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Reflective board bags - very few manufacturers making them?

casa_mugrienta

casa_mugrienta

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Been using one of these for the past year

prolite.com

Session Surfboard Day Bag - The Wide Ride (Limited)

Do you have a short stubby that all your friends envy? Keep that thing protected in the Session Wide Ride, a fitted surfboard bag made specifically for the short wide boards. The bag is also packing on the freshman 5 with a little extra padding to keep your small wave shred sled protected. Going...
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Highly recommended.

Pretty incredible how cool it keeps my board when it's sitting below the glass of my hatchback in the sun. Would do wonders for a board transported on the roof.

So why don't more manufacturers make them?

Pretty much all the bags out there are dark colored or have the fake grey "reflective" (that is really just grey colored) material.

Keeping a board from cooking is key for longevity.
 
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agree they are effective. the issue I've had with all of them (prolite) is the thin reflective layer starts cracking and peeling eventually (<couple years) after pretty minimal use and normal wear n tear.
I don't understand why so many bags are black or dark- don't they just cook the board??
I like the grey fcs ones with the vent strip down the center. keeps em fairly cool, even if it's not true reflective.
 
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Until a few years ago FCS made relatively cheap, basic all white bags that I like. I try to swoop them up when they pop up on CL. Definitely keep my boards noticeably cooler than all the dark colored bags. Is it just a fashion thing? People think dark colored bags look better?
 
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I have a DaKine that has lasted for years that works really well. Not sure if they're still making them.
 
oeste858

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MathDebater said:
Until a few years ago FCS made relatively cheap, basic all white bags that I like. I try to swoop them up when they pop up on CL. Definitely keep my boards noticeably cooler than all the dark colored bags. Is it just a fashion thing? People think dark colored bags look better?
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those are fine, and I have a couple for the bigger boards I don't take out much. but I won't buy a bag that doesn't have venting... this seems like a no brainer to me also
 
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oeste858 said:
agree they are effective. the issue I've had with all of them (prolite) is the thin reflective layer starts cracking and peeling eventually (<couple years) after pretty minimal use and normal wear n tear.
I don't understand why so many bags are black or dark- don't they just cook the board??
I like the grey fcs ones with the vent strip down the center. keeps em fairly cool, even if it's not true reflective.
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almost. i have an one of those grey fcs bags. they used a black interior on fn thing. epic fail. bag cooks.

that creatures grey reflective on their 10mil bags works good
 
MathDebater

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oeste858 said:
those are fine, and I have a couple for the bigger boards I don't take out much. but I won't buy a bag that doesn't have venting... this seems like a no brainer to me also
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I don't disagree, but I just leave the zipper slightly open at one end and that does the trick.
 
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Ha! Well yesterday when I brought my new bag home (prolite session for $40!), I sheathed my chosen stick into the bag laying on the ground. Completely forgot to zip it before I picked it up, sending it tail first straight into concrete. Pretty barbaric.
 
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this might belong in the "what's up with" thread, but what's up with so many of the multi-board travel bags being all black? if there is a feature that is paramount, aside from adequate padding to protect the boards en route, it would be that the bag not be of a dark color, let alone black.
 
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casa_mugrienta said:
Been using one of these for the past year

prolite.com

Session Surfboard Day Bag - The Wide Ride (Limited)

Do you have a short stubby that all your friends envy? Keep that thing protected in the Session Wide Ride, a fitted surfboard bag made specifically for the short wide boards. The bag is also packing on the freshman 5 with a little extra padding to keep your small wave shred sled protected. Going...
prolite.com prolite.com

Highly recommended.

Pretty incredible how cool it keeps my board when it's sitting below the glass of my hatchback in the sun. Would do wonders for a board transported on the roof.

So why don't more manufacturers make them?

Pretty much all the bags out there are dark colored or have the fake grey "reflective" (that is really just grey colored) material.

Keeping a board from cooking is key for longevity.
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Use them for all my boards and keeps my Stretch CFT cool at beach while bag is fully exposed to sun. Also have sessions double travel bag keeps eps boards cool in tropical settings.
 
92122

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I'll bet your wax still melts when it's in direct summer sunlight in the back of a truck or on the beach. Mine does with a white insulated DaKine bag.

And yes I'd be willing to bet any reflecting coating like that is flakey long term.
 
oeste858

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Aruka said:
this might belong in the "what's up with" thread, but what's up with so many of the multi-board travel bags being all black? if there is a feature that is paramount, aside from adequate padding to protect the boards en route, it would be that the bag not be of a dark color, let alone black.
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I dont get it. I picture them baking in the hot tropical sun on an airport luggage cart on the tarmac.
 
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92122 said:
I'll bet your wax still melts when it's in direct summer sunlight in the back of a truck or on the beach. Mine does with a white insulated DaKine bag.

And yes I'd be willing to bet any reflecting coating like that is flakey long term.
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Nope nope and nope never had it melt in prolite.
 
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rowjimmytour said:
Nope nope and nope never had it melt in prolite.
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Which one are you using for days at the beach?

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Aruka said:
this might belong in the "what's up with" thread, but what's up with so many of the multi-board travel bags being all black? if there is a feature that is paramount, aside from adequate padding to protect the boards en route, it would be that the bag not be of a dark color, let alone black.
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this and why so farkn wide. both prolite and fcs are cut with like a 25" ass end
 
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Can we get some erBB approved bags with links?

in need of a 2x boar alt/fish day bag, ideally for 5’8 and shorter hipster sticks.

I have an old creatures dual bag that I quite enjoy. It’s got the white on the inside, silver on the bottom but still melts the wax if I leave it in the truck w/ shell. it’s the perfect size for hpsb 5’10 to 6’3 and hasnt failed me yet. almost like this one but with the silver on the bottom, newest ones are murdered out in black. https://www.creatures-usa.com/collections/boardcovers/products/double-shortboard-cover
 
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