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Making Your Pipes Easy to Play

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Your three main bag choices are hide, synthetic, and a hide-synthetic hybrid. Hide needs seasoning and regular playing to stay airtight, Gore-Tex is airtight and breathable with no seasoning at all, and a hybrid gives you leather's feel with Gore-Tex's reliability underneath.

A zipper matters if you want to use any kind of moisture control system. Without a zipper you can't get inside the bag to install or service a canister, so if you play a lot or live somewhere humid, a zipper bag gives you far more options.

For most players, a small or extended-small bag is the right size. What matters most is the depth, since that becomes the circumference once the bag is inflated, and a smaller bag lets you tuck it further into your armpit for a tighter, more comfortable package.

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Making Your Pipes Easy to Play

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00:01Hide bags: airtightness, breathability and seasoning,🔒

01:27and bags: airtight Gore-Tex seasoning breathable, no🔒

02:52bag hide-synthetic The hybrid🔒

03:35for matters control zipper a moisture Why🔒

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