Another catcher's bag thread

When my son still caught we looked into Hockey Goalie Bags. Most seemed to be quite a bit stronger construction than most the Catchers bags we looked at. 

 

This link is just an example:

http://www.goaliemonkey.com/eq...led-goalie-bags.html

My son really likes the Wilson Pudge wheeled bag once a major design flaw is fixed.  As it comes from Wilson the bag has fabric covering the bag in the area near the wheels.  This will drag on the ground and does rip, wrecking the bag.  So an email to Wilson customer service (after taking photos) and they send my sone a new bag.  So, I disassemble the original bag and save the plastic bottom lining.  I cut a piece of the plastic off and using a heat gun, form a piece of plastic to cover the area between the wheels on the new bag, and then using a rivet gun install the plastic on the new bag.  This protects the bag while it's being moved and the bag works very, very well.  It's nice and roomy, the top packet can be removed for embroidery, the side pockets hold the leg guards well, and it can carry a number of bats.  All without it being a huge bag.  It's a great bag if you tweek it.  As it comes from the factory it's junk.  My son thought the Mizuno bag was a bit small.

My son has used this bag for last 4 yrs . The bag as decent durability and has the best compartment set up and available space that we could find. He is an like to use All-Star gear exclusively.

http://m.epicsports.com/Baseball/p/14873/index.html

Thanks PA2016. That will get a close look. My son has used All-Star gear for the past 4-5 years.

How old is your son? My son gave up on the wheeled bags as he got older. It was part macho, part due to the fact that wheels don't do a lot of good on many surfaces.

With twotex on this one. Son gave up on bags with wheels before he got to HS.

He's a 2017 and likes the wheels. No doubts about his masculinity/toughness! For one thing, we live across the street from our high school but all told, its about a 500-yard walk to and from practice and given proximity, he walks 90% of the time.

Position players have maybe 15lbs of gear to haul so I can agree on no wheels for them. But a smart catcher will catch a break when ever he can, especially after catching 2+ games a day. Its not a manhood test, catchers already proved that by playing the position.

I assume your son is a 2016 graduate? My son is also a 2016. Rarely if ever have I seen a catcher in HS with a wheeled bag. Maybe on the freshman team, but have seen none on JV or Varsity. I do understand Batty67 son having to walk to school with his gear though.

Maybe in Cali kids have to TRY to look hard, and dads use the web to be passive aggressive. Sorry, don't have time for it. Back to real discussion.

This is comical, was only offering advice on what I have seen in HS. No need for personal attacks here. 

If that wasn't your intent then I apologize. Good luck to your son.

My son also stopped using a wheeled bag when he got to HS.  He uses a combination of a baseball backpack and an athletic bag with a long strap that he wears across his body.  They have quite a walk from the locker room to the field (not 500 yards, but close) and since he wears that bag across his body, getting rid of the wheels was obviously not a macho thing!  Haha.  Regardless of which wheeled bag he had, they didn't hold up to the wear and were just too unwieldy....too big to fit in his baseball locker and always in the way in smaller dugouts.    

No problem, it's all good. People come here for advice and different perspectives. Like you I am only trying to help. You and I have HS catchers, that puts us on the same team

One more thing, jogging from the locker room to the field was part of our conditioning back in the day. 

My 2017 catcher does not use wheels, even though his bag has them.  He got an Easton last fall and it has held up well. Sorry, not sure the model.

Glad this is back on-track. For my son, as I noted, it is a LONG walk to from the homefield so wheels make perfect sense. He's also used a wheeled catchers bag since he was 11 and is simply used to it. As others have noted, playing catcher for years on end demonstrates toughness.