Cressi Utila Beach Bag - Large Mesh Bag, Black, 85 LT

I use this bag for daily trips to the beach to go swimming. It takes all my stuff with room to spare. The handle is robust and when used as a backpack the straps are very comfortable. The top opening drawstring is a bit tough to pull closed but that may get easier over time or it could be just be "one of those things". The zip front pocket is handy and I use that for my water bottle and phone. Thumbs up all round from me!

First of all this bag is ENORMOUS, but it squashes down to nothing, so would be ideal to take on a dive trip inside your main luggage then pull out to take the lighter bits of your kit to the boat each day. The main body of the bag is fine mesh, so good for wetsuits and soggy stuff. There is also a large, solid pocket on the front for smaller items or valuables - or maybe things you want to keep dry if you've got a wet wetsuit in the main bag. It is well made, high quality looks durable and is thoughtfully designed for divers or snorkellers. Would easily take a wetsuit, swimsuit, towel, boots, mask and normally sized fins (probably not free dive fins but hardly any bags do).In between dive trips, because it is so huge and made of mesh - it would make a great laundry bag!All in all, a really useful item to add to your beach kit!

The intended use for these is sports wear of course. The premise is a simple one your sports clothing gets taken to the event in this, you change into that sports wear get it wet/dirty/sweaty you perhaps shower and get back into your day clothese and then put the sports kit back in the bag and bring it home. For sealed bags the inside is bound to get muddy or smelly and you have to wash out regularly to maintain hygene. However, with this bag made of strings not only can things breathe and drip which allows them to dry out - but also you can wash this out in a few moments by hosing it down with clean water. Neat idea.Its strong and the mesh is close so if you have small things you need to carry (clips, claps, balls, spare laces etc) they can probably go into this too. Might also be useful for other uses - for example a window cleaner might find it useful for collecting used wet cloths in during a working day.

We live by the sea, and (thanks to the British climate - and being wimps) do a lot of our swimming (and kayaking) in wet suits.So in the past we have had a range of plastic bags etc to transport the wet suits, goggles, kayak shoes, towels and other assorted bits and pieces (not forgetting The Boy's bucket and spades).This new bag is brilliant.It is a LARGE mesh bag with back-pack straps which swallowed a lot of our stuff easily.The water drains through the mesh and there is also a drain hole at the bottom.The mesh is tough and happy to be crashed about on the beach (ours is mostly pebbles and rocky bits rather than sand) - and comes with a built-in bag which you can turn inside-out to store the whole mash bag in a neat small space.Very clever, very useful, very well made

Really useful for the beach and for watersports. Can fit towels and swimming gear and snorkels, flippers and wet suits. Very large capacity, but also folds up neatly for travel and storage. Ideal for activity trips abroad, or just taking all your kit to the beach.

This Cressi mesh bag is technically meant for divers to store all their wet gear - flippers, snorkel, mask, wetsuit etc. It's a strong mesh bag, designed to take all your wet gear and allow water to drip out and wet items to dry off. Having said that it is multi-purpose in practice. It's large, with straps allowing you to carry it on your back like a rucksack, and a solid base so you can put it down on a wet surface (beach, poolside). It's therefore useful as a family bag to carry everything you need to go to the beach - towels, mats, sports equipment etc. You could also use it as a larger, stronger version of the mesh bags swimmers can get to hold all their training gear. The fact that it folds up into a small carrying bag when not in use is an added bonus. My son is using it for all his swimming gear - he likes the fact it can be carried like a rucksack (most of the swimming equivalents have to be carried by the drawstrings), and that it has more space. The extra pocket on the front which is solid rather than mesh is also useful for carrying smaller items, or anything you want to keep dry. The bag seems much stronger than previous ones we have tried - we get through swimming mesh bags (admittedly the smaller swimming versions are much cheaper!) at the rate of one a year, as they gradually rot from exposure to chlorine and general use, developing holes. Whether this bag is good value for money given how much more expensive it is than a basic mesh bag will largely depend on how long it lasts...the jury is still out on that, but it does look promising so far.It's not cheap - if you just want a mesh bag for the poolside, or to carry a few items to the beach, there are cheaper options that will be fine for your needs. But for a serious diver, or someone looking for a bag for regular use that is larger or will last that bit longer (or for the advantage of being able to carry it like a rucksack) this is ideal.

This mesh bag is perfect for scuba gear - it fits pretty much everything apart from find. When not in use, it folds into a small top-handle pouch and doesn't take a lot of room in the suitcase. If you travel with your own scuba gear, this bag is a must have. It comes handy for going to the beach in general - for toys, snorkel etc but in the latter case you don't need something quite as durable or expensive.

Really good sized dive bag that easily holds flippers and the rest of your dive gear. Comfortable straps are well padded and it can be carried rucksack style. Good strong drawstring and also liked the storage bag that you can fold the large bag into. Not sure I understand the pricing, but this is a brand that the whole family loves, the quality has always been great with every Cressi product we have so I guess that is why. Our teen loved this for her PADI course.