i-radd bag

[gman 0]

The latest USA Hockey magazine has an ad in the back for an i-radd gear bag. It has a folding drying rack incorporated into the bag. Has anyone here seen one or used one? It looks like a great idea. The web site is www.i-radd.com .

[Ngo_35 1]

If you are too lazy to take out the stuff and put your crap on the floor you deserve a kick in the balls. You might as well buy a light weight drying rack and shove it into your bag. Slap on a bauer tag and man if its good enough for st.louis its good enough for me.

[gman 0]

I tend to agree. However my son comes home and spreads his "crap" out on the floor to dry out. That's great but then it stays there, and everywhere, until the next practice or game. In the meantime I trip over it, we clean around it, and just in general get a bad attitude towards it all. In an effort to streamline the process and make it easier for him to be self sufficient I thought this might be a viable alternative. If the whole bag has been deisgned so that the rack "hides" easily in the bag and then comes out sturdy enough to take a few year's worth of abuse then it would be worth looking in to.

So back to my original questions; has anyone seen this bag in person? If so, what are your impressions?

[TBLfan 25]

we had a thread on this about two months maybe longer... if I recall there wasn't anyone with any experience with it. Buy/make a hockey equipment tree if it's a problem.

[gman 0]

we had a thread on this about two months maybe longer... if I recall there wasn't anyone with any experience with it. Buy/make a hockey equipment tree if it's a problem.

Sorry, I tried a search. I plugged in "i-radd", "radd", "rad" in both the subject only line and the full post line and I got nothing. Perhaps the search function is being tempermental again. I did try. If you can link me to the discussion I would appreciate it.

[TBLfan 25]

No worries man, I'm sure it would be hard to find that's why I didn't tell you to search! I was just letting you know what I recall... I'll try to find the thread.

edit - tried to find it, I give up. The only thing I could find was a shockdoctor thread with mention of the i-radd bag. Sorry.

[Ngo_35 1]

Just tell your kid to pack his bag the next morning. It makes sure that he packs everything and he's in no rush so no worries about forgetting things before the game.

OR

Dedicate a spot on the floor for him :)

[epstud74 24]

I saw one on eBay tonight with pictures included of the garment rack inside the bag.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hockey-Bag-with-built-...1QQcmdZViewItem

[gman 0]

Just tell your kid to pack his bag the next morning. It makes sure that he packs everything and he's in no rush so no worries about forgetting things before the game.

OR

Dedicate a spot on the floor for him :)

Yeah, I know. I have tried both of those. Actually we do both of those... Unfortunately my wife and I are the only ones still bugged by it all. I don't know how he does it, but he does not forget any gear, and as long as he can pole vault over his pile-o-crap to his bed to sleep he is happy.

I saw one on eBay tonight with pictures included of the garment rack inside the bag.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hockey-Bag-with-built-...1QQcmdZViewItem

Nice link. Thank you.

[cause4alarm 7]

If you are too lazy to take out the stuff and put your crap on the floor you deserve a kick in the balls.

I think this is a cool idea.

Please don't kick me in the balls.

[Rustpot 1]

With a buy-it-now of $50 that might be a bit more reasonable than the $100-150 on the website.

Seems to me like the standard gear bag is big and heavy enough as-is. Adding a metal series of tubes would make you tired on your way to the rink.

I pack a 40" gear bag tight, no way a 4" bag with a drying rack in it would let everything fit. Not to mention all of the guys laughing at you in the lockeroom when you unfold that thing to get ready.

Probably useful on road trips when you've got your gear in the hotel, but I would rather build a tree on a wall in the room than spend $50 on something as untested and gimmicky as that.

[slaw 1]

Lazy as it is. It's fairly awesome.

[Ngo_35 1]

cause4alarm,

I didnt say it was uncool i just said if your lazy.

Nonetheless your nads are excused then.

[NuggyBuggy 0]

Not to mention all of the guys laughing at you in the lockeroom when you unfold that thing to get ready.

I am fastidious with my stuff, so I spend about 10 minutes packing my bag and maybe 15 minutes unpacking my bag and hanging my stuff up to dry, each time I play. IF this worked, it could save someone a ton of time (but not me as the dimensions of this bag will not work for me).

Guys laughed at the first guys who brought in wheeled bags; now I see tons of them and no-one bats an eyelash. Guys teased people wearing moisture wicking garments, and now they are everywhere. And guys took a lot of crap for the moisture-wicking skull caps that are getting more and more common.

[cause4alarm 7]

I am fastidious with my stuff, so I spend about 10 minutes packing my bag and maybe 15 minutes unpacking my bag and hanging my stuff up to dry, each time I play. IF this worked, it could save someone a ton of time (but not me as the dimensions of this bag will not work for me).

The in-bag rack would also help you keep be ttertrack of your equipment so that you'll be less likely to forget to pack something. That means less fewer lost elbow pads and also fewer games where you gamble with your family jewels because you risked playing without the cup you left at home.

The skull caps are still funny, but that's why I bought mine.

[UC-CP-SF-dB 0]

The squirt team at my rink all got these bags with the team logo's on them.

They all seem to be pretty happy with them so far.

[T-Dot. 0]

lol squirt?

10 yr olds?

if dads carrying my bag then what do i care how much it weighs?

kewl idea but doesn't look or seem fully practical cuz of size and weight

[UC-CP-SF-dB 0]

http://www.chicagohawks.com/files/filebase...hure1_29216.jpg

[TBLfan 25]

I wonder how much it weighs.

[NuggyBuggy 0]

The in-bag rack would also help you keep be ttertrack of your equipment so that you'll be less likely to forget to pack something.

That's a good point. I can't count the number of times I had to run to the pro shop to buy an emergency jock, had to borrow hockey socks, or had to skate with the skate rivets stabbing my bare feet because my I forgot my socks and insoles when they fell off my dehumidifer.