Put Away the Potato Sack - Team Wheeled Equipment Bag Survey

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Tell me your league has furnished, or you have purchased a Schutt team wheeled equipment bag. I can't imagine lugging around the old style giant potato sack with the shoulder sling. After about 20 steps you have to stop and switch shoulders so you don't get a permanent strap mark, and with every step the thing is hitting against the bag of your legs so you can't even walk normal. Oh, they held the equipment alright, but who got to be the mule and lug that thing around...the coach.

It only took a hundred years before someone finally decided to put wheels on the bag so you could pull the darn thing. Aaahhhh, Relief!!! We purchased our wheeled equipment bag just about two years ago and IT IS GREAT!

There are just a few on the market. I took some time and did a quick shopping survey for my readers. The pricing was effective January 20, 2008 and could change at any time. Listed below is the Brand, Model number, Dimensions, and Total Cubic Inches. In my opinion the Schutt #SEBWEB team wheeled equipment bag from SoftballWarehouse at only $54.99 was the clear cut winner. It was only $5.00 more than the Louisville Slugger wheeled equipment bag, but provided 60% more room. If you are going to spend $50 or so on an equipment bag, you certainly want it to be big enough. So the extra room is well worth the $5.00. It was close for my second choice, but I have to give it to the Reebok. It's $10.00 more than the Louisville Slugger but it's 700 cubic inches bigger. I'll take the space.

For the record, the Shutt equipment bag is the one we use. Picked it up at the beginning of 2006 and 250 games later it's still going strong. No complaints on my part.

Schutt wheeled equipment bag. 35x25x19 #SEBWEB - 16625 cubic inches

SoftballWarehouse - $54.99

Softballsales.com - N/A

Sports Authority - No in stock.