SKLZ Super Sand Bag

by SKLZ

Product Features

• Athletic training aid for developing explosive power on demand
• Increase your body strength, stability, and endurance
• Comes with four 10-pound weight bags that fit in outer shell
• Zipper enclosure and Velcro reinforcement keeps bags secure
• Swing, lift, or squat sandbag to work upper and lower body

Product Description

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Develop total body strength, stability, and endurance with the Super Sandbag training aid. This versatile training tool allows you to execute countless training exercises that work your upper and lower body. You can swing it, lift it, squat it, stabilize it, and pretty much anything else. With the Super Sandbag, you'll develop explosive power on demand. The Super Sandbag comes with four 10-pound weight bags that fit individually or all together in a durable outer shell equipped with a zipper enclosure and Velcro reinforcement. The removable weight bags serve as soft weights to increase the intensity of any drill or exercise.

Product Description

Develop total body strength, stability and endurance by training with the SKLZ Super Sand bag. This versatile training tool allows you to execute countless training exercises, working your upper and lower body. Train with the Super Sand bag so you can generate explosive power on demand.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0053C3RO6
• Item model number: APD-SB75-02
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #3 in Sports & Outdoors > Exercise & Fitness > Strength Training Equipment > Weights

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SkLZ Super Sand bag review, October 26, 2011

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V. Harper (USA) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this bag, after reading the first (only, at the time) two reviews. So when the Handled bag and inner bags showed up I did the following:
1) filled the bags with dried child play land sand ... the inner yellow bags are very tough and have adequate Velcro to seal them flaps over.
Since the loops of the Velcro are larger than the grains of sand, there would eventually be leakage depending on usage. So I followed the review and used tape to seal each bag after filling and weighting them.
2) 3 full bags fit no problem, 4 fit and its a bit tight ... but they fit.
3) the handles are fantastic and are the reason I selected this bag over four others on Amazon, and the handles did not disappoint.
4) The bag was delivered fast, a day or two before I expected it.

Update: Used this bag for 4 weeks with no change in the bag or leakage. I do not throw or drop the bag but on more than one occasion it had hit the deck harder than planned with no leakage ... i use it with 3 and 4 bags inside. changing them within a workout.
Hope this helps .. I'm glad with this products quality and design.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a 'super' sandbag, more like super sand-faucet, January 26, 2012

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KB reviewer (USA) - See all my reviews

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I am a fitness facility owner, and an experienced personal trainer. I bought this product along with other similar items based on advertised versatility and praising reviews.
This is hopefully the review you need to get the whole story you're looking for; I wish I could have heard what I'm about to share with you...
The other reviews with 4-5 stars must be based on initial impressions/excitement (a flaw in the ratings system overall). This is our experience with the product during the couple weeks of (attempted) use, up to the time we had no choice but to return it. I've been a steady buyer of everything amazon since the late 90s, and I may have made one or two other returns ever.

#1. The individual bags, that are supposed to hold the sand, leak sand steadily. I don't mean one or two of the bags, as if maybe there's a defect- they all leaked sand along every seam of every bag. This is the -seam- of the bag, mind you, not the closure. So I took the idea of contributing reviewers and duct-taped the crap out of it... but it could only hold back the flow of sand for so long. You may be wondering if I must be putting the product through some crazy high-impact routine, but no, it was used basically as a substitute for a bodybar by my clients, a few times, and without any slamming exercises.

#2. I actually UNDERfilled the individual inner bags, yet like other reviewers, we had little success getting all four bags into the outer shell. What makes this product supposedly versatile is ability to change it's weight load. It's time-consuming and impractical, if not impossible, to change the weight during a workout.

#3. The outer shell bag. Take a nice look at the photos provided my the manufacturer. See how the bag looks nice and full, puffy, and solid... well you know how people joke about how fast food burgers look in ads compared with how they look in reality? This is sadly the case here too. Sure, it's a sandbag, but those shots are designed to look deceivingly different than the saggy, lumpy sack which it is. Picture a regular duffel bag with 2 large books in it. A tad more unwieldy than the version the guy in the pic gets to use.

In summary, it's a good idea, but this is a failed prototype- it needs improvement in every area. If SKLZ stands behind their stuff, they will jump on fixing these issues and will probably end up with a good piece of equipment. Right now, you're paying for a heavily flawed beta version.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy with end result, September 14, 2011

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LX - See all my reviews

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The filler bags are empty. A trip to Lowes got me a 50lb bag of sand for $2.44. I filled up the bag with 35lbs since I thought 40 would be a tad too much. The four bags were tough to fit, but after shaking it a bit, they settle down and it was all good.
I also duct taped the ends of the filler bags just to insure that they would remain closed since you are filling them all the way to the top. Not sure if I think this is a good design but I haven't played with it enough, yet, to see if the duct tape idea works.
So far, I love it!