Punchbag filling

Roper

Okay, so I'm looking to fill some bags.

Two questions:

1) Whats the best material to fill them with and the method.

2) What foreign languages should I study so that I know they're arriving unfilled for next time:mad:

I have one thats rag filled but its quite light and I don't like it. I had one that was a combo of sand and old chamois rags and it was super fly, but where the hell am I going to get chamois for cheap/free:eek: . There's two 6 footers and a 5 footer.

What do you think folks?

celt2005

Roper,


Better to use / mix wood chips for bags, as they absorb shock better than sand, your shins and joints will thank you for it in later years.

Cut up old carpet, and compress your mix, kick hell out of bag , and then add more until ....

paddyc

what the brand of bag and whats it made from eg leather or synthetic stuff?


paddy

Musashi

I guess sawdust could be good, I'd say most Joineries would be happy to give you enough. I'd try to get the coareser grit sizes, wood flour is very fine and could compress and end up as hard as sand? My own bag is rag filled, and as it's compacted I've added more rags so it's solid with a little give.

My old instructor had a bag made of sand filled canvas, it was debatable whether you'd wear your hand away or break a bone first :rolleyes:

What about weighting the bag with sand around a core made of an inflated car inner tube? I have a kick shield like that (minus sand) and it's handy enough. A bit springy but not a toe breaker Maybe a layer of dense foam padding (like used for upholstery) with an inflated core would give better structure while retaining the spring and shock absorbtion?

Roper

Lads, the bags are leather. Two of them are 6 foot so I was told it might be best to compartmentalise them, ie. use bags within bags so as to prevent everything sagging to the bottom.

Cheers so far. Oh Paddy they're "Brand X";) Long story....

Sugar_Ray

Just go buy yourself a bag, save you the hassle. Cloth preferably

Roper

Sugar_Ray wrote:

Just go buy yourself a bag, save you the hassle. Cloth preferably

Gee thanks and all, but I have them already.

Sugar_Ray

Well bin them and do as I said!!!

topdog8

just fill it with cement and wait for it to go hard its usually good for conditioning

paddyc

as long as they leather they should be ok and the chains are sollid, fill em with clothes and some saw dust thrown in and every few months throw in some more rags and saw dust till it solid


dont have it rock hard, a little bit of give it always good.


paddy

Roper

Spot on Paddy, thats what I've done with the first one, I have all the local upholsterers plagued.

My Da used to have a sweet punchbag in the garage at home, by the time it got to me it was covered in duct tape but whatever the filling was it was perfection, tough at the bottom but solid enough in the middle with a tiny bit of give. Thats what I want!

BrianD3

Good question I always find bags filled with sand or rags unsatisfactory as the material just compresses to the bottom. I suppose the top of the bag could be "topped up" as the material settles. You'll end up with a very heavy and hard bag though. Especially if you use sand.

This will sound mad but I wonder what it'd be like to fill a punchbag with spherical objects. Anything from tennis balls to golf balls to ball bearings These woudln't really settle and would stay more or less where you put them but would still move around somewhat resulting in some absorption.

I have heard rave reviews about Powair water/foam bags. They are expensive though and there don't appear to be a supplier in ireland. Obviously there's no settling out with a water filled bag.

You could use a mixture of materials of course. Eg Rags and sawdust.