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.
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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.
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Search: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.
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Release year: 2022
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Search: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.
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.
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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.
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Search: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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Search:Duffel Bags
There’s another kind of squash bag out there. The duffel bag. Here’s an example:
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Search: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.
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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Search: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
Rod says
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I’ve been receiving ads on Instagram for this bag and, although very pricey, it looks to very thoughtfully designed. Room for plenty of rackets, a ventilated shoe pocket and a dedicated cooler pocket designed to keep drinks cold and free standing when you put it down in an upright position. Lots of organized storage options for smaller items too. If I hadn’t bought a new bag a couple of months ago I would be tempted by this. Good looking bag too.
https://www.advtennis.pro/products/adv-tennis-bag
begg says
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I like the Salming ones. Thnks alot k
Robert James says
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Has anybody come across a squash bag with a decent laptop compartment in? I’d like to be able to take one bag to work that I can take my electronic essentials in but also take a racket or two and some squash kit to allow me to train at lunchtime.
Thanks for your help
Pierre says
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Check out the Dunlop Commuter Backpack. I just brought that to work last week and put my laptop in the front pocket.
I have a video review on that page you can check out.
I also have a vlog I’ll probably publish tomorrow actually mentioning this exact thing so look out for that on my YouTube channel.
Tor Schjølberg says
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The golden rule of making racket bags: make ’em ugly!
thomas says
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anyone using Gosen bags ?
http://www.gosen.jp
Eugene M Olton Sr says
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Why should handles stick out of backpacks? But protected in every other bags. Why not longer bags with the same narrow width?
Rodney says
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cause it looks cool?
Ted C. says
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After searching and searching and reviewing bags, I finally ordered the genuine 6 racquet squash bag from Karakal. This is over the shoulder style bag that can be used with one or two straps over the shoulders.
It has one good sized center compartment, a multi-racquet compartment on each side, two smaller side pockets, a soft lined eyeglass pocket and a dedicated shoe or sweaty gear pocket. Plus the two racquet and the shoes pockets have small mesh vent screens
The bag is lightweight yet well made and very sturdy. I LOVE the bag and very pleased with my final decision. I found a guy in Canada (where I live) who stocks the Karakal line of Squash gear, he shipped the bag to me for a reasonable shipping fear (live in Vancouver area) and he gave great customer service. (He included no charge with the bag three replacement Karakal grip strips as a bonus for ordering the bag)
I have surfed this blog site lots, in fact bought the Salming “gecko” shoes due to spotting them here first, but you seem not to have any Karakal gear on your site. Wonder if you have any feedback on the rest of their Sqaush gear
Cheers
TC
Brock in HK says
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The Wilson backpack models are quite spacious. Highly recommended! The main compartment is very spacious, and the more cube-like shape makes it easier to keep packing stuff in there. The shoulder bags, even with backpack straps on them, have long, slender compartments for your non-racquet gear, which is much more difficult to pack.
Pierre Bastien says
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Thanks Brock, I’ll add your comments to the Wilson backpack page!