Best Squash Bags in 2023

In this article I’ll run through the best squash bags I’ve come across in my years of playing squash and running this blog.

Quick links if you’re in a hurry:

• Best Shoulder Bags
• Best Backpacks
• Best Duffel Bags
• Best Travel Bags
• Brand List

A word of advice: there are TONS of squash racket bags out there, but I find they are all about the same quality, and they all follow pretty similar design concepts within the categories listed above. I can’t recall seeing a bag that I would recommend against.

My point is you can’t really go wrong when picking out a bag for your squash kit. They’ll all hold your stuff just fine. That means it’s totally fine to pick a bag based solely on how it looks, or on what brand you think is cool, or just based on what bags are for sale in your local shop.

Note: some manaufacturers sell the same bag to both tennis and squash players, but this is not a big deal because the rackets are close enough in size. Below different types of sports bags that should work for squash players.

Shoulder Bags

This is the standard bag most people think of when they think of squash bags. It’s big enough to enclose your rackets and generally worn over the shoulder, sometimes with one strap and sometimes with two, backpack-style.

These bags also usually have smaller inside and outside pockets for holding items like squash balls, phones, your wallet, and any other miscellaneous items you might want to bring along to the courts. They often also have dedicated pockets to hold your sweaty shoes.

Personally, my favorite squash bag is the 12-racket shoulder bag from Tecnifibre. This is the exact model I have in my house right now. It’s a few years old, but still available for purchase. The functional design on this bag doesn’t change that much from year to year, they just update the colors and branding, so if you find a more recent version (or an earlier version!), it’ll work just fine.

Here’s a video review I put together for this bag.

Shoulder bags like this do come in different sizes. Usually they are identified by the number of rackets they hold, for example a 12-racket or 9-racket bag. This is just a rough guideline because you’re not going to fill your bag 100% with rackets, you’ll want room for your shoes and clothes and other kit. But that gives you the general idea of how big the bag is and it’s a more useful concept for most people than giving you size measurements in cubic inches or something like that.

Personally, I like to have either a 12-racket or 9-racket bag. Bigger bags are best for me because I’m often carrying a bunch of rackets to review, or sometimes lugging camera equipment along to the courts when I need to record a video for this blog. If you want something more compact, you can go for a 6-racket or maybe even a 3-racket bag.

Just to show you the next size down, here’s the current 8-racket bag from Dunlop. I haven’t tested this one specifically, but I’ve found Dunlop’s current line of luggage (co-branded with Srixon) to be really nicely made.

Here’s a video from Tennis Warehouse giving you the full rundown on this bag. The video is of last year’s “SX” model, but you can see it’s the same except for the cosmetics.

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Squash Backpacks

These are smaller than the shoulder bags, more like a regular-sized backpack (as the name implies), where the racket handles stick out the back of the bag to save space.

Now I gotta be honest with you, I own a couple of backpacks, but don’t actually use them for squash, I use them for pickleball and padel. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, I just carry less stuff with me to the pickleball / padel courts than I do to the squash courts, so a smaller bag is fine. Secondly, I have to admit, it does annoy me a little bit that for squash rackets, the handles stick out the top of the bag. That’s not an issue for those other sports where the rackets are smaller.

As an example, here’s a backpack from Dunlop that I tested out. I’m showing you this one because I made a video for it, which you can see below.

Here’s the video:

There is one squash backpack I want to mention that has a unique design, and that’s called the Dunlop Commuter Backpack. It’s a few years old at this point, but you can still find it. The basic idea is they’ve made it longer, so it will fit entirely over the squash racket handles. Genius! In terms of storage space it’s not a whole lot larger than the backpacks mentioned above, but the longer container is a big plus for me.

Here’s a video review I did of this bag when it came out:

Dunlop has iterated on these designs over the year, and I really like the look of this one that came out in 2022. So far I’ve only seen a photo of it, but I love it anyway.

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Duffel Bags

There’s another kind of squash bag out there. The duffel bag. Here’s an example:

The duffel shape is appealing to me, but to be honest with you, I’m not sure why. I guess I find the shape is pretty cool?

I’ve never actually owned a squash duffel bag though. I did test out the Tecnifibre Rackpack, which you can check out in the video below. As you can hear in the video, I ended up returning this bag to the store because it wasn’t quite big enough for what I needed at the time.

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Travel Bags

Here’s one last style of bag that I’ve seen — the travel bag. I’ve never owned one of these and I don’t see them come up for sale too often, but they are basically a piece of luggage with wheels that are designed to fit a racket, but also good for bring through an airport.

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Brand List

Here are some individual pages where I try and track all the squash bags I’ve seen from each brand.

Ashaway | Black Knight | Dunlop | Eye | Harrow | Head | Karakal | Manta | Mantis | Oliver | Prince | Salming | Tecnifibre | Unsquashable | Wilson | Xamsa