Nox ML10 Competition XL Compact Padel Bag

Padel Nuestro's UK listing describes two insulated spaces. One is a thermal compartment big enough for three rackets, or bottles if you'd rather keep drinks cold. The other is a small round pod for a tube of four balls or a bottle. Most bags this size give you only the pod.

It matters more than it sounds. Racket cores are EVA foam, and every brand warns against leaving them somewhere hot. A thermal lining won't make a car boot in July safe all afternoon, but it buys you time between the office and the court.

The main compartment opens at the side and takes four rackets with your clothes. The listing doesn't say whether the three-racket thermal section sits inside that space or beside it, so we'd plan on four rackets in total, with the ones you care about in the thermal section. Shoes go in their own ventilated compartment, damp kit in the dirty-clothes bag, and your phone and keys in the side pockets.

The base is rigid and the handles come off. Padel Nuestro doesn't mention backpack straps, so we won't promise them.

Nox sells this bag in two signature versions. Tapia's 80-litre XL Compact has the same size, the same main compartment, the same ball pod and the same shoe pocket. What it lacks is the thermal racket section. If you keep your bag in the car, buy this one. If you don't, pick the colours you prefer.

Need more length? The AT10 XXL is 10 cm longer and 90 litres, also with thermal space for three rackets. Want wheels? The AT10 Competition Trolley keeps the three-racket thermal section in a 60-litre bag you can roll. The Luxury Master Series is the same 60 litres with room for two rackets in its thermal section.

Club and league players who bring two to four rackets, a change of clothes and shoes, and who drive. The 45 cm depth swallows a lot without the bag getting long enough to fight the boot lid. If that sounds like more than you need, Lamperti's 55-litre ML10 Team bag keeps a thermal section, for two rackets rather than three. Our padel bags page covers smaller and larger options.

The bag matches Lamperti's rackets, such as the round ML10 Ventus Control 3K or the fibreglass ML10 Pro Cup Silver, and either fits in the thermal section. A tube of Nox Nerbo goes in the ball pod, spare wraps from our padel grips range in a side pocket and padel shoes in the vented compartment. Still choosing a racket? See every padel racket or read how to choose a padel racket.