Favorite Weights

Bringerofpie · Post by **Bringerofpie** » 11 Nov 2007 10:24

What are your favorite weights and fill amounts for bags? Why?

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 11 Nov 2007 10:32

i like 60-80 grams. heavier bags give me more of a feel for a bag. Makes it feel like im actually making contact with something.

I like to fill 1/2 full. gives the bag a more stally and less rolly feel.

Bringerofpie · Post by **Bringerofpie** » 11 Nov 2007 11:00

How much does my bag weigh, Ben?

Alf · Post by **Alf** » 11 Nov 2007 11:37

I like 57grs heavy, half full bags.
But I play minis.
Regular sized bags should be a bit more heavy, I think.

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 11 Nov 2007 12:06

Floaty little spheres that weigh about 49-53g are perfect.

Any heavier and they fall to the ground too fast and take too much effort to set.

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 11 Nov 2007 13:01

Bringerofpie wrote:How much does my bag weigh, Ben?

your bag is about 50g's. Thats because i found that i liked heavier bags a few bags after i made yours.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 11 Nov 2007 13:37

Depends on the size. For biggish-medium sized, probably like 65.

For mini's, anywhere from 50-55.

It really doesn't matter as long as it is stitched well and the person who filled it knows what they are doing.

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 11 Nov 2007 13:44

50-55 on any sized footbag

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 11 Nov 2007 15:02

Pengu wrote: Any heavier and they fall to the ground too fast and take too much effort to set.

Not necessarily. Heavier bags won't fall faster to the ground over a lighter bag. That is when your talking about the heights bags reach when footbaggin. I experimented. Heavy bag (70g) vs light bag (50g). both fel at the same rate. both hit the ground so close to each other that the split seconds aren't worth making your bag lighter/heavier for any benefits. The only variable i can think of that would make a bag fall faster would be size. And since most bags are golf ball sized there isn't that much of a difference anyway.

So basically, fill your bag to your liking.

Bringerofpie · Post by **Bringerofpie** » 11 Nov 2007 15:06

The reason they hit the ground at the same time is because falling speed increases at 9.8 meters per second per second, barring fluid friction, no matter how heavy something is.

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 11 Nov 2007 15:09

yeah, and since it only takes a bag 1-2 secs to fall to the ground from like 6 feet it doesn't really make a difference.

Guydro · Post by **Guydro** » 11 Nov 2007 15:19

Pengu wrote:Floaty little spheres that weigh about 49-53g are perfect.

Any heavier and they fall to the ground too fast and take too much effort to set.

I agree with 2/3 of that^^^^^^^^^^^^. 52g's if I have a choice on the bag. Heavier bag may not fall to the ground faster. But it does take more effort to set. I can tell the difference between 50g my bag and my 55g bag.

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 11 Nov 2007 22:27

55.5g for bags that are golfball size or larger. 50 grams for minis. 66.6 grams for larger hacks in general.

Also, bags don't fall faster no matter how heavy they are. Heavier bags will be harder to set with, however. Newton's law.

monkeybilla · Post by **monkeybilla** » 16 Nov 2007 17:25

i like my bags to be about 50-60 grams. im not sure on the hole whieght falling think im not that smart so i agree wit everyone lol.

Trix · Post by **Trix** » 17 Nov 2007 02:34

I agree with alot of what has been said. I like my minis about 45-55 grams, lighter for kicking and heavier for tearing it up. But I think it is the fill ratio that makes the bag seem to "float" in air. Half full bags have a split second longer apex. Full bags seem to go straight from rising to falling. It isnt a matter of how heavy or big, its how much fill is in it.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 17 Nov 2007 07:30

I like between 50-55 which I think was considered heavy up until, like, the past year-ish? 80g??? Wow.
I have bags from when I started playing that were, like, "average" at the time (Carol + Juice bags) that weigh, like, 24g... (ONLY poly pellets?)

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 17 Nov 2007 08:15

anywhere from 45-55 g's.

Im still a lightweight kind of guy most of the time.

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 17 Nov 2007 15:13

ObArA'BaRs wrote:Im still a lightweight kind of guy most of the time.

You're still a lightweight, Chris.

I'm sorry. It was just way too obvious not to stab at it.