Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 3L vs Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 4L

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

The short answer

The Frame-Pack Toptube 3L takes weight; the Frame-Pack Toptube 4L 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

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

Capacity

1L more in the Frame-Pack Toptube 4L
Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 3L
3L
Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 4L
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

30g lighter on the Frame-Pack Toptube 3L
Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 3L
170g
Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 4L
200g

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.

Per litre

$12.50 per litre between them
Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 3L
$55.00
Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 4L
$42.50

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.

Ortlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 3LOrtlieb Frame-Pack Toptube 4L
Capacity3L4L
Weight170g200g
Price$165$170
Per litre$55.00$42.50
Ortlieb
Frame-Pack Toptube 3L
$165 · 170g
Ortlieb
Frame-Pack Toptube 4L
$170 · 200g

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