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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => It's Just Cricket => Topic started by: ItsJustCricket on October 16, 2015, 12:11:28 PM
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Maybe a bit less controversial this time, but hopefully no less interesting! :)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/latest-trends-cricket-duffle-bag-revolution-paul-cole (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/latest-trends-cricket-duffle-bag-revolution-paul-cole)
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Good read Paul. Will you be doing a review of the Supernova duffle when you get them in stock? I really like the look of it and want to make sure i'll be able to get everything in there although looking at the inital pics I'm sure that won't be a problem! :)
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Amazing % figure of your total bag sales which as noted must be heavily influenced by your location. Nobody at my club has one and I can't remember seeing anyone using one down in my neck of the woods.
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Not very common out in the wilds where I'm from either, I live in a pretty rural area (The Lake District) and there is a distinct lack of public transport available to get to some of the small towns and villages that form most clubs regular fixtures, I've always put the lack of duffle bags in my area down to this.
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Good read Paul. Will you be doing a review of the Supernova duffle when you get them in stock? I really like the look of it and want to make sure i'll be able to get everything in there although looking at the inital pics I'm sure that won't be a problem! :)
Yes. Looking forward to that one as it's possibly my favourite new duffle for 2016! Expect to see it late November/early December on our channel.
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I was the first to get one a few years back now.
Last season there was atleast 6 in our first team, and a few more in the club.
Not many at other clubs though, the wheelie still rules elsewhere.
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Definitely down to location, I'd say a good 75% of bags I see around the London teams are duffle's now
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Do you handpick your duffles?
(Sorry couldnt resist)
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Would you say the GN duffle is miles better than the CK22?
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Would you say the GN duffle is miles better than the CK22?
Better, but I wouldn't say "miles better". It's a bit more organised, stands up better and I think it looks a bit nicer. Crazily, the CK22 duffle looks a bit dated now for me. Guess it shows how quickly the market has moved on!
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As it says I think it depends on location, but also maybe things like age? I imagine younger players will find it more comfortable than seniors having a fair bit of weight on their backs.
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Yes. Looking forward to that one as it's possibly my favourite new duffle for 2016! Expect to see it late November/early December on our channel.
Great, will keep an eye out for it on YouTube then. I've used the Prestige bag this year and although it did the job really well I'd like a bit more separation of kit / keeping kit / bats etc (OCD I know!) as I ended up having to take and a holdall to matches, so if it could all get in a duffle I'm sold! :D
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Not very common out in the wilds where I'm from either, I live in a pretty rural area (The Lake District) and there is a distinct lack of public transport available to get to some of the small towns and villages that form most clubs regular fixtures, I've always put the lack of duffle bags in my area down to this.
I have a duffle btw but I'm the only one in the club to have one though :)
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I have 3. i also have 2 wheelie bags. I find duffle bags much easier to cart around. I also find I am more selective over what I put in them so I don't carry more than I need to. I find many wheelie bags don't wheel very well, particularly over slightly rough ground. Someone should put little pump up wheels on them.
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Iv been using a duffle bag or the newer back pack style duffle for the last 2 years. Used the TON one that I got from Vitas. I would never go back to the wheelie bag as the duffle are so compact fits batting + keeping kit 2 bats, whites, spikes and lid in compartment and shower kit in side holders or front pocket. Got the B&S one or the CK22 for next year.
Also got most of the players at my club using them so when we go to away games can fit 5 people plus 5 of these in my boot where as before always had to lay seats back to fit the large wheelie bags in and most players only have single bat softs and whites so a waste of space.
Finally value for money the duffles cost about £35-40 compared to £70+ for large wheelie bags
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As it says I think it depends on location, but also maybe things like age? I imagine younger players will find it more comfortable than seniors having a fair bit of weight on their backs.
As a younger player (21) I prefer wheelie bags for ease of organisation, I find with duffles that i'm having to pack them in a certain way to fit everything in, especially since my bat collection doubled this year. With a wheelie bag all I need to do is make sure my spikes aren't going to gouge my bats to death and i'm pretty much good to go.
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If you are in London and using public transport, the simple reason is that duffle bags are just a lot easier to lump around, and walk from a tube station/bus stop to a cricket pitch, which can be a good 15 minute walk. Even more so if you are playing LMS and doing so in an evening rush hour!
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@ItsJustCricket how would you rank the duffle bags currently on the market. Kook Players as number 1, followed by GN100?
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For two seasons I got to all my games by motorcycle with my gear on my back and it's duffle or nothing. Since I've got a car it's quite small and I'm often transporting gf/gf's family/mates around over the weekend and a duffle can at a push be put on someone's lap or in the boot and still get shopping in. I see people with these huge coffin sized bags with two knockin in mallets, 5 bats, three changes of whites and think - why take that to every game?
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Duffles have always been great for me, and modern ones have been a great update more organised than an equivalent price wheelie and much less hassle whatever form of transport you're using. My mega size wheelie bag has been sitting in the cupboard for a few seasons now.
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Its always the guy who doesn't drive and wants a lift who rocks up with a great big coffin.
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I sold my Kook Pro duffle recently. There are a few things I couldn't get on with.
At the top the four zips being the same colour as the piping. I lost count the amount of times I grabbed the wrong one. Oh the horror of it.
I found the side pockets would only be useful if you put pads in them otherwise they take up space at the bottom of the main compartment. So you had to open three compartments to get your batting kit. Those lost seconds I'll never get back.
It wouldn't take much to put too much weight in the top pocket so when the main compartment was opened it would pull the bag out of shape. No-one likes a droopy top.
And with it being so big I couldn't help putting so much stuff in it. I shouldn't blame the duffle for that but I do.
I've now got a Salix medium bag so I can sling it over my shoulder. I had a Aero stand-up bag and the thing was so square it would fall over while being pulled along. I'd never go back to a wheelie.
If Slaz were to make a few adjustments to their 360 duffle, I'd buy one.
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I love my look pro duffle. But it isn't perfect
The side pockets I rarely put anything in, scorebook, handbook, sidearms etc, stuff long and thin that did need to encroach on middle.
When I remove the shoes it falls over, so I have to hang it up.
I agree on the top pocket, I always overloaded it then. Because it's hung up, I can't move the pocket out the way to get my bats out!
Still nothing I can't manage with and prefer it to any other bags I've had.
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the new KD4000 and KD5000 Kook Duffles look just insanely good... @ItsJustCricket , have you been able to see them in person yet?
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the new KD4000 and KD5000 Kook Duffles look just insanely good... @ItsJustCricket , have you been able to see them in person yet?
Yes, liked them - been busy ordering some this afternoon! choice of colours is a bit confusing!
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I got my first duffle years ago (round 2010) as my mum downsized her car and that all that fitted in her boot (back in the days she dropped me off at games).
It was a round kookaburra thing that had a shoe tunnle at the bottom and that was about it pocket wise. It cost a grand total of £20.
Fast forward to now, I've had a TON duffle, a Red Ink duffle and have a GN1000 on order.
I like the newer ones as they have pockets so I can make up some kind of OCD system of storage, enough space I don't have to fight my kit to fit it all in, but it comfortably fits in a car boot and wont take up half the dressing room.
I've noticed that its mostly the younger players in my club buying duffles, but the number is definitely growing as people are realizing it's easier to carry a bag than try and wheel one
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With the tiny size of some of the change rooms I think having a duffle is almost essential just for a bit more comfortability. I've had the Gray Nics players duffle for a couple of years only issue is I can't seem to organise it so my helmet fits! May be time for an upgrade.
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Love reading your articles. Another great one (y)