What's the most you'd pay for a bag?

[bluedodger]

I said $100. I have a Fade Tourney, Fade Lite, and a Gorilla Boy Chimp. My first tourney started to rip a little and Fade straight up replaced it and sent me a free Lite. I use the new tourney on my homemade cart for field practice and the Lite for "business" travel and some pitch-n-putts.

I just recently bought the Chimp for $55 here on DGCR and I love it! It's my main bag forever now. I'd pay full price for one ($70-80ish) if the wait wasn't an issue. When it's time to replace I'm going GB for sure.

 

[Exovel]

I said $100. My Ranger was a gift. I wouldn't have bought it for myself.

 

[AndyJB]

At my current income? About five bucks.

 

[sillybizz]

You need an under $50 option on this poll, I made my own for around $10

 

[Plastic Thunder]

Let's face it a bag is a backpack, they should be reasonable in price but popular items never are. I now have 3 Fade bags, all hold about 22-25 disc. I bought the first at retail about 80 bucks including backpack straps, the second was used, same setup, 40 bucks. The 3rd came with quad stapes and I traded 6 used disc for it. I have made up my mind that disc are more important with regard to playing since I only throw my bag once in a while.

To the point of the question, less than 100 bucks seems fair but I don't sell bags for a living.

 

[beereakfast]

The most expensive bag I ever had is my Crunch Box. Not even $50. Would never spend more. I don't see the point of lugging that many discs. My throw is not consistent enough to think I can repeat it perfectly enough to realize the benefits of 5 stages of wear on a DX disc. I'd prefer to try to shape lines out of fewer discs. Seems to work just fine for me.
The only reason I upgraded to the Crunch Box was that I could carry 2 more beers, a deli sandwich and water on longer courses.

 

[ru4por]

I stick by my Gateway, up toward 200 bucks, but it is a beast. Last one went for about a decade, and I then gave it away, still in use, I believe. I am surprised they get no love here. Course, backpacks have become the rage.

 

[Ted Bratton]

I've only owned one nice big bag my used innova discarrier with innova straps that I payed $35 for. If I couldn't find a deal like that I can imagine paying about 75 for one but really I wouldn't want to spend more than that on a bag...

 

[bluedodger]

Slight thread drift: does anyone know why Nikko doesn't carry a disc golf bag (in the specific sense) but instead uses a hippy back pack? I've been wondering that recently....I hope it's because he is sticking it to the DG bag moguls until they lower their prices for the common man!!

 

[JAKE master]

^something to do with his bag getting torn apart while trying to head over the pond earlier this summer.

 

[Bamm]

Yeah, I doubt Nikko is "holding out" sponsorship $$$ to make a statement for the little guys.....

I have paid $100. I traded some work out for my Ranger bag and I love it. I am hoping to do the same when the new Soldier bag hits the ground............

That being said, I would pay in the $150ish range for a bag I thought was perfect. I don't carry enough discs for a simian or mahal.........

 

[Three Putt]

I stick by my Gateway, up toward 200 bucks, but it is a beast. Last one went for about a decade, and I then gave it away, still in use, I believe. I am surprised they get no love here. Course, backpacks have become the rage.

Gateway started as a disc wholesaler and started making bags a few years before they started making discs. They really were the first place to make a high-quality disc golf bag; probably around '96 or '97. Most of the pro's started using them since they were far and away the best bag out there. They were $55.00. It seemed like highway robbery at the time. I know a few guys that still have those early bags; 15+ years and still kicking.

Most of the bags that are "tour"-type bags really just copy that early Gateway design. Somewhere along the line they got lost in the bag discussion, but they still make a solid bag.

 

[Three Putt]

Oh, and I'd carry my discs in a grocery sack before I spent $50.00 on a bag. :|

 

[Halcón]

When making the poll, I didn't account for all the hobos in our midst.

 

[Kodachrome]

broke over here, but i do plan on saving up for the simian once more cashflow is coming in. so i guess the answer is 200$.

 

[Three Putt]

When making the poll, I didn't account for all the hobos in our midst.

People take up an activity for a variety of reasons, and they quit for a variety of reasons. I have participated in a multitude of activities that I don't any longer. Most of them that I no longer participate in were due to a cost/benefit evaluation; I wasn't having enough fun to justify the cost. I still disc golf honestly not becasue I enjoyed it more than other activities, but becasue it is so cheap that the cost has never outweighed the amount of fun I'm having.

Once you start dropping $200 on a bag, the cost/benefit for me is shot. I'm way too cheap to do that. If I wasn't that cheap, I probably would be doing something other than disc golf with my free time.

Honestly, I don't throw much Star plastic the the same reason. Champ/Z is as expensive as I can go without choking. I really did prefer the "everything is $7" days of base plastic.

 

[teemkey]

Assuming that you have extra cash to spend

Well, if I had the extra cash, I'd get exactly the bag I want regardless of price. Currently using a Simian for tournament/league play, a Grip for most casual rounds, and a Spider Monkey when I just don't want/need to carry a bunch of stuff.

 

[elmexdela]

i dont have the need for a backpack style one. fade tourny is just right for me. $50 and carries all the discs and extra stuff i need. i do travel light though

 

[Halcón]

I hear ya Three Putt. Sometimes a cheap bag is just that though. My Fade Lite is already getting ratty after less than 75 rounds.

 

[tdschrock1]

I put 200. I spent 120 on my catalyst and am a happy camper for a few years at least...