Ringside Cobra Fitness Reflex Bag - Freestanding Punching Bag

I am not a pro, or am, or even very good so if you are a high level striker, this review probably doesnt help you... This is a great little bag to have fun with and get a good sweat going. its great for finding timing, rhythm, and distance. it also forces you to keep your head moving or your hand up (sometimes both). Its not a heavy bag so don't expect to giving it hail mary's, and its not a speed bag so don't expect to be daping the ice picks. its like a heavier free standing cousin of a double ended bag. originally I had it set up in my living room with weights on the base. that was noisy and unstable. i filled the base with water and moved it to the garage where it performed much better. the only times i have had any stability issues is when i was popping it harder than i really should have. i would guess ive put about about 120 3:30 rounds in on it. I had the graphics rub off on maybe my 60th round and i have to re tighten the pole into the base once out of every maybe 20-25 rounds. the spring, base, and bag itself are all in very good condition. i really have no complaints. one thing that i have been really enjoying is the skill curve on this bag. this bag give opportunities get off some wild off angle punches, fun counters, and interestingly timed combos.

This is a fantastic reflex bag! I've also owned an Everlast reflex bag and I like this one much more. In comparison to the Everlast bag, this one has a much stronger spring so it moves faster and can actually provide some resistance. The shape of the bag also allows you to work on uppercuts, which is harder to do with the Everlast bags. My only complaint is that the fastening mechanism that allows you to set the height of the bag is not very good. If you don't tighten it super tight, the bag will either come flying off in the middle of a workout or it'll slowly slink down in height as it loosens with each hit. This forces you to tighten the fastener so tight that it's inconvenient for a quick adjustment in the middle of a workout and also fastening it super tight damages the post attached to the bag. I had a similar problem with my Everlast bag. Keeping the bag secure required overtightening, which eventually led to the pole getting so heavily dented that the bag lists to one side. So far that doesn't appear to be happening to my Ringside bag, but the pole is starting to get dinged up.

Good quality product, stable and firm enough to do the job. Great workout equipment for cardio and beginner boxing. One problem is with the fill hole, too small to fill without spilling. Best fill in is with combo sand and water. You don't need to overfill, base is stable and wide to keep it steady during workout. Other issue is, I had to drill a small hole at the bottom to keep the spring from coming out of the socket and screw it in place a small machine screw. Reflex bag itself can take the hit, the spring is quite sturdy and strong to give it a good bounce. I would recommend a buy for the money.

I was looking online for a cobra bag and wanted a fast one, i learned soon enough that u had to spend at least 150$+ so i tried looking for cheaper options and saw products like the everlast reflex bag, i saw a video on it and it seemed too slow so i kept looking and found this one, this one is a faster more sturdier version. You can hit it and it will definitely bounce back fast, you can do enough oh a combination, sometimes if u hit it hard enough it will give you a second to react but over all it’s a great product. Easy to assemble everything is pretty self explanatory and the punching bag feels great to hit, very satisfying i love it and 100% recommend for the price definitely the best one if your budget is 100$ and below.

This thing is amazing, you will get tired but want to keep going because it is so fun. You can work on all types of punches with it and since my accuracy is terrible It was flying all over the place which was fine because I could work on right and left hooks. At first I was missing badly when the bag was going side to side then I learned I could use hooks for that and it was remedied. I had no issues with the stability it stayed right where I put it but BE CAREFUL because this thing has some snap to it and WILL knock you out. Absolutely amazing 5 stars.

I loved it at first, the ball at the top had a head-like weight to it and was nice, until a few days later the ringside logo came off easily after a few straights & jabs. I ignore that, cause its just a logo right? It doesn't affect much, but here we are now after hitting the bag for about a month and a half the bag is developing rips towards the bottom of itself due to taking punches like it's job is supposed to do. It's obviously a cheaper material because it couldn't handle my strikes and I took it pretty light on this reflex bag. Hopefully looking forward to a refund or replacement bag that's more durable and not going to deteriorate when performing the action it's supposed to. And if you're looking for a bag to combo on?, This is NOT the one the spring is too low towards the bottom so it's more of a stick and move/wait. (Little update on the last picture with the ball off: So it had one more strike left before it broke. I hit it one time since making this review and it's completely done. I'll for sure be expecting a refund.)

Edit: Aug 11th '23 .. I love this thing now that it's set up. Very good for reflexes and positioning to duck, slip, weave, block and counter return shots 🥊 I got home around 7:30pm and it's 12:15 am and I'm still trying to fill the base with sand. 😠 Whatever engineer designed this base needs to be FIRED! They should have left enough clearance so that sand can easily fill the base. I am extremely frustrated I haven't even gotten to use the bag yet. I may come back to update the rest of the review after I finally get sand into the base ... from my understanding the base needs to have about 50 pounds of sand and I've only gotten 25 pounds of sand in the bag after 5 hours. Whoever designed this base should have tried to fill it with sand themselves before putting a stamp on this design and mass producing this design.

Bag was amazing for the first couple of months, after about 4 months it started ripping from the bottom. I tried everything to fix it, from super glue to duct tape, but now the bag comes completely off. Maybe i hit it with too many hard shots but thought ringside was a good quality and long lasting brand.

It's not fast enough. More designed for absolute beginners. The spring should be in the middle not the bottom. If you want to practice your reflexes this will not do you any good as the reflexes required to use this bag is somewhat of the same level as a drunk man in his 90s.

Llego hace unos días ya y la he usado seguido. Armarla fue muy sencillo y la base la llene de agua y hasta ahora no he tenido problemas con eso. El único detalle que le note fue que los logos se le despegan muy fácilmente, pero fuera de eso todo bien. Recomendable para hacer Cardio porque en sí no es muy rápida y tampoco se le puede dar con mucha fuerza.

Brilliant product - well made.

Product is easy to assemble and came quickly. However, after three/four months of use the head ruptured and caused a lot of mess and will soon come off leaving use the pole exposed and nothing to punch. EDIT: I reached out to Amazon and they provided me the contact information of the Manufacture. I got a hold of them through online text, and sent them the order details/invoice and photos and they sent me a replacement, no questions/difficulty at all. Wonderful customer service. I'll continue to train!! Highly recommend. You’ll see the photo of the old and the new parts.

Holding up well, instructions for assembly of limited use, though pieces go together okay. Sand used, not as much as required as I'm not a guy the base has been steady no movement. Bag holding up, good response to combinations and accomplishes the aim of practising boxing skills, not kill the bag.