Sand bag vs. Water bag

[PhilM1]

who uses sand bags vs. the water based bags? pros/cons?

[wcnavstar]

I think for my self I like water bags for the feeling, and Sand bags more for the roughness and to build my wrist strength up. However when it comes to conditioning the knuckles I enjoy a traditional Makiwara board.

 

All in all I think each one offers somthing different that can be used to enhance your techniques.

[monkeygirl]

If you're talking about the actual striking surface of the bag being filled with water, that will absorb your hits much better than sand. Hitting sand would be like... punching a beach

 

If you're talking about the plastic base of the bag (like a Century Wavemaster) I'd highly suggest filling them with sand. It may be a little more expensive, and it won't be as easy to remove so that the bags can be moved to a different building. However, those bags have a tendency to leak everywhere...it's much, much easier to sweep up a few grains of sand than to mop up some water.

[karatekid1975]

I agree with Monkeygirl. For the Wavemasters, sand it better. I have B.O.B. that has a similar base to the wavemasters and we filled it with sand. I don't want leakage from water.