What’s the use of showing a “Check Price” link to the Srixon Ulta-Light bag when there’s no price shown on the link?

Worth mentioning that here in Australia at least, Vessel bags are prohibitively expensive. $990 for the model here that won, $300 for a Ping Hoofer.

I’d like to use one. I like the under-branded style. But man, $1000? Nah.

Did you test the Cobra Pro or the Pro+? Not clear from your review

My seven year old irons are kind of beat up. Our pro says they’re banged up by my carry bags which has four dividers. I just ordered a new set of irons, and don’t want to get them scuffed up. Would a 14-divider bag make a difference? Thanks.

I carry half the time and use a push-cart the other. I have a Sun Mountain H2No bag that is outstanding for walking, but because of the mechanism at the base to activate the legs, it is a nightmare to use on my buggy. It would be great to get a feel for how well the carry bag can be used on buggies for when you feel like it.

All three Nike bags, Hybrid, Sport and Sport Lite have dedicated putter wells. Why others don’t is beyond me. It’s a great feature considering that you use your putter on every hole. Not having to deal with a putter cover is a wonderful convenience.

I just purchased the Datrek Hybrid for my son, We like the way it just clips into a Bagboy cart. We also like how light it is. Only drawback is the lack of bottle holder

I really wish there was a quality/durability component to your ratings but I understand destructive testing or a long term usage study would probably be expensive. Not sure if you guys resell your equipment after it gets reviewed or not but that would be a huge assurance for me to buy something you’ve reviewed if there was a durability sort of component.

Do zippers work with ease? do the full length sleeves tear at the seems after a while? Does the stitching hold up? Etc

Vessel bags are outstanding, more expensive, but worth the money, you’ll use it for many years., You can also customize them and put your name on the ball pocket.

I bought an Izzo Ultra lite stand bag listed as 3.2 Lbs.last Sep. from Amazon for $77 del. ($94 now) as a replacement for a Sun Mtn true Sunday bag-no stays or legs and only two pockets. When riding I used to switch clubs to a larger Nike Stand bag.

The Izzo holds 14 clubs with jumbo and Super Stroke putter grips. It has dual straps, four dividers, four pockets and a rain hood. As noted above, it works best to pull clubs from a vertical position on this size bag. I have played 17 rounds with the bag, about half carrying and half power cart with no issues so far. A water bottle pocket would be nice but I put a 20oz bottle in the lower pocket next to the balls. It carries well but too soon to comment on durability.

So glad to see the Stitch bags towards the bottom of the list! They have the absolute worst quality and are not cheaply priced! To make it even worse, their customer service is a joke. I’ve foolishly spent thousands on luggage, apparel, countless Stitch products, but when their bag falls apart, you’d think they’d stand behind it for a loyal customer, right? Nope. I’ll never purchase another one of their items again and will do my best to shout from the mountain tops of the terrible quality and pathetic service that they offer.

Hate to break it to everyone, but not one of the club pockets in the Vessel P3 DXR (or regular P3 for that matter) are “fully enclosed”. They both have individual liners for each pocket, yes, BUT those liners stop about halfway down the bag. The Datrek and Sun Mountain bags are fully enclosed, or fully divided meaning each pocket liner goes all the way down to the bottom of the bag. I have both, and both have been purchased within the last 4 months and every time I go to pull a club it gets snagged on other clubs.

Love my Crazelite and the small Velcro patch for the glove location is perfect..

PING has always made the best golf bags to me. Have a Titleist bag now and it’s falling apart after just 1 full year. Time for a new Hoofer it seems!

$395 Vessel heavy bag.
Ping bags color fades (look cheap)
Inesis about $100 fantastic.

What’s the difference between the Vessel stand bags apart from colours and one comes in 14 or 6 dividers

I bought a Ping Hoofer last year. It has a lot of nice features, but the “dividers snag from time to time” comment is an understatement. If you put stuff in the pockets, it collapses the area for the clubs and getting clubs in and out of the bag is a struggle often enough that it will ruin your mood. I stopped using the Hoofer after a few rounds.

Does any one make a left-handed stand bag anymore?
Years ago Datrek made one (and only one, and only in black). Recently, Sun Mountain made a left-handed model but I haven’t been able to identify the model.

I think you should review the Sun Mountain 3.5. I own a ~2 year old Ping Hoofer and just purchased a Sun Mountain 3.5 a few months ago. I really think the Sun Mountain is a better bag than the Hoofer. It has a few more useful pockets, and the layout of the top dividers is better, with the uppermost divider being wider allowing for better access to the longer clubs.

I have the hybrid at 6.3 lbs and the Tempest 4 Lite at 4.5lbs
Love them both

Would have liked to see more information about the material the bags were made of. Light weight bags usually have very thin material that wears out fast. Having a bag with light but strong material will save having to buy a new one every year.

Cobra Ultralight Pro and Pro+ look to be new for this year and not a lot of info available on them yet. Can you tell me if either of these have removable carry straps? Also, the weight listed here for the Cobra bags is more that what the few websites say (pro at ~4lbs and pro plus at 5 lbs). can you confirm weight on those? thanks for the great writeup as always!

Let’s face it–a stand bag has stands, because it is meant to be carried, but realistically we all know that often it will have to ride on a push cart or motorized cart. Nevertheless, when you do carry, unless you are Iron Man material, only one thing matters–weight. That means only about 4 bags in the collection qualify being under 3.3 lbs. To achieve this, maxing out storage becomes irrelevant–you want a clothing pocket, a bottle pocket, a ball pocket, and a valuables pocket and that’s about it. IMO the Sun Mtn 2.5+ fills the bill best. Frankly, if you can find one, the “non+” original 2.5 (I have one) actually weighed only 2.5 lbs, not 3.3 like the plus, but was of flimsier and thinner, hence lighter, material. Also, if you travel and use caddies, bags with rapidly exchangeable strap systems (single vs double) like the Titleist Players 4 series are useful–caddies looping double like a single strap and unless you want your double strap tied into knots or readjusted hopelessly, this is a useful feature.

Regarding BOTH Vessel bags, how is the price not listed among “cons”? These bags are $100-$150 more than any of the others listed here.

Curious how you define “walkability”? The other metrics seem pretty easy to measure, but in my head, walkability and weight should be pretty closely correlated, but your top overall bag is one of the heaviest, but 3rd best for walkability?

If you are looking for the best of the best, look no further than Vessel. Their products are the highest quality, super-well thought out, and look terrific. I’m glad MGS got the include them in the rankings this year – Anyone familiar with Vessel already knew that they were the best for a few years at this point and I had zero doubt they would win the gold tested.