Need a new equipment bag

[TBLfan 25]

I'm looking at the vector 6.0 or the NBH supreme 70 hockey bags. I'm looking for a bag around $50 and need large skate pockets(I wear 11.5 CCM skates). Not looking for a wheeled bag, durability is my main issue.

P.S. I was also looking at the Fury bag at eastwesthockey.com. Opinions?

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

I have both bags in my store and judging by the size of your skates (your gear must be big) I would go with the NBH. Roomier bag.

Also, the Mission non-wheel bags are always good.

[Drewhunz 3]

Fury hockey bag from Eastwesthockey.com. I wear a size 13 1/8L & 13 3/8R skate and this bag has skate pockets big enough to hold both my skates, tape, pucks, wax, and sharpening stone. Only $59.00, and the highest quality bag you will ever see.

Eastwesthockey bag by fury :)

[biff44 0]

I was just at a tournament, and they had a gear bag displayed in the lobby that was designed to stick a fan into the side and it drys your gear IN THE BAG in a couple of hours! The equipment went into special mesh holding areas inside the bag, so the air would circulate completely around, and they out the exhaust hole. It was pretty cool! I forget the manufacturer's name, but if I were going to get a new bag, I would consider that. They sold a special fan for it, but I would guess any fan would do if you had the bag.

[biff44 0]

I found this on the web, and a few places sell it online, it is the shock doctor power dry bag:

"Take 15 pounds of sweat-soaked hockey gear, stuff it in a sealed bag and let it ferment overnight in the back of a vehicle. What have you got?

An odor pungent enough to make Lynne Rau's eyes water. "There are mornings when it seems like a dead animal crawled in here," Rau said as her two sons, Kyle and Curt, loaded their hockey gear into her minivan.

Now a company from Plymouth has developed a unique, self-drying bag that it claims will eradicate the noxious odor that permeates unwashed hockey equipment.

The patented bag, called the Power Dry, resembles a cross between a clothes dryer and an air purifier. A portable fan pumps warm air into the bag along with tiny bits of ozone gas -- supercharged oxygen that pollutes the atmosphere but also kills some forms of bacteria.

In two to four hours, a bagful of sweaty hockey pads is dry and, according to the manufacturer, nearly free of odor-causing molecules.

The bag made its debut last week at the One Goal Hockey Show in Boston. Its manufacturer, Shock Doctor Inc. of Plymouth, expects it to hit stores by May. The company has already received more than a dozen order, primarily from specialty hockey stores on the East Coast and in Canada.

At $150 (bag and dryer included), the Power Dry costs about twice as much as a regular hockey bag. But those who have seen and tested it insist that it's a modest price for ridding homes and cars of hockey smell.

Covered from head to toe in gear, hockey players can lose up to two quarts of water an hour, and much of that soaks into their equipment. Aside from its smell, the moist gear is a breeding ground for harmful bacteria that can enter the player's body through scrapes and cuts.

Serious infection

Boston Bruins star Joe Thornton was put on intravenous antibiotics in 2003 after he fell and bruised his elbow in practice and developed an infection. The infection was believed to have come from bacteria on his elbow pad, which he transmitted by rubbing his bruise.

"There is a definite need for new and different ways to dry [hockey] equipment," said Dr. Alan Ashare, president and chief executive officer of the Hockey Equipment Certification Council, which certifies equipment for amateur hockey in the United States. "Gloves, shoulder pads, shin guards, skates -- you can't wash those things -- and they have a great propensity to become infectious, simply because living organisms tend to function better in wet environments."

Two years ago, a Montreal company called Sani Sport developed a stainless steel cabinet that sprays Tea Tree Oil -- a natural germicide often used to treat cuts and abrasions -- on hockey equipment. Six National Hockey League teams have bought the cabinets, but the product's $10,495 price is too high for amateur teams.

A lot of parents try to cover up the smell using deodorizers and sprays. One of the more popular products is Freddy Fresh Puck, a puck-shaped deodorizer that comes in several fragrances, including bubble gum and cedar. About 100,000 are sold across the United States, Canada and Europe each year, according to Freddy Fresh Puck Industries of Hamilton, Ontario.

Yet deodorizers don't eliminate the source of the odor, and once hockey equipment is moved from a locker room, the stench can spread from bag to car to living room. "You get used to apologizing and making excuses for why your house smells," Rau said.

Greg Dhaemers, a hockey dad from Superior, Wis., and a unit operator at an oil refinery, set out 14 years ago to find a solution.

He checked out some books from the local library under the general categories of "germs" and "bacteria," and started testing ideas. His first contraption was a wooden cabinet with a bathroom fan and two, 15-inch ultraviolet lights -- similar to those used by doctors and dentists to sterilize equipment.

Too big to lug

The cabinet worked, but it was too big to lug to hockey tournaments, where the Dhaemers family would be holed up in a hotel for days with their children's sweaty gear. Dhaemers knew about the disinfectant powers of ozone, and he began toying with a small device that would blow the molecules into a bag.

Dhaemers filed for a patent in August 1999 and got one a year later. "The blower was the big thing," Dhaemers said. "I've searched everywhere, and I wasn't able to find anything with heated air and ozone all in one."

As it happened, Dhaemers was not the only one exploring ways to eradicate body odor from hockey gear. Leisure Inc. of Chanhassen, a product development company that, among other inventions, created a basketball with a built-in pump, was also working on self-drying, self-disinfecting sport bag.

Rick Polk, president of Leisure, discovered that Dhaemers had a patent, and approached him about commercializing the bag. Dhaemers, lacking the money to develop and market the bag, agreed to let Leisure license the product to manufacturers in return for royalties.

The hard part was finding a company willing to produce the bag. Polk said most of the major hockey equipment manufacturers were focused on making new sticks and skates, because young players typically must replace those every year. The companies didn't see much upside on developing bags that are rarely replaced.

After three years of searching, Leisure struck a deal with Shock Doctor, which was working on ideas that would diversify its business. Shock Doctor makes hockey insoles, protective cups, and other gear, but is most famous for its mouth guards.

The company has yet to persuade a big sporting goods chain to carry the product, but Shock Doctor executives are hopeful. The company already sells its mouth guards and other equipment through more than 2,000 retailers nationwide, including Dick's Sporting Goods and the Sports Authority.

Ryan Pearce, general manager of Stauber Brothers Sporting Goods in Duluth, was impressed enough that he plans to order some of the bags for next fall's hockey season.

"I've played hockey my whole life, and I'm still grossed out by the bacteria that grows on your equipment," Pearce said. "If this bag does what this company says it can do, it's going to be huge." "

[jbyun04 7]

i would've recommended the rbk 5k bag but the skate pocket size probably wouldn't suit your needs

[TBLfan 25]

Thanks guys for your opinions.

JR, are you comparing the 36" vector 6.0 bag or the 40" vector 6.0 bag? How do the nbh and the vector compare materials wise, which feels like it would last longer?

Drewhunz, I knew you were going to recommend the fury bag! It's a little pricey for me(poor college student), plus they don't offer it else-ware(like at my LHS) so I have to pay shipping or find other stuff to buy with it. :(

Thanks for the info biff, but I have an antibacterial spray that works well. In fact I have 4+ guys bothering me to borrow the spray because it works so well.

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

I have a ccm 1152 bag. I also wear 11.5 ccm gear, xxl pants, 15 inch gloves, pretty much big everything, xl helmet, and it all fits with loads of room. Its been durable so far, and I am not overly careful, and have a dog who likes to chew whatever the hell he can get his teeth at.

I don't use the skate pockets, but I just tried to put my skates in. They fit. I have plastic skate guards, won't fit with that, but will with soakers

11.5 E ccm 852 skate in skate pocket

Big ass CCM 1152 bag

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2223/10006291sb.jpg

$39.99 hockey monkey

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm1152ebsr.html

[TBLfan 25]

yeah, i was looking at that but it's been sold out for like a month :(

[TBLfan 25]

I was also thinking of the Vapor XXX bag, any comments?

[hattrick74 0]

sorry to jump in on your topic, but anyone know where to get the pro-style bags? the ones that are very simple and just have a team logo on them, but are huge inside?

[TBLfan 25]

no worries man, from my research I think the best bang for your buck in a bag like that would be the fury bag from eastwesthockey.com, but you can find pro type bags at basically all the major online hockey shops. I'd probably look into one of those but I desire skate pockets(don't like my skates touching other equipment).

The only thing that's turning me away from the fury bag is the price is a bit more than I'd like to spend, thinking I might bite the bullet there though.

[hattrick74 0]

i am looking for something simple that can easily fit all my stuff in it and last a while....

[whbd18 0]

i am looking for something simple that can easily fit all my stuff in it and last a while....

http://eastwesthockey.net/ta36vehobag.html

I heard this a great bag, Im actually looking to get one when I need a new bag.

[Miike 1]

i am looking for something simple that can easily fit all my stuff in it and last a while....

PMme with your contact info. I will be up towards TSC on Friday.

Do you have anyway to get one of the Ducks ones?

[Miike 1]

Do you have anyway to get one of the Ducks ones?

New ones or old ones? I'm pretty sure that the old ones are being sold at the Ducks equipment sale. They have some new ones, but, the used ones are in almost new shape. They even have a team stick bag on wheels that is sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

The new ones with the new logos? and the old ones with the old logos? Could you get me a price? I'd be extremely interested in one.

[Miike 1]

Seeing how i live in Canada it would be a little tough i think.

[utvolsfan007 0]

Which new adult bags , if any, have 2 separate side skate pockets and end pockets ?

[Hkemn87 0]

Fury hockey bag from Eastwesthockey.com. I wear a size 13 1/8L & 13 3/8R skate and this bag has skate pockets big enough to hold both my skates, tape, pucks, wax, and sharpening stone. Only $59.00, and the highest quality bag you will ever see.

Eastwesthockey bag by fury :)

zues, that's a huge skate, where did you get those?