MartialSportsGear.com - TITLE Classic Banana Heavy Bag
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Our Price: $99.99
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Manufacturer: TITLE Boxing
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Binding: Misc.
Brand: Title Boxing
Feature: Excellent bag for all punches, strikes, and kicks.
Label: TITLE Boxing
Manufacturer: TITLE Boxing
Publisher: TITLE Boxing
Studio: TITLE Boxing
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Features
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Excellent bag for all punches, strikes, and kicks.
Color: Red
Size: 14" x 72"
Weight: 100 lbs.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Awesome tri-layered synthetic leather construction is super tough and strong. Massive 6' size is ideal for full body simulation and workouts. Comes complete with chain and swivel to hang and bottom D-ring to secure to floor. Bag is expertly packed with foam liner and firm resistance fiber filling to keep shape and resist sagging, bowing or settling.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Huge bag, tough as nails, and your feet will confirm this
Comment: I had to retire my old 70 pound boxing heavy bag, since I've progressed in my kicks and was able to kick over the top of the bag, not to mention there was no way to practice low kicks on it. After doing a little shopping around and comparison pricing, I decided on this one. In all fairness there wasn't a huge difference from the descriptions I'd read about these things, so the fact that Amazon had it available was good enough for me.
About a week or so after ordering it a HUGE, but narrow, box arrives. The poor UPS guy was struggling with it (I was watching him from the window when he arrived to chuckle at him a bit.) I grabbed the box and dropped it down the stairs, letting gravity do the work instead of carrying it. I checked up on the delivery progress and had noticed it was out for delivery the day before, but wound up back at UPS overnight. I think I figured out why. The whole box had split open, and the bottom of it had ruptured exposing the top of the bag. I think this happened in transit, and UPS took it back and wrapped the box up in shrink wrap. If you get this bag, make sure you examine the package since this might be commonplace.
I struggled with the box, ripping it open (don't use a knife, because you'll likely slice the bag.) This thing is only 100 pounds, but it's an awkward 100 pounds since it's distributed across what amounts to a huge six foot synthetic leather tube. It comes with the chains and a swivel, but note that there are no mounting brackets or hooks that come with it. You're on your own here. Also, it has a triangular clasp on the bottom side for securing the base. Of course, there is no hardware for the bottom either, so you'll have to get that as well.
If you're putting this in your home gym, you better be prepared. The bag itself is 6 feet tall, but when you add the length of the chains, it's almost, if not over, 7 feet in length. You will need a nice solid beam to mount this on, and don't skimp on the hardware. You'll need to stick with at least 1/2" mounting hardware (3/4" would probably be smarter) and 3/8" for the bottom.
For now I am using the old 1/2" lag bolt that the old heavy bag was on. However, I have every intention of picking up better hardware as it became readily apparent that the size of this thing, combined with the impact of a vigorous workout, mandates it. I did pick up a 3/8" screw bolt with an eyelet on the end, some 1/2" nylon rope (2 feet), a 3/8" masonry drill bit, and some liquid nails. I drilled a hole about 1.5" deep in the concrete floor of my converted garage, vacuumed out the dust, and squeezed some liquid nails into the hole. I then screwed the bolt into the hole, using a combination of tapping the eyelet with a hammer while twisting the bolt with a 2 foot steel rod for leverage. I secured the base of the bag to the eyelet with the nylon rope. I would recommend drilling the hole deeper than I did though. More than likely 2.5"-3" is optimal. I've noticed the eyelet moving a bit as the bag tugs on it. The bag itself was hung off the bolt driven a good 3" deep at an angle into a massive beam in the garage.
I punched it a few times just for good measure, and it was noticeably a LOT more solid than my old boxing heavy bag. A couple of round-house kicks confirmed this. On my first workout, it was nice to have a secured bag that didn't swing all over the place as I was striking it. The bad news is, when I moved from strikes to kicks, it felt like I was kicking a freakin' redwood tree! This bag is packed *TIGHT*, and you will know this really, really fast. I attempted to ignore the pain and kept up with some hard kicks, but I had to stop. Even though most of the kick lands on the shin, the foot does sometimes slap around the bag, and I severely bruised the tops of my feet on this thing. There is light at the end of the tunnel, though. After a couple of weeks the bag is starting to show signs of breaking in, and combined with my feet getting tougher, I'm returning to full-force kicks. Oh, as an aside, I do use Piranha Gear shin guards while doing this. I'd imagine that it would be mighty rough without some type of protection.
The bag is definitely standing up to the severe punishment I give it on an almost daily basis. I'm very pleased with it. If you can live through the pain of breaking it in, it's worth the money.
Pros:
- Tall enough for almost anyone to deliver strikes as well as low, medium and high kicks.
- Incredibly tough material
- Well constructed
- Has the means to secure the bottom of it
Cons:
- Requires more effort to mount than a standard heavy bag. (This really isn't a "con" per se, more of an FYI.)
- The tough material and dense packing will be painful while it's being broken in
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