Apidura Racing Frame Pack vs Revelate Designs Joey Downtube Bag 1L

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

The short answer

The Racing Frame Pack takes capacity and value per litre; the Joey Downtube Bag 1L takes weight and price. Which of those you care about depends on the frame you are fitting it to.

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

4 of the 4 things we can measure come out differently.

Capacity

1.4L more in the Racing Frame Pack
Apidura Racing Frame Pack
2.4L
Revelate Designs Joey Downtube Bag 1L
1L

The maker's own figure. Worth reading alongside the dimensions below rather than on its own — two bags of the same litreage can want very different frames.

Weight

37g lighter on the Joey Downtube Bag 1L
Apidura Racing Frame Pack
145g
Revelate Designs Joey Downtube Bag 1L
108g

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

$55 between them
Apidura Racing Frame Pack
$130
Revelate Designs Joey Downtube Bag 1L
$75

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Per litre

$20.83 per litre between them
Apidura Racing Frame Pack
$54.17
Revelate Designs Joey Downtube Bag 1L
$75.00

Price divided by the maker's capacity. A crude measure that still catches the case where the dearer bag is also the bigger one, which the price alone hides.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Apidura Racing Frame PackRevelate Designs Joey Downtube Bag 1L
Capacity2.4L1L
Weight145g108g
Price$130$75
Per litre$54.17$75.00
Apidura
Racing Frame Pack
$130 · 145g
Revelate Designs
Joey Downtube Bag 1L
$75 · 108g

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