Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack vs Revelate Designs Ranger Frame Bag

Two frame bags, measured against each other on the figures that decide whether they work on a bike.

The short answer

The Revelate Designs Ranger Frame Bag is ahead on how many frames it fits, weight and price. Nothing measured here goes the other way.

Assembled from the differences below rather than written over them. Every figure is a published measurement or computed from one — nobody here has used either one.

Where they differ

3 of the 3 things we can measure come out differently.

Frames it fits

6 percentage points, 18 more frame sizes for the Ranger Frame Bag
Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack
314 of 347 sizes — 90%
Revelate Designs Ranger Frame Bag
332 of 347 sizes — 96%

Checked against every current bike size we hold published geometry for, using the maker's stated minimum seat tube and top tube plus front-triangle area so sloping frames are not wrongly excluded. No bag maker can publish this, because they do not hold the frame data.

Weight

80g lighter on the Ranger Frame Bag
Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack
310g
Revelate Designs Ranger Frame Bag
230g

Empty weight as published. Worth holding against capacity rather than alone — the lighter bag is not the better one if it carries a third less.

Price

$20 between them
Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack
$175
Revelate Designs Ranger Frame Bag
$155

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Apidura Expedition Full Frame PackRevelate Designs Ranger Frame Bag
Frames it fits314 of 347 sizes — 90%332 of 347 sizes — 96%
Weight310g230g
Price$175$155
Apidura
Expedition Full Frame Pack
$175 · 310g
Revelate Designs
Ranger Frame Bag
$155 · 230g

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