Smallest bag to fit full set of gear

[chapel 20]

I live in a TINY house and my GIANT old school bag doesn't really have a place.

I'm looking for something that can hold all my gear without taking a ton of space.

I don't think it'll all fit in my ref bag.

[CommodoreColt 19]

Nothing of mine is sized larger than senior S with 13'' gloves, 6.5 EE skates, M/M lid & cage. A 30'' bag zips it all closed easily. Wouldn't like it to be any smaller though.

[Souldriver 64]

One of the pro bags may be an option for you, there was just a thread on them. They're taller but not as long so they have a stouter profile

[AIREAYE 248]

Why don't you help us out by giving some idea of the size of your gear, like CommodoreColt provided?

We don't know if you're 6'6" or 5'5"...

[syinx 139]

I don't mean to jack the thread, but I've got the same problem. I'm currently using a medium Bauer Premium bag I got from a friend but my gear is swimming in it and it's bulky as all hell.

Small Senior Shoulderpads, Elbow Pads and Pants. 13" Shins, 11" gloves. Medium Helmet with Small Cage. Size 5.5 skates.

Preferably with skate pockets.

[chapel 20]

I'm 6'3" wear a size 10 skate. Most of my equip is L or xl

[AIREAYE 248]

Play tetris with the Warrior Pro bag.

[McDugan 89]

I had a way-too-big bag and went with the Reebok 20k tower bag. Lots of people have lots of reasons to dislike those bags, and the bag itself isn't small by any standard, BUT I don't have to take my gear out of it to dry it, just unzip the front and put the fan on. So I find my gear in general takes up less room by a fair margin than before.

[bunnyman666 445]

I can now use a smaller bag thanks to sticking my elbow pads into the shin guards, the shins in my pants, then whatever else I can cram in the top of my pants. My bag zips easily. I use a plain Jane Easton bag with no side pockets or anything like that.

[strosedefence34 176]

I can now use a smaller bag thanks to sticking my elbow pads into the shin guards, the shins in my pants, then whatever else I can cram in the top of my pants. My bag zips easily. I use a plain Jane Easton bag with no side pockets or anything like that.

[moreoutdoor 6]

_{Divide & conquer}

_{I use 2 bags, a small skiboot bag for the skates and gloves, and the old school duffle which did fit the old school pads, but now barely fits the rest of the new-ish gear. So judicious nesting, a la bunnyman, helps...}

_{Also means an easy grab when I want just skates for a public skate session...}

_{Thought I wanted a bigger bag, wheels, turbo-charged - got a Vaughn ... but moving it through doors and then finding 'space' in my garage was beyond challenging...}

_{don't have the 'commerical' license needed to drive that thang}

[raganblink 82]

Play tetris with the Warrior Pro bag.

100% I'm 6'2, my gear is all large. Just put shins in pants, helmet in the butt part of your pants and you'll have plenty of space in almost any bag. In the Warrior pro I have I don't bother half the time with putting stuff back "correctly" and it fits, albeit it tightly. I also don't wear shoulders, so there's that. But its not a ton of added space either!

[zebra_steve 11]

It's all in how you pack it.

Gloves in the shins, elbows in the knees of the shins. One shin in each pant leg knees up. Helmet inside the waist area of pants in between the shin\elbows (wrap the elbows around the helmet if needed). Shoulders depends on what you have, 5030's fold flat but others would either wrap around one pant leg or go in the end of the bag with the top\bottom opening of the pants inside them. Skates upright along one edge or in between the pant legs. OR laying flat on top of or below the pants. I'm 6'4" and could fit all of my stuff into a pretty small bag back in the days of Donzi's shoulder pads.....

[IPv6Freely 2096]

Use a backpack bag or one of those grit bags.

[chapel 20]

maybe breaking it into two bags wouldn't be a bad idea. Put all my 'necessary' gear in my ref bag and my 'intensive gear' in my big bag.

[stick9 896]

I manage to tetris everything into a S13 backpack. The exterior skate pockets help.

[chapel 20]

Anyone have photos of how they packed a backpack with full gear? I'm back in the market again and I'd like to find something that I could also use to air out in the bag. I know some have compartments and vents. I wouldn't mind having a separate part for my skates.

[IPv6Freely 2096]

The old Bauer backpacks fit a full set easily, but I don't think any backpack is going to be big enough to be able to air your gear out in the bag.

[Stewie 721]

one interesting part of the hockey pods by grit that I seen was that they had venting in the back too so you could theoretically open the front up, set a fan on it, and have it air out. I stopped looking into it though when I got my second warrior pro bag, since those have a lot of ventilation in the top of the bag.

[IPv6Freely 2096]

Yea my grit bag has vents but not sure it's enough. I still take all my crap out to dry. Very strongly considering one (or the new Bauer backpacks) if I continue playing out at some point.

[chapel 20]

The old Bauer backpacks fit a full set easily, but I don't think any backpack is going to be big enough to be able to air your gear out in the bag.

Yeah, so I got the Bauer S14

not going to be able to air out with it, but at least it's smaller than what I have now which will make my wife happy.

and it'll fit into my car better.

[IPv6Freely 2096]

Yeah, so I got the Bauer S14

not going to be able to air out with it, but at least it's smaller than what I have now which will make my wife happy.

and it'll fit into my car better.

That's the one I'm looking at. I had the old XR3 that I think they became the Vapor backpack. Sold it on MSH to a member and despite having an AWESOME Mammoth bag, I really like having the backpack. It's so comfortable to walk around with!

[chapel 20]

Wanted to see one of these packed before I bought it...

wish more people did bag reviews.

[IPv6Freely 2096]

Wanted to see one of these packed before I bought it...

wish more people did bag reviews.

Here's the one I had packed with a full set of adult gear (minus shoulders, since I have a Down Low padded shirt instead). And this is without playing gear tetris.

EDIT: oops forgot link: http://imgur.com/a/KGREK

[chapel 20]

I'm thinking I'll drop my pants into them, then load my shins, gloves and elbows INTO the pants then stick the shoulder pads on top of that.

Where do you put your helmet?