Nox AT10 Competition XL Compact Padel Bag

Padel Nuestro's UK listing describes a side-opening main compartment for up to four rackets and your clothes, a round ThermoTech pod for a tube of balls or a bottle, a ventilated shoe compartment, a side compartment for your phone and bits, and a laundry bag. The base is rigid, and the handles detach so it can go on your back.

The same listing's intro claims room for seven rackets, which its own description doesn't support. We go with four. Seven rackets and a pair of shoes in 80 litres would be a very tight squeeze.

Here's the thing to know before you buy. The AT10 version's thermal lining is in the round pod, for balls or a bottle, not around the rackets. Lamperti's ML10 Competition XL Compact is the same size and adds a thermal section for three rackets. If you leave your bag in a hot car, that's a real difference.

Racket cores are EVA foam, which every brand tells you to keep out of the heat. If you can't avoid the car boot in summer, buy the ML10 version or Tapia's bigger AT10 XXL, which has a thermal racket section.

Tapia's range runs from the slim 42-litre AT10 Team bag to the 90-litre XXL. The XL Compact sits just below the XXL on capacity but is 10 cm shorter. The AT10 Competition Trolley is the same length with 20 fewer litres, in exchange for wheels.

Players who bring two or three rackets, shoes and a full change to every session, and who drive to the club. Our padel bags page covers the other types if you're not sure how big to go.

Tapia's own racket, the Genius 18K Alum 2027, is the obvious match. Put a tube of Nox Pro Titanium in the thermal pod, spare wraps from our padel grips range in the side compartment and a pair of padel shoes in the shoe pocket. If you're still choosing the racket, see every padel racket we list or read how to choose a padel racket.