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Lifelongtennis brings you unique reviews of equipment actually purchased and in use<\/em>. In this post we consider the increasingly popular tennis backpack<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tecnifibre<\/strong> Tour Endurance RS Backpack<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Choosing a bag to carry your tennis gear has to be one of the easier choices of kit to support a tennis habit? Right? Wrong! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Type in the words \u2018tennis rucksack\u2019 as a description of the desired item as I did and you will be presented with a seemingly endless range of choices. Firstly you will immediately realise that the correct term is \u2018backpack\u2019. Rucksacks are for hiking in the great outdoors, and going up mountains, not for conveying tennis equipment from home to court. The main difference would appear to be the absence of a huge bold logo on a rucksack. I can only assume lest it scare the wildlife. The internet is such a forgiving place that it overlooks my terminology error and displays a seemingly endless choice of tennis \u2018backpacks\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Though just for accuracy I have on occasion employed a rucksack – a going up mountains type bag – for tennis. In fact it was the use of a rucksack for jogging to tennis, racket in each hand, that first made me consider the need for a proper tennis backpack. As well as the fact that I stood out for being the only player present whose bag lacked a whopping big logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Anyway back to choosing the backpack. All I need do is pick the one I like best, click \u2018add to cart\u2019 then ‘buy now’. In a day or two, three at most the item will be with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That would all be fine, if indeed I did not have the life experience of purchases gone wrong in the past. Still my favourite is my son’s purchase on a discount site of what he expected to be a nice warm coat and instead he received a pair of sunglasses! Oh to be young! A shrug of the shoulders and out he stepped to meet the world in his new shades rather than his coat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What a joy therefore to be able to employ my \u2018tennis nerd\u2019 to such a seemingly simple process.  Tennis nerd has a purpose. If I want the buzz of clicking \u2018buy now\u2019 to be the highlight, then fine. If I want the highlight to be opening the box and finding an item that will then serve for the actual precise purpose I bought it. Then let\u2019s set tennis nerd to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What experience do I actually have of choosing similar items?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Well for the past 10 years or so my tennis bag of choice has been a Babolat full size tennis bag. This has one pocket for three rackets, two side pockets for wallet, keys scorecards etc and a large main compartment into which everything else goes. This would include, shoes, drinks, change of kit and anything else that might be needed for a match. Including at the very bottom of the bag a squashed rotten banana just awaiting that unsuspecting searching hand. The type of bag that could be packed for a week\u2019s holiday.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This large type bag still has its place. However for day to day practice I have decided that walking or jogging to the club is the way to go and therefore something of smaller size would be a better bet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My criteria for a rucksack (let it go nerd, it\u2019s a backpack!) are as follows; <\/p>\n\n\n\n