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My friend has one. It'll work, but it will sag and sway and be hard to pack perfectly. I have a smaller podsacs seat pack and it's pretty crap.
The more expensive stuff is better. But it's more expensive. They will both carry your gear.
Tbh I'm in the same boat as you, mostly riding hardly touring etc. But I wanted to support my local so when I went out j bought the bike bags they had in (miss grape, who you never hear anything about but I find fine) and I don't regret it.
If you feel like you can't put up with the low quality of podsacs (which is very real) then your best bet might be cruising the bay and the buy and sell. That said they aren't many huge bargains on the second hand market right now due to demand.
My opinion is that seat packs like that are actually pretty crap for long rides and that will be exacerbated by the low quality. If your use case is long rides with a bit of touring, rather than tours with a bit of long rides then get a second hand carradice (or even a new one, they aren't very dear and don't lose much value). It will be better for your use case unless you're truly shredding the single track. I have used my super c lightweight audax on credit card type tours and it has much much better access than my bike packing roll bag which is basically designed to be accessed once in the morning when you pack up and once in the evening when you unload rather than throughout the day.
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It's decent for the money. It does sway quite a bit so you need to pack and attach it carefully. A friend of mine hadn't done either with his and his seatpost got damaged. I had to redo the tacking on some of the loops because it started to separate.
I've only used mine twice and then got a used carradice saddlebag.
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If you are only going out three times a year just buy whatever is cheapest.
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are the planet x podsacs actually any good? any one got much experience of them?
I'm thinking about this https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CCPDWSB/podsacs-waterproof-saddle-pack#reviewstab
for £30 it seems like good value compared to others I've looked at. It's initially more just to use on very long rides rather than actual overnight bike packing.
Aiming to break my self in gently to some overnight bike packing soon. So I'll eventually be looking at bags for the bars and frame too.
Does buy cheap buy twice apply here?
Are there better value alternatives to look at? I wont be doing overnight bike packing a whole lot. probably two or three times a year if i'm lucky.