I just received the custom bolt-on frame bag I ordered from Rogue Panda. Right be more they want it out, they sent me an email with pictures that states they had made a mistake and when sewing the daisy chain on the inside, they had seen through the outside, leaving needle holes in the exterior waterproof Xpac laminate. They wanted to know if I wanted them to remake the bag and I said yes. I know they don’t market their bags as waterproof, but bar tacks through the shell certainly make the bag less water-resistant and is not, in my experience, the way even quality water-resistant bags are constructed.
An hour after we agreed they would remake the bag, I got an email that the bag had shipped. I was highly suspicious since it is taking weeks to get the first bag constructed that they would’ve made a brand new bag within an hour.
The fact that I got actually does have more than one bar tack through the the sidewall on both the top part that fits beneath the toptube as well as all round the different tube angles. They now say that this is normal and how they construct their bags.
And maybe it it. So I am asking the community if this is true? Because I paid a lot of money for this bag and I want exactly the quality I paid for that their reputation has earned.
by brother_bart