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31 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Great 4 karate and work outs Jul 02, 2009
By Mark R.
I bought this for my 9yrs old son to use for karate and kickboxing. Works better then I thought it would. I hit it with all of my force and won't move an inch. The pad is strong and absorbs kicks and punches well. The only complain I have is the hole to put in the sand in is a little small. It took an hour to fill; but once filled its great. You can adjust the height so if I use it to exercise it won't be too small. This is a great punching bag. I highly recommend it.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Sturdy and works well Feb 17, 2010
By Leanne
I've only had this for about three months, so I'll try to remember to update my review after I've had it a bit longer. In the time that I've had it, though, I think it works great!
I'm not into martial arts seriously, and I bought this just so I could do my at-home kickboxing and boxing workout DVD's. (As a point of reference, I use boxing workouts from people like Cathe Friedrich, Amy Bento, and Michael Olajide.) For these workouts, it's been perfect. It adds a whole different level of intensity to your workouts. If you're stronger and more serious with your workouts, my understanding is that the Wavemaster XXL bag will be better. My husband, for instance, is a black belt in kung fu and is about 180 pounds, and the few times he's used this bag, he found it to be too light for him.
I also decided to pick up this bag as opposed to the regular Century Wavemaster since it seems to have a longer red or blue padded area, and, in fact, that is the case. Since I have terrible flexibility, can't kick that high, and am only 5'4", I wanted to be sure that I had a bag that would allow me to kick it without hurting myself, and this bag definitely fits the bill. Since the padded area is long, I can kick it and not have to worry about accidentally kicking the black base or hurting myself on it.
Another nice feature is that you can fill this with water or sand. I used a pitcher and the bathtub to fill it up, and it only took about 20 minutes to do so.
One negative is that I find that it does move when I use it. I've tried placing a yoga mat underneath and that helps a bit, but generally I just punch it in one direction, then punch it back into place going the other direction. It hasn't been an issue for me at all.
I also got the red color, which is a fun, bright color to have in my workout space.
Overall, a fun purchase. It's solid and well-built, and I can tell that it will last for years to come since, after using it weekly for the last few months, it still looks brand new.
22 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Love this Jun 05, 2010
By D. Weber
This was just what I was looking for for at home workouts. I am only 5'3" and 115lbs. With the base filled with sand, it barely moves when I kick it. A larger person would probably have much more trouble with movement.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Wish it didn't move Jan 27, 2008
By Bob Smith
"Bob"
My 18 year old son who is using this is not a big guy but no matter what we've tried , the punching bag still moves more than we thought it would.
It serves its purpose but we didn't not expect so much movement.
46 of 58 found the following review helpful:
If I hit this is it considered Domestic Abuse? Dec 22, 2009
By SeaBear70
Ok, on the one hand, the product does what it says, does it rather well, and arrived quickly and I can't complain about the price, product, or shipping. It's big, it's heavy, It's stable, it didn't break my hands, feet, knees, or elbows when I pounded the snot out of it It also survived a beating that would make a pro wrestler whimper like a scalded puppy.
That being said...
There are three available colors Red, Blue, and Black. Gentlemen, contrary to all possible logic, the black one is the ladies model. maybe my monitor is a little off, but what looked like an off white graphic is actually a very pink, very feminine decal that is never ever coming out of the fabric.
So, I had this thing delivered to my workplace, and I'm thinking, cool, Christmas is here, when I see the large round box in the office. As I'm opening it up to show the people I work with my new prize, what do I manage to see first? The Big pink decal.
I work with a combination of extremely liberal women and current and ex military men. I don't know which was worse, the Women calling it cute and telling me that it's so great that I can use it to work out my emotions, or the Men pointing out that I now have a giant pink and black phallic symbol in my home.
So I took it home, quickly to avoid any further proof that I had the gayest heavy bag on the market short of hiring a male prostitute for the express purpose of slapping him around, and set it up.
According to the instructions, you need a garden hose to fill the base with water. This is probably the best method, but as I did not have a garden hose handy, I made a funnel out of a 2 liter bottle. it fits perfectly, and if you do it right, you can get some good cardio going filling it from a popcorn bowl. Just fill it from a sink on the other side of the house and run to fill it.
This should take about 72 hours to complete successfully, but the bright side is that if you avoid snacking you will have already gotten more benefit out of the heavy bag than most people ever get out of a Nordic track.
After you pass out from low blood sugar and come round, remember to put the cap back on the fill spout this is important because odds are you didn't fill it properly the first time and are going to knock it over.
So, after you put out the fire from the space heater, then fill the base up completely, and remember to put the cap back on the fill hole, no more than another 72 hours later, you should be ready to punch this thing.
Now, despite appearances, it is not going to lisp, "Stop It!" at you when you hit it. In fact if you are not used to freestanding heavy bags, odds are you are either going to hurt yourself or knock it over. If you knock it over, step back further, because you are getting too much penetration from your swings. (as a side note, I can't believe I'm talking about a giant pink and black phallus and then mentioned penetration from swings)
If you hurt yourself, get a new popcorn bowl and a netflix subscription, trust me there is nowhere to go but down from there.
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