I’m always looking for a golf stand bag that has a good mix of features and functionality, to carry my golf clubs around. Sometimes achieving this balance is not an easy thing to accomplish, and you end up with a stand bag that either has too many features, gimmicky, or not very functional. This is about to change with Ogio’s Edge golf stand bag, which offers a perfect blend of features and functionality.
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- Ogio Edge Stand Bag
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- Ogio Edge Stand Bag 9″ Woode Top
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- Ogio Edge Stand Bag Rain Hood
The Edge is OGIO’s answer to a hybrid, living somewhere between a tricked-out stand bag and a lightweight cart bag. The sleek, external-framed bag weighs only 6.5 lbs and is 36.5″ tall with its new lighweight exo skeletal frame make this a very sturdy bag. The exo skeletal frame of the Edge reminded me of how a camping tent is supported with the tension poles that create a canopy of a tent.
Key Bag Features
The Ogio Edge features the new ARC Lite stand system – increasing strength while providing greater functionality than a normal stand system. The bag does a great job of supporting its self on uneven surfaces on the golf course and the legs activate very smoothly.
The 9″ Woode top of the of the bag helps keeps your clubs easily organized and easy access to clubs with its full length dividers. The entire woods section is nicely isolated to one side with individual compartments for each wood that cascade down. The tiered woods section also helps prevent club shaft damage and provides easy access and clear view of your irons and woods. The irons section of the bag has notches so each shaft is kept separate when the stand is activated. The notches don’t prevent the irons from hitting against each other when you carry the bag, but it does help with keeping your irons organized. The putter pocket provides has a nice tall collar to protect your putter from damaging your irons and woods. You can easily carry a large mallet putter without having to worry it will rub against your irons or woods, which is comforting.
The Ball Silo is a molded plastic ball dispenser located on the right side of the Edge, which provides quick and easy access to golf balls. This is a nice little feature that makes grabbing a golf ball very convenient and you no longer have to keep an extra ball in you pocket. Directly above the Ball Silo, there are three loops to carry those extra golf tees, which also your leg from getting stabbed by a tee by accident.
If you need more golf balls or need to refill the Ball Silo, that couldn’t be any easier with the convenience of the Zipperless Ball Pocket (ZBP). The Zipperless Ball Pocket is a hingeless, one-handed ball pocket that utilizes a tension rod to easily access the pocket’s contents and automatically springs back into place after a ball has been removed. No more wasting time zipping and unzipping the ball pocket of the bag and its location on the front of the bag makes for easy access when the bag is strapped onto a golf driving cart or push cart.
One of my biggest complaints about golf bags is the rain hood. The rain hood is meant to protect your clubs from getting wet when it rains, but it fails to make it easy to access your clubs, via the standard zippered opening on top. This is one area that is greatly improved upon in the Ogio Edge with The Rain Hoode. The Rain Hoode, is a zipperless rain hood that works seamlessly by attaching to the integrated clip ports and providing instant and hassle-free access to your golf clubs. The Rain Hoode creates a canopy, utilizing the same tension rods used in the Zipplerless Ball Pocket to give it a Venus Fly Trap appearance when you open the mouth of the Rain Hoode and it automatically snaps back to close to protect your clubs. I loved this feature a lot, because not only is it easy to use, but it makes accessing your clubs really easy. I’m glad to see Ogio take the lead in improving and often overlooked aspect of a golf stand bags.
The TORQ Strap anti-sway cart strap is designed to make sure your bag doesn’t twist or or rotate when attached to a golf driving cart and can be easily adjusted. If your walking with the Ogio Edge bag, the Crossbow shoulder strap system is well padded and distributes the weight evenly across your back. The EVA molded hip pad and airflow system also provides comfort while carrying the bag on warm days and comfort to your lower back and hip.
Other Key Features
The Edge has 9 pockets total (5 zippered) which include a internal wet/dry pocket, weatherproof fleece lined valuables pocket, easy access divot tool and pen sleeve, scorecard and pencil sleeve pockets, internal cellphone pocket, and walking accessible water bottle holster. The Lift Grip integrated trunk handle makes the Ogio Edge easy to load and unload into your car, along with the 3-point molded handle. The Edge also has an elastic oversize towel loop, instead of a traditional d-ring and elastic umbrella containment system.
Overall I found the Ogio Edge to be a great golf stand bag, that has a perfect blend of style, features, and functionality that make it the ultimate stand bag.
Ogio Edge Stand Bag retails for $199
