Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L vs Revelate Designs Gas Tank Top Tube Bag

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

The short answer

The Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L takes capacity; the Gas Tank Top Tube Bag takes weight, price and value per litre. 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

1L more in the Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
2L
Revelate Designs Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
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

140g lighter on the Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
210g
Revelate Designs Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
70g

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

$65 between them
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
$115
Revelate Designs Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
$50

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Per litre

$7.50 per litre between them
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
$57.50
Revelate Designs Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
$50.00

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 Long Top Tube Pack 2LRevelate Designs Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
Capacity2L1L
Weight210g70g
Price$115$50
Per litre$57.50$50.00
Apidura
Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
$115 · 210g
Revelate Designs
Gas Tank Top Tube Bag
$50 · 70g

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