Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR vs Revelate Designs Egress Pocket

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

The short answer

The Revelate Designs Egress Pocket is ahead on bar width, 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.

Width across the ends

25.9cm narrower on the Egress Pocket
Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR
50cm — needs a 56cm bar
Revelate Designs Egress Pocket
24.1cm — needs a 30.1cm bar

Bar bags are sold on litres and fitted on width. The figure beside each is the narrowest bar it clears with usable room either side for cables and levers — on drop bars that is what rules a bag in or out.

Weight

92g lighter on the Egress Pocket
Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR
376g
Revelate Designs Egress Pocket
284g

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

$10 between them
Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR
$145
Revelate Designs Egress Pocket
$135

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QRRevelate Designs Egress Pocket
Width across the ends50cm — needs a 56cm bar24.1cm — needs a 30.1cm bar
Weight376g284g
Price$145$135
Ortlieb
Handlebar-Pack QR
$145 · 376g
Revelate Designs
Egress Pocket
$135 · 284g

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