Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack vs Revelate Designs MagTank 2000

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

The short answer

The Racing Top Tube Pack takes weight and price; the MagTank 2000 takes capacity 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

0.7L more in the MagTank 2000
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
0.7L
Revelate Designs MagTank 2000
1.4L

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

92g lighter on the Racing Top Tube Pack
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
55g
Revelate Designs MagTank 2000
147g

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

$15 between them
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
$55
Revelate Designs MagTank 2000
$70

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Per litre

$28.57 per litre between them
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
$78.57
Revelate Designs MagTank 2000
$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 Top Tube PackRevelate Designs MagTank 2000
Capacity0.7L1.4L
Weight55g147g
Price$55$70
Per litre$78.57$50.00
Apidura
Racing Top Tube Pack
$55 · 55g
Revelate Designs
MagTank 2000
$70 · 147g

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