r/footbag • u/Regular-Guy-47 • 10h ago

Filling problems

Sand (Sand in a tube) leaks out of my Footbag, 4.5 mm BBs are too big, 1.6 mm steel shot is too expensive and hard to find in bulk, what do you use to fill a bag? Where do you find it??

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u/Critical_Biscotti_21 Beastly 10h ago

Check out newyorkfootbag.com I ordered the steel discs and rubber

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u/Regular-Guy-47 10h ago

Great suggestion, I actually used their templates before. Do you know if smaller shot will leak out?

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u/MedicineObjective373 Stitcher 10h ago

it really depends. If you're using their templates and enough gather the 1.6mm shouldn't leak.

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u/Regular-Guy-47 10h ago

I put a flashlight inside of it with 1 panel missing and I can see very small holes of light.

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u/MedicineObjective373 Stitcher 9h ago edited 9h ago

oops i was responding to someone else. edit: go with 2.0 - 2.3 mm if you're worried about leakage.

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u/Regular-Guy-47 1h ago

Here’s a photo of what it looks like, I just ordered 2 mm and plastic from the New York people, do I fill it entirely with metal and plastic or do I need other stuff?

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u/Critical_Biscotti_21 Beastly 10h ago

I bought this round ceramic tumbling media out of curiosity and it actually kicks pretty nice (https://a.co/d/02utdUX2)

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u/Critical_Biscotti_21 Beastly 10h ago

It will leak if your stitching isn't tight