| Golf Carry Bag Reviews: Nike SasQuatch Tour | | | | pictures indicating their purpose, that's how. |
| Carry Bag | | | | The Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag includes |
| OVERALL RATING | | | | traditional straps on the right side of the bag for |
| SCORE: 86 | | | | holding an umbrella, and a round ring for attaching |
| GRADE: B | | | | a towel. |
| The Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag absolutely | | | | An oddity on the bag is a "quick access" sleeve |
| LOOKS cool. Kudos to the design team for | | | | on the spine of the bag for storing balls. The |
| aesthetics. But when it comes to carrying | | | | sleeve has a rubber-lined hole on each end, |
| performance, the bag is larger and heavier than | | | | through which the user can forcibly insert about 5 |
| most of the other bags tested. It appears to be | | | | golf balls. Removing a ball involved shoving a |
| designed as a hybrid between a carry bag and a | | | | couple of fingers into the sleeve and trying to |
| cart bag, and unfortunately, when you try to | | | | scoop the ball out. Our experience was that this |
| please all of the people all of the time, you wind | | | | was neither "quick", nor was it what we |
| up pleasing none of the people some of the | | | | considered "access". Instead, it seems similar to |
| time...er, all of the time...er, all of the people none | | | | what we imagine it's like to reach inside a cow |
| of the time? Suffice it to say that we were not | | | | and turn around a breached calf. We vote for just |
| completely pleased. But if you're looking for | | | | a normal pocket next time! |
| something to use primarily as a cart bag, with | | | | While the number of pockets is sufficient, their |
| only an occasional stroll, the Nike SasQuatch Tour | | | | placement left something to be desired. Our |
| Carry Bag may be worth checking out. | | | | reviewers generally applaud efforts to be creative |
| Retail price: $190 | | | | and different, but in this case, we found that |
| CLUB STORAGE | | | | "different" didn't necessarily mean better. |
| SCORE: 85 | | | | RAIN HOOD |
| GRADE: B | | | | SCORE: 94 |
| If you didn't know how many clubs you are | | | | GRADE: A |
| allowed to carry in a round, you will after you get | | | | The Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag wins the |
| a Nike SasQuatch Tour Stand Bag - the dividers | | | | award for best rain hood. Attaching the rain hood |
| segment the bag into 14 slots, one of only two | | | | is as simple as hooking an elastic strap around a |
| bags that provided dedicated space for each club. | | | | notch on the front of the bag, then snapping the |
| The dividers run the entire length of the bag, so | | | | hood into 4 buttons around the top edge. If |
| the shafts and grips of your clubs will not touch | | | | you're going to be caught in a sudden downpour, |
| one another. Mr. Monk, we have found the bag | | | | this is the rain hood you want to have! |
| for you! But for our reviewers, re-inserting clubs | | | | CARRYING IMPRESSIONS |
| into the designated slots became a bit of a pain at | | | | SCORE: 81 |
| times - after hitting a terrible shot, it is difficult to | | | | GRADE: B- |
| display the appropriate level of disgust if you have | | | | The heavier weight of the bag left our reviewers |
| to actually find the appropriate slot before you | | | | cold. Actually, on a warm day, it left our |
| can dejectedly slam your club into it. | | | | reviewers overheated. |
| LEGS | | | | - Weight. At 7.0 pounds as tested, including the |
| SCORE: 80 | | | | rain hood, the Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag is |
| GRADE: B- | | | | one of the heaviest bags we tested. |
| Tipping was an occasional problem with the Nike | | | | - Balance. Something about the weight distribution |
| SasQuatch Tour Stand Bag when setting it down | | | | in the bag was off, as it felt top-heavy (heavier |
| quickly, perhaps because either the legs aren't | | | | toward the right side when both straps are |
| quite long enough for the body of the bag (a bit | | | | utilized). |
| like Elizabeth Hurley...I'm not saying she isn't | | | | - Padding. We appreciated the substantial padding |
| unbelievably beautiful, but next time you see a | | | | where the bag rests against the user's lower |
| picture of her, see if you don't agree with me | | | | back. |
| that her torso is a bit too long for her legs) or | | | | STYLE |
| because the angle at which the legs extend is | | | | SCORE: 94 |
| insufficient. The legs only have rubber caps over | | | | GRADE: A |
| the end of them, instead of the larger feet found | | | | If there's one thing this bag gets right, it's the |
| on many of the competitors' bags, so there is | | | | swagger in its design. Something about it just |
| less stability. The spring was also a bit tighter than | | | | looks hot, and we think many buyers will make |
| on most bags, forcing us to exert some effort | | | | their decision based on that factor alone. There's |
| before the legs would extend. | | | | nothing wrong with that - after all, a golf bag is a |
| STRAPS | | | | lot cheaper than a trophy wife. |
| SCORE: 89 | | | | The Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag comes in 5 |
| GRADE: B+ | | | | different color combinations: |
| There are 4 adjustment points for the straps, | | | | - Black, with gold trim (this one looks REALLY |
| and in addition to some basic padding, there are | | | | badass) |
| visible air bladders to provide even more | | | | - Charcoal and grey, with neon green trim |
| cushioning. Oddly enough, some of the air bladders | | | | - Charcoal and grey, with red trim |
| are on the outside of the strap - which would | | | | - Blue and silver |
| make it comfy for anyone to whom you are | | | | - Yellow and black, with silver trim |
| giving a piggyback ride on the golf course. | | | | INNOVATION |
| Otherwise, we think it's just for show. Ooooh...air! | | | | SCORE: 89 |
| In any event, the straps were comfortable | | | | GRADE: B+ |
| enough, although we didn't really notice any | | | | All in all, even though we didn't love all of Nike's |
| significant difference between the "air" | | | | experiments, we gave them bonus points for |
| supplemented straps and normal padded straps. | | | | trying, because that's what will lead to better |
| POCKETS/STORAGE | | | | products. We've already indicated our ambivalence |
| SCORE: 87 | | | | above toward Nike's ball sleeve and with their |
| GRADE: B+ | | | | "creative" pocket placement. A few other |
| The Nike SasQuatch Tour Stand Bag claims to | | | | innovations include: |
| have 10 total pockets. | | | | - The Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag also |
| - 1 large garment pocket runs along the right side | | | | features a "dual durometer" bag base. This |
| of the bag, with 3 small pockets (including a | | | | essentially consists of some round yellow rubber |
| waterproof velour-lined valuables pocket) along | | | | circles on the bottom of the bag. We suppose |
| the outside of this garment pocket. | | | | that this makes it easier to stabilize the bag if it is |
| - There is a medium-sized pocket on the right | | | | strapped to a golf cart. |
| side of the spine, near the base, and a smaller | | | | - On the right side of the bag is a Velcro patch |
| pocket on the left side of the spine, near the | | | | for attaching a golf glove. How do we know that |
| base. | | | | it's for a golf glove? That's right...because Nike |
| - On the left side of the bag is a lined "cooler" | | | | sews on a little picture indicating its purpose! |
| pocket, and along the outside of the cooler | | | | - 5 rubber-lined holes are on the right side of the |
| pocket is a mesh "water bottle" pocket. Yes, it | | | | bag. We couldn't figure out their purpose because |
| struck us that the one labeled "water bottle" | | | | there was no picture. No, we kid! They are for |
| should be the one that is lined, but hey, maybe | | | | tee storage. |
| the folks in Beaverton like to keep liquids at | | | | COST/VALUE |
| multiple temperatures over the course of a round. | | | | SCORE: 83 |
| - If you're counting with us, that only takes us to | | | | GRADE: B- |
| 8 total pockets. We think that Nike is also trying | | | | At $190, the Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag is |
| to count the 2 tiny pockets for a Sharpie and a | | | | priced at about the median of the bags tested. |
| pencil. How do we know that they are for a | | | | Our reviewers believe there are better |
| Sharpie and a pencil? Because Nike sews on little | | | | performing bags at an equal or lower price point. |