Revelate Designs Egress Pocket vs Rockgeist Horton Front Pouch

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

The short answer

The Egress Pocket takes bar width; the Horton Front Pouch 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

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

Width across the ends

5.1cm narrower on the Egress Pocket
Revelate Designs Egress Pocket
24.1cm — needs a 30.1cm bar
Rockgeist Horton Front Pouch
29.2cm — needs a 35.2cm 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

100g lighter on the Horton Front Pouch
Revelate Designs Egress Pocket
284g
Rockgeist Horton Front Pouch
184g

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

$40 between them
Revelate Designs Egress Pocket
$135
Rockgeist Horton Front Pouch
$95

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Revelate Designs Egress PocketRockgeist Horton Front Pouch
Width across the ends24.1cm — needs a 30.1cm bar29.2cm — needs a 35.2cm bar
Weight284g184g
Price$135$95
Revelate Designs
Egress Pocket
$135 · 284g
Rockgeist
Horton Front Pouch
$95 · 184g

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