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I recently ordered a heavy bag from Ringside and received it yesterday.
This is the bag I ordered: http://www.ringside.com/DETAIL.ASPX?ID=25262
I selected this bag over this 100 lb Title bag: http://store.titleboxing.com/hbl.html I'm sure that based on my other Title products that I own, the quality would be excellent, but the Ringside edged it out for the following reasons: The Ringside bag had more reinforcements (six on each tab vs. 2) for the D ring tabs, was $10.00 cheaper, and I had my choice of two colors.
I ordered this bag on Sunday evening around 5:00 and it came UPS yesterday (Thursday), which was only 4 days, which was very impressive in itself.
Along with the bag, they threw in a long sleeve Ringside t-shirt and a little boxing glove keyring for no charge which was an unexpected surprise.
The quality of the bag was very impressive, certainly much better than the Everlast vinyl, canvas, or nevatear bags I was seriously considering buying from Dick's Sporting Goods here in my town for only $50.00 less. I'm really glad I spent the extra $50 and ordered this one online sight unseen! What a difference between this one and the ones at Dick's!
The tabs for the rings on top are all sewn and reinforced with 6 rivets each and there is a "D" ring on the bottom for securing the bag to a weight to keep it from moving around as much if so desired.
It came with all the chains and a built in swivel at the top along with a snap ring to easily secure it to the mount I already had mounted in my basement ceiling. The leather is of good quality and appears to be pretty thick and durable which is another thing I was concerned about. You have your choice of colors and I chose red, just to be a little different. The leather dye appears to be sprayed on, as I can see some overspray and some spots around the D-ring tabs that were missed, but it's hard to notice and is absolutely not an issue with me whatsoever.
The bag is not rock hard, but it's not really soft like a water bag either. It appears to be just about right and I'm sure it will soften up some and settle with age. It supposedly has a two inch foam liner which had me concerned that it would be too soft, (because of Ringside's statement calling it a "soft fill") but I can only push in the bag about 1/4 to 1/2" with my fingers. I was afraid this bag might be like the water bags at my boxing gym that sink in about two inches or so when you punch them and I've grown to dislike them and avoid using them if at all possible.
Also, for what it's worth, it appears to have some kind of reinforcement in the top to keep the bag square at the top so that when the stuffing settles, it won't start getting that teardrop shape like a speed bag has. I've seen bags at the gym where the chains are almost touching each other where they are connected. I know this is because they've received very heavy use, and those particular bags are vinyl Everlast bags anyway, so they are not of the highest quality to begin with, so I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. I'm sure Everlast's more expensive heavy bags will go toe to toe with any of their competitors when comparing "apples to apples" if you will.
This bag (and the goodies that Ringside threw in for "free") was an excellent bargain and I'd highly recommend it.
I'll post pictures later when I get home. I'm on my lunch break at work right now and thought I'd throw in a quick review of my new purchase.
I did work on it for about 5 minutes last night with a cheap set of bag gloves that I have, so I haven't REALLY worked out on it yet. I will do that tonight.
By the way, I've become convinced that heavy bags would make excellent torture devices! These things will kick your ass if you do three or four hard quick hitting nonstop 3-minute rounds on them with a 30 or 60 second break in between, at least it does for me. I have been working out on a cheapie vinyl 40 pound Century bag that I picked up at a garage sale a while back and I was getting tired of it moving around so much. I plan on hanging that one from a tree in the back yard this spring. I know the movement is desirable sometimes, but it's not the kind of workout I wanted and it's obvious from this heavyweight that movement is not going to be the issue that it was with the lighter bag.
p.s., In the picture you may wonder what's going on with the chains. I shortened up the chains so I could get the bag a little higher so I used a couple of snap rings I had laying around to shorten the chains and raise the bag by about six inches. To keep the excess chain from rattling, I taped them up in a ball with duct tape. It was a lot easier to do it that way.
This is the bag I ordered: http://www.ringside.com/DETAIL.ASPX?ID=25262
I selected this bag over this 100 lb Title bag: http://store.titleboxing.com/hbl.html I'm sure that based on my other Title products that I own, the quality would be excellent, but the Ringside edged it out for the following reasons: The Ringside bag had more reinforcements (six on each tab vs. 2) for the D ring tabs, was $10.00 cheaper, and I had my choice of two colors.
I ordered this bag on Sunday evening around 5:00 and it came UPS yesterday (Thursday), which was only 4 days, which was very impressive in itself.
Along with the bag, they threw in a long sleeve Ringside t-shirt and a little boxing glove keyring for no charge which was an unexpected surprise.
The quality of the bag was very impressive, certainly much better than the Everlast vinyl, canvas, or nevatear bags I was seriously considering buying from Dick's Sporting Goods here in my town for only $50.00 less. I'm really glad I spent the extra $50 and ordered this one online sight unseen! What a difference between this one and the ones at Dick's!
The tabs for the rings on top are all sewn and reinforced with 6 rivets each and there is a "D" ring on the bottom for securing the bag to a weight to keep it from moving around as much if so desired.
It came with all the chains and a built in swivel at the top along with a snap ring to easily secure it to the mount I already had mounted in my basement ceiling. The leather is of good quality and appears to be pretty thick and durable which is another thing I was concerned about. You have your choice of colors and I chose red, just to be a little different. The leather dye appears to be sprayed on, as I can see some overspray and some spots around the D-ring tabs that were missed, but it's hard to notice and is absolutely not an issue with me whatsoever.
The bag is not rock hard, but it's not really soft like a water bag either. It appears to be just about right and I'm sure it will soften up some and settle with age. It supposedly has a two inch foam liner which had me concerned that it would be too soft, (because of Ringside's statement calling it a "soft fill") but I can only push in the bag about 1/4 to 1/2" with my fingers. I was afraid this bag might be like the water bags at my boxing gym that sink in about two inches or so when you punch them and I've grown to dislike them and avoid using them if at all possible.
Also, for what it's worth, it appears to have some kind of reinforcement in the top to keep the bag square at the top so that when the stuffing settles, it won't start getting that teardrop shape like a speed bag has. I've seen bags at the gym where the chains are almost touching each other where they are connected. I know this is because they've received very heavy use, and those particular bags are vinyl Everlast bags anyway, so they are not of the highest quality to begin with, so I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. I'm sure Everlast's more expensive heavy bags will go toe to toe with any of their competitors when comparing "apples to apples" if you will.
This bag (and the goodies that Ringside threw in for "free") was an excellent bargain and I'd highly recommend it.
I'll post pictures later when I get home. I'm on my lunch break at work right now and thought I'd throw in a quick review of my new purchase.
I did work on it for about 5 minutes last night with a cheap set of bag gloves that I have, so I haven't REALLY worked out on it yet. I will do that tonight.
By the way, I've become convinced that heavy bags would make excellent torture devices! These things will kick your ass if you do three or four hard quick hitting nonstop 3-minute rounds on them with a 30 or 60 second break in between, at least it does for me. I have been working out on a cheapie vinyl 40 pound Century bag that I picked up at a garage sale a while back and I was getting tired of it moving around so much. I plan on hanging that one from a tree in the back yard this spring. I know the movement is desirable sometimes, but it's not the kind of workout I wanted and it's obvious from this heavyweight that movement is not going to be the issue that it was with the lighter bag.
p.s., In the picture you may wonder what's going on with the chains. I shortened up the chains so I could get the bag a little higher so I used a couple of snap rings I had laying around to shorten the chains and raise the bag by about six inches. To keep the excess chain from rattling, I taped them up in a ball with duct tape. It was a lot easier to do it that way.
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