If you play through autumn and winter, your bag needs to keep your clubs, grips, gloves and phone dry. Big Max makes two kinds of wet-weather bag, and the difference matters:
If you’re out in heavy rain week after week, choose Aqua. If you mostly dodge the worst weather and want the lightest, best-value bag, Dri Lite will do the job, especially with its rain hood on.
| Big Max Aqua | Big Max Dri Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Whole bag | 100% waterproof | Water resistant |
| Seams | Sealed | Not sealed (zips and valuables pockets are) |
| Valuables pockets | Waterproof | Waterproof |
| Rain hood | Included | Included on most models |
| Best for | Regular winter golf in the rain | Showers, the range and mixed weather |
Our best-selling waterproof cart bag. It’s 100% waterproof and weighs just 2.8kg, with a 14-way divider, 11 pockets including 6 valuables pockets, an oversize cooler pocket that takes two bottles, and a dedicated pocket for the rain hood or a trolley battery. A good choice if you push or pull a trolley all winter.
Two bags in one: a stand bag you can carry, with a base and 14-way top that sit happily on a trolley. Waterproof material, waterproof zips and every seam sealed, plus 7 waterproof pockets and an XL cooler pocket. Ideal if you carry in summer and use a trolley when the ground gets heavy.
Shop the Big Max Aqua Hybrid 4
A lightweight carry bag made from 100% waterproof material, weighing 2.0kg, with a 7-way top and seam-sealed waterproof pockets.
Big Max calls this the ideal winter bag for golfers who walk. It has an oversized 4-way “winter top” with room for gloved hands and wet grips, seam-sealed waterproof pockets, a cooler pocket with a drainage outlet, and a hidden compartment for the rain hood behind the back padding. It’s the most affordable way into the Aqua range.
Our best-selling Big Max bag. It’s built from nylon and Soft Guard PU, with waterproof materials, seam-sealed zips and two waterproof soft-touch valuables pockets. It has 11 pockets in all, a 14-way “silent” organiser that stops your clubs rattling, an oversize cooler pocket, a separate umbrella holder and a rain hood. Not fully seam sealed, so keep the rain hood on in a downpour.
A water-resistant hybrid that works as a carry bag or on a trolley, with a 14-way top, 8 pockets, an oversize cooler pocket, detachable straps and a rain hood.
Shop the Big Max Dri Lite Hybrid Tour 2
A lighter-priced cart bag with a 14-way organiser, 9 pockets, a cooler pocket, an umbrella holder and a rain hood.
Shop the Big Max Dri Lite Tour 2
A light 4-way carry bag for a quick nine or a trip to the range, with waterproof valuables pockets, a cooler pocket that takes two bottles, an umbrella holder and an integrated rain hood.
Shop the Big Max Dri Lite Seven G
A bag is only half of it. The Big Max Aqua UV XL umbrella (£39.99) is one of our most popular winter add-ons, and a Big Max umbrella holder (£19.99) keeps it on your trolley so your hands are free. For more on choosing between cart and stand bags, see our golf bag guide, or browse all our waterproof golf bags.
They’re water resistant. Dri Lite bags use waterproof materials and zips and have fully waterproof valuables pockets, but the seams aren’t sealed, so they’re not 100% waterproof like the Aqua range.
Yes. Big Max seals the seams on its Aqua bags as well as using waterproof material and zips, which makes them 100% waterproof.
All the Aqua and Dri Lite bags in this guide come with a rain hood.
A waterproof bag keeps water out completely, including through the seams. A water-resistant bag sheds rain and copes with showers, but water can get in through unsealed seams in sustained heavy rain.
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