Yonex JP BAG951W Review

Yes i am coming back to MAlaysia during this Chinese New Year. But NO if you are asking me to help out on getting the bag.
MY baggage is already 21kG, 1 kg over weight.
Perhaps next trip but that will be on Dec 2010.

Camel or Shuttle house both have this bag and both do overseas delivery.

Sorry.

 

It really depends.... As a short conclusion (review will be up this weekend when i finally get to breathe)

This bag sure looks cool to bring to office when you want to play badminton after work. It can house your laptop, and your regular badminton equipment and it makes you look cool.
It is also a good bag to bring the racket overseas when you want to play overseas during your business trips.

BUT:
DO NOT bring this bag to the bank , security guard will think you are a robber with a gun in that bag.
DO NOT bring this bag near the American president. You will be shot dead thinking you are an assassin sniper.
DO NOT walk around with this bag if you have unshaved beard and looks like a Mr Bin Laden. Police force may escort you to the nearest jail, thinking you are a terrorist.
DO NOT bring this to a concert. People will think you are the lead guitarist.

So, there you go, depends on your country of origin, the above side effects may vary in the degree of criticality. Having said that, it is still a good and cool bag to boot and Yonex has done a good job.

 

Here's The review : Yonex JP BAG951W

Color Scheme:
Black on the external. Internal is all cool neon green linen. Overall a cool and professional look colour scheme.

Built:
I must say this is the most "unlike badminton bag's" badminton bag. It is a black, rectangular rugged bag that looks more like a guitar/sniper/special laptop bag than a badminton bag. Yonex has indeed come up with this unique design. The question is, can this "small/narrow looking" bag fit a lot of rackets??? (answer revealed below)

Material:
External black color material resembles canvas kind of feel and it felt very thick. So durability should not be a problem for this rugged bag.CONFIRMED it is not thermal and NOT water proof.

Zips:
Very nice small metal zip with black, thin leather strips attached to each of it. Zipping and unzipping is very smooth and effortless. Like all JP Yonex bags, job well done in this department.

Compartment Rooms:
The racket compartment is suffcicient to hold up to 9 racket effortlessly even though it is rated as a 6 racket bag. (mind you each of my racket i put a cloth cover some more) Definitely no problem for some one with 9 or less rackets.
The external compartment room (at the back) is enough to hold misc items like handphones, wallets, keys, grips, scissors, etc etc. while external compartment pocket (smaller pocket, at the front) can hold keys, wallets, and handphones)
For the clothes compartment, it can fit in easily 3 T-shirts, a Yonex long towel, anti slip powder, my paper fan, 1 tube of birdie and my SHB-101LTD shoes. There is no seperate shoe compartment for this bag. However, you can partition the clothes compartment to form a shoe compartment if you like (see photo below). Also there is an additional mesh pocket inside the clothes comaprtment, roomy enough to fit handphones, wallets, or scissors, grips.

Other accesories:
This bag comes with a padded shoulder sling, for those that wish to carry the bag like a single sling bag. Otherwise, the hand handles is roomy enough to let you carry this bag at the shoulder using the handles of the bag.
Also, this bag comes with a black color cloth shoe bag that is very sleek and handy.

Conclusion:
Overall this is a unique looking bag. It is very sleek, and professional and sure to stand out the crowd when you carry it. Practicality wise, this bag can takes up to 9 rackets at ease, and 3 Ts, 1 tube of birdie, anti slip powder, towel, small water bottle, a pair of shoes, and your regular wallet, handphones, scissors, keys, grips. DO NOT be fooled by the sleek/narrow look design, considering what it can takes.
At RMB590 (China pricing), this is by far the cheapest (inside China) JP bag from Yonex and the most outstanding in design. Definitely a worth buy.

Photos :
Photo 1 - The bag, the padded shoulder sling, and the cloth shoe bag
Photo 2 - The front of the bag (with the small external pocket)
Photo 3 - The back of the bag (with the large external pocket)
Photo 4 - Extra mesh pocket inside the clothes compartment
Photo 5 - Clothes compartment with the partition up
Photo 6 - Clothes compartment WITHOUT the partition up
Photo 7 - Racket compartment (6 rackets, with 4 in individual cloth bags)

 

You can try by contactign him.

QQ, email, handphone are all listed in my post about his shop in market place.
Good luck!

 

Nice try ....I forgot to mention Luggage tag is sold separately .

 

In fact the bag is going to "fly" with me in MAS airline back to KL today
So, yes, you are lucky to be able to "see see and touch touch". Maybe i should charge RM5 per "touch"