i'm thinking of buying a long bag for my home gym. if i buy an unfilled bag, what do i fill it with?
should i just go with a filled bag?
I'm assuming it has to be something of a hassle to justify the large difference in price.
the long bags at my MT gym seem to be a little softer than the large heavybags we have. is this due to the filler material?
Buy it unfilled. It'll save you an extreme amount of cash on the product and shipping costs.
I fill my bags with a combination of old rags and sand.
I tripple bag 25pounds (usually 4) of sand using kitchen sized garbage bags. Squeeze all of the air out of each bag before sealing it with duct tape and placing it inside the next bag.
You can get 100 pounds of decent sandbox/playground sand (very fine consistency)for $6 to $8. Add the garbage bags and duct tape and you've got the heavy part of your bag filler for under $10.
The rags you can get from a number of places, some auto supply stores will sell them for fairly cheap, or you can just use your own old clothes, blankets ETC.
Sandbags go in first (in the center) then stuff the rags around them so that when you kick you are actually hitting the rags.
The sand does settle into an almost cement like consistency so it is a good idea to take your bag down on occasion and roll it around on the ground to loosen up the sand before re-hanging the bag.
And yes, the density of the different bags is directly related to the filler material
I know that was more of a response than you were looking for . . . sorry, and good luck.
wow. many thanks for the thorough response that was perfect. i'll def buy the unfilled windy bag from combat sports and use your garbage bag/play sand method
Did this work out?....
ttt, I will be buying one soon, I would like to know as well.
I bought an unfilled Ringside leather bag and packed it tight with old clothes and blankets.
I am hanging it in my basement from the floor joists of the first floor, so I was a bit worried about adding too much weight witht he sandbags.
It works great, and has been up for about 2 years.
if you guys are looking for unfilled bags, I have a couple im trying to sell. I have had them in my gym for a couple of months but the barely get any use. I will empty them out and send them. let me know if your interested. They are CS leather.
you can see the bags hanging in the pictures.
Aloha
Kalani
pics?
I have not been happy with the unfilled bags after using a factory filled. They aren't consistant and have a tendancy to settle so the low kick training is great but the hands and elbows suffer. I have tried many diffrent theories of filling. I don't like rags they are lumpy. Sand is a must otherwise it is to light. mine currently is a mixture of both sand and pet bedding saw dust.The saw dust doesn't pack off real hard but still give a good feedback but it settles and the upper portion sags. I have heard of using a crumble foam that works good but I wasn't able to get any. My next back is filled for sure I will just eat the extra $$ but to me it is worth it.
Duke,
corn would be good or beans. I had never thought of that. One of my TMA instructors had hitting bags that had beans in them. The rubber shavings I would like to try also but I am not sure where to locate good source. Home depot?? the rags I have tried diffrent sizes. I haven't gone smaller than wash cloth though. The main thing I want is something that doesn't pack off hard or settle so upper body techniques falter. I used a carpet and rolled it in my bag then filled it with rags, sawdust and such but the carpet made it super hard for some reason. I only used enough carpet to line one wrap around inside the bag.
Wood chips?
Wood chips?
yeah I had found on another forum that it was recommended and that some import bags used them in manufacture. I don't remember the forum name it has been a couple of years ago. It works pretty good. I would be to light to use them 100% though. They havent packed off yet as of a couple of years. It does settle but it hasn't gotten hard. If I could get my bag to just hold consistant shape top to bottom with them I would be happy. I just bought a couple of bundles of pine pet bedding. It is cut small enough to not have big chunks and it is larger than just dust.