Reedy has created a very impressive, yet simple cobra bag (at a decent price). I ordered the PVC pipe kit and found it to be incredibly fast! I'm really enjoying it so far. Leather bag itself feels great and all the parts seem well made. Everything just clicks in, like Reedy says it does. Love it so much I ordered the spring to be able to switch between the spring and the PVC bag(s). Great product(s).
At one point, I had to email Reedy with a question and he quickly responded. Customer service, also five stars!
Overall I’m extremely satisfied with the quality of construction. Everything is built to withstand a beating EXCEPT the tiny screws that hold the multi base to the wood board. A hard punch ripped the tiny screws out of the wood. My solution was to drill the holes of the multi base to be wider, and install bolts through the board and multi base to ensure it will never come loose again. And with this, it’s actually able to be uninstalled from the wood board for even tighter storage/transport if desired.
Otherwise it feels amazing and I’m definitely getting my warm ups in before kickboxing classes.
Thank you for the review and the feedback! Awesome - you did the right thing to use larger screws/bolts. The screws that I included are really meant for the Platform Paddles which plug into the Multi Base and only require minimum tightening. If using with a custom baseboard then I totally recommend getting thicker and possibly longer screws (or even bolts) to match the thickness of your baseboard and base combined.
I've owned the KEWLUS cobra bag for about 6 months now. It's actually a great product for the price. I would say other comparable products will run you about $100-200 more.
The Good:
+ The various levels of height adjustment are great
+ All the parts fit together nicely and nothing feels loose
+ The spring action is on point and strong!
Then Bad:
- The one plastic part (the bag adapter) has broken all the way around the cone, within about 6 months. It's not a huge cost to replace, but is an annoyance to refit. For reference, I'm 5' 8", weigh 126 lbs, and I'm not slugging the cobra bag. I use it mostly for coordinating defense-to-offense drills for improving my philly shell. I don't know if I got a faulty piece or if it's just not made to last, but I expected it to last at least a year given my stature and approach to training with it.
- Unless you have a painted cement floor, the suction base probably won't work for you. I have a very flat and clean "Driftwood laminate floor" and it will not stick for anything. I've tried wetting it, weighting it, heating it, nothing works. I ended up bolting it into a large spare cutting board and weighing that down, which works perfectly.
Overall it's a great product and still worth buying for the quality vs. cost compared to other bags. If you're a DIYer this is your go-to cobra bag. Though I'd definitely recommend purchasing an extra adapter with the original order to avoid paying shipping on your very probable second adapter in the future.
Hi Mason, thank you for the review and the detailed feedback. I'm sorry about the Ball Adapter breaking on you. As a result of feedback like yours, I am releasing an upgrade for this part at the end of this month. The new Adapter will be a lot stronger and should not break.
Hits about the same as the fierce reflex bag Liked most everything about the bag except 2 things first is I wish u could make the bottom part talller without making the bag slower but making the top taller 2nd is the bag itself not sure if I didn’t tie it up properly but it almost feel like the bladder is going to come off I think this an issue on my part though beside that the bag works amazing good quality spring suction cups also work good some things that make them better are water or vitamins n e oil
I would have given 5 stars but they sent wrong size punch bag. I can always buy a different bag to swap out. But based on the price. You can’t beet it. These Kewlus bag with do more than your higher end expensive ones that don’t have the same ajustable pole. Even though these kinda drills and practices aren’t supposed to be hard. I’m a little afraid to punch it with 75% power but you can always change the pipes if your inclined on construction work. I ordered the suction cups as platform because I have gloss painted floors. I was having trouble a little bit at first with suction cups but if you clean area good and use vitamin E oil on button on suction cups or even vegetable spray, olive oil, they will lock down hard. Definitely worth getting. If you truly use your boxing equipment daily, weekly then I would say buy it.
It is definitely one of the fastest COBRA bags I’ve had . I’ve had ringside and title cobra bags also Amazon cobra for $260 dollar and the do not compare. It’s easy to take on the go to going to order more for gym
