I recently purchased the NP Surf Golf bag for travel on the strong recommendation of the staff at Silent Sports in Toronto. They assured me that the bag was bomber.
I post this as a warning to anyone needing a large golf-style travel bag: stay away from the NP Surf. Multiple emails to NP Surf and Silent Sports have gone unanswered. I am not looking for anything but advice on repair, but neither could be bothered...
Anyway, on picking up my bag after its first flight, there is a big wear-hole in the corner. I can stick my thumb through this hole. It doesn't look torn or appear evident that something punctured it. It looks like it was rubbing up against another bag and just wore a big-ass hole right through the material.
For years I've travelled with all kinds of specialized and oddball shaped luggage, and never has anything lasted only one flight...one season of frequent flying maybe, but one trip???
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NP Surf Golf Bag by e6ce1ed65fed96764aed91edabfa0193, on Flickr