Afternoon Forumites,
So at the start of this year, I decided it was time to move on from my 10-year old Kookaburra large bag. Many teammates were sporting bags on wheels with great luggage space and dividers and pockets whilst I had a sling-it-over-your-shoulder one compartment shapeless bag.
I liked the idea of having a stand up bag and didn't want to pay the earth for one and settled on the GN Nitro black/blue stand up bag. Initially very happy; bat sleeves, lots of space, pockets, etc. However, I'm on my second one - the first was returned prior to a single game as a zip split and this one is showing signs of wear above the norm. I've also started keeping for my Saturday team, so after buying kit its a bit of a squeeze and I seem to have a huge compartment again as the separate pockets don't have solid sides and get squashed to nothing with gear in the main bag.
So my question is this; based on the criteria below, what do forumites recommend? I'm looking to buy for next season, so if there is a suggestion to wait for an upcoming range, I do patience fairly well! Criteria as follows...
- £80 or less
- large enough for bats x 2, pads, wk pads, gloves x 2, wk gloves, P2 strippers, spikes, clothing (inc. hoody, shorts and training shirt, towel, etc), helmet
- separate bat compartment/sleeve preferred
- hard wearing
- stand up
- small pockets for essentials (keys, watch, sweatbands, tape, grips, etc)
- not black and red (a heck of a lot seem to be!)
- reinforced separate compartments
The GM original LE looks a decent bet (if prices come down) and I like the lay out of some of the Gay Nics ones, but they don't appear to stand upright. It also frustrates me that websites don't show additional pics of the inside of bags - certain amount of guesswork required!
Thoughts and suggestions gratefully accepted...
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