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Interesting. So there's nothing going around the steerer on these?
I was going to replace my lost/stolen Revelate top tube bag with another Revelate and then I thought about the Revelate Mag-Tank ones and wondered if they were any better than my OG version - being easier to open isn't really that big of a big deal for me - I prefer to have stuff stay in the bag rather than the whole top opening at once.
So anyone used both versions of Revelate and/or Tailfin care to comment/compare?
https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/Cockpit/GasTank
vs.
https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/cockpit/Magtank
vs.
https://www.tailfin.cc/top-tube-bags/
The new MagTank has a hydro bladder-type liner. Presumably these are more suited to food stuffing, whereas my top tube bag is usually holding a battery, electronics, small tools, sunscreen, etc.
hippy-
I’ve used a magtank, which I thought was great. The rubberised material on the bottom and the strap which you can cinch around the top tube make it almost as good as the tailfin but it still requires a steerer strap or bungee.
The tailfin system is just better. It does give the bag a slightly higher stack height which I don’t like but it’s more robust and can be removed more quickly and the rubber straps it comes with can be used for other purposes when you don’t have the bag mounted.
snoops
Scored a Tailfin top tube bag cheap second hand. Boy, the rubber v mount things are actually amazing. No need for a stabilising strap around the steerer. Totally solid. Impressive product. The others need to sort something similar out.