Buying a freestanding punch bag

[da_mill]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Free-Standing-Punch-Stand-Platform-136/dp/B000UDU4O4#moreAboutThisProduct

^ It seems a purpose built stand is the way to go.. this is the "best" one i could find on amazon but no real info unfortuantely.. (The cheaper one on the site can only take a 25kilo bag I think!)

Any recommendations?

Thanks for all the advice ghost!

http://store.titleboxing.com/title-professional-freestanding-heavybag-speedbag.html

looks like the best one ive foun dbut it's in America ^.

[james7454]

I have a Ringside freestanding bag with the thai kicking attachment. It is ok , but moves a lot when kicked or punched. There is a video demonstration of it on Ringside.com.

[Ghost]

i said this on another thread, ive not had or tried a freestanding bag that has stayed upright or not flown all over the place making training rediculous.
I use a freestanding frame which i bought about 15 years ago and still works well. really really heavy duty and easy to take apart and put together. that works brilliantly and doesnt shift if you weight it down properly. look for a good one though i paid nearly 300 quid just for the frame with mine. still using it though when im in london.

[da_mill]

A-Zo, thanks for the reply...

If it is possible for you, please speak to your friend who has one of those and ask him if he kicks it and how it is for kicking..! I read a review somewhere online saying kicking htem isn't that great because of the weights around the front (if you look at the two prongs facing towards you..) but on the other hand, I guess it's the closest thing you can get to having a 'real' bag. A problem with the support struts as well is you can't circle the bag

In short, I'm getting the set up as a present, but from someone who knows nothing about bags so it's up to me 100% to find what I want and am happy with..

The bob style bags seem to be more fitness orientated from what I have read and the advice I've got, but useless in terms of actually training / beating on them, but then anybody who has a stand up bag says they can knock it over and that's that lol... Hence the total confusion! lol, at any one time I've decided that all 3 things could have been potentially the top choice.. Thanks again.

[A-Zo]

Well, the human style bag will help you with your accuracy, but probably won't offer much else for a harder workout. I would recommend trying to rig something. Even building something from ground level, and having it hang over. They even sell such things, take a look around. They are out there.

My friend bought one of these here.

[da_mill]

Hi,

Just looking for some advice really as looking online hasn't seem to have given me much information - I currently do Muay Thai... I would like a freestanding punch bag for use at home. I know the ideal would be to get one with chains, but I cannot install it in my house (no space, living in my parents house) plus over the next couple of years I intend to move out - therefore I can't wait that long to get a proper punch bag, but then again I'd like to buy the best one I can now so hopefully it'll last a while..

So... Any opinion differences between slam man (human body style) or proper punchbag style...

I want to kick it. and if possible kick it often for shini conditioning etc... But also punch it... Lol.

Would a slam man style one be kickable, and would it be any good for my shins.

Do they fall over all the time lol :\ And obviously, can it take a beating. lol. Sorry bout the cross post to here and muay thai forum, trying to get as many ideas as possible... Thanks.