very highly recommended but before that I had a newbery county again very decent in my opinion
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: LEACHY48 on June 19, 2013, 01:41:13 PM
Best bag I have owned is a Newbery SPS, also cannot go wrong with salix
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: cricketbadger on June 19, 2013, 01:48:30 PM
I had an SPS, found it a little awkward with the 2 compartments on top of each other, much prefer my Island XL bag and a lot cheaper
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: The Palmist on June 19, 2013, 03:23:00 PM
Really depends on how you want to use and how much kit you have? How do you travel/commute etc.?

After having tried various holdall style big bags, I have now got a Millichamp and Hall T2 and finding it brilliant. I think I paid about £53 for it not so long ago. It seems to be very well made and is a stand up which is a bonus.

If it was just for the looks and I had the money, I would go for the leather bag from M&H which retails around £200.
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: junter97 on June 19, 2013, 04:42:32 PM
Salix pod pro is very well regarded on here
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: thedevil on June 19, 2013, 05:42:20 PM
Salix pod pro is very well regarded on here


I've just bought the salix pod pro, originally had the newbery SPs but found that was an awkward shape and too bully, then downgraded back to my newbery duffle. The salix is the perfect bag in my opinion, 2 padded bat caves in the base as well
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: KPittman on June 19, 2013, 06:08:17 PM
Thanks for all these quick replies
I think I am going to go for the Salix Pod Pro thanks to these recommendations
Thanks again!
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: scragend on June 21, 2013, 03:08:01 PM
I've had the Salix Pod Pro since the beginning of the season and am really happy with it.

It's not quite as long as my old Gunn & Moore 5 Star (the Salix is only just long to fit a bat in) and when I first got it I was worried it might not be big enough, but it actually fits more in than my old one does and is easier to pack up again after a match. It's taller than my GM was and a little bit more rigid so much easier to fit things into.

The only niggle I have with the Salix is that the bat tunnel actually runs as a sleeve inside the main compartment (even though you access it from the outside) and has a soft outer, so if your bag is full of kit and you try to put the bat in last it can be difficult to get it in all the way down. I sometimes find myself having to stand the bag on its end to be able to shove the bat in. It could have done with the bat tunnel being separated better from the main compartment. But that's only a minor niggle and when all's said and done it's a cracking bag.
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: smilley792 on June 21, 2013, 03:11:08 PM
My kookaburra Pro 1000 does the same 3fold. Bat pocket, helmet pocket and show pocket all take space from the main bag but access from the outside.
They need filling first,
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: Kevtheplumber on June 21, 2013, 06:14:50 PM
I've got hunts almighty, its big enough to sleep in, 3 dividers and storage galore, I've taken out one section and kept it as 2 divisions, 2 bat pockets built in too, its a seriously big bag. Got it or £46 delivered off ebay
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: Aussie on June 23, 2013, 02:05:23 AM
Budget aside and the face you are all in the UK. This bag from Australian company Icon is in my view the best on the market. Youtube video review below:

Cricket Kit bag review.MOV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRzVS-irlhc#ws)
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: lankykeeper33 on June 23, 2013, 08:47:15 PM
A lad at out club had the h4l tempo bag was massive could put all my gear in twice .
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: timshort15 on June 23, 2013, 09:29:32 PM
Imo you cant go wrong with a decent duffle bag, ive had the kook pro duffle bag for just over a season now and am very happy with it
Title: Re: Best Cricket Bags
Post by: Johng on July 03, 2013, 11:45:56 AM
Budget aside and the face you are all in the UK. This bag from Australian company Icon is in my view the best on the market. Youtube video review below:

Cricket Kit bag review.MOV ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRzVS-irlhc#ws[/url])
I would say that Icon themselves posted the above. They are just another company buying in blanks (Pakistan or India)and stickering up bats sponsoring as many players as they can in tier 1 and tier 2 grade cricket here in Melbourne and asking way way to much for bats.Top of the range bat goes for 330 pounds which is crazy.