When I went to New York for MLP finals, I took one bag. Not a suitcase and a paddle bag. Just the Selkirk Pro Line 2.0 Duffle, with my clothes for the trip, my tournament gear, my shoes and my paddles all in it. It still looked clean when I walked into the venue, which is more than I can say for me.
I've carried the Pro Line 2.0 Tour backpack and the Duffle for two months. This is the most expensive bag line I've ever seen. The Tour is the better bag, and the Duffle might be my favorite bag to travel with. Let's be serious about the price before we get to the fun part.
My bias up front: I carry more paddles than any one person needs, plus a laptop, and I travel for pickleball. If you play once a week out of your trunk, weigh everything below accordingly.
The Selkirk Pro Line 2.0 price, and why I'd still pay it
There are three bags in the line. The 25-liter Team backpack is $248. The 35-liter Tour backpack is $298. The 45-liter Duffle, the biggest one, is the cheapest at $198. I don't make the price tags.
For context, I couldn't find a bag from any paddle brand that costs more than those two backpacks. A 35-liter Vatic backpack is $79.99. The old Pro Line Tour was $200, so this one went up by about half. The Tour costs 89% of Selkirk's own $333 Boomstik, which is the paddle you've definitely seen at your courts.
Here's how I think about it. You'll go through a few paddles before this bag needs replacing. All three carry Selkirk's limited lifetime warranty against workmanship and manufacturer defects (not wear, read the fine print). On build quality alone, you shouldn't need another bag for five years. If you're like me, you'll buy a new one long before this one's done, and that one's on you.
The Tour 35L backpack: the best ball pocket on any bag I've used
The first thing you notice is the fabric. It has a texture to it, ripstop on the body and a heavier coated base, so setting it down on a damp court isn't a decision.
The main compartment has magnets and a zipper. Zip it and it's secure. Leave it on the magnets and it opens with one hand. It's as locked down or as easy to open as you want it to be, and you get to decide every time you put it down.
The ball pockets are the best thing on this bag. Balls are the one thing everybody needs fast, digging for them through the main compartment is always a pain, and they eat space you'd rather use for something else. Selkirk put magnetic ball pockets on the outside, and I fit eight balls in them.
The side pocket takes my 40-ounce Yeti comfortably, and 40 ounces is about as big a bottle as you need on a court. Selkirk says its 64-ounce bottle fits the Tour too. The top pocket is keys, phone, wallet.
Inside there are four magnetic paddle sleeves and a padded pocket for up to a 16-inch laptop. Owners in Selkirk's reviews have fit a fifth paddle. With the laptop in and every sleeve full, there's still plenty of room in the main compartment for everything else you bring. There's a fence hook so it isn't sitting on the ground, and a strap on the back that slides over your carry-on handle.
Where it lets you down: the shoe pouch
I hate shoe compartments inside a bag. Shoes take up a huge chunk of the space, and if they aren't sealed off, everything else in there starts to smell like your shoes. The Tour's answer is a mesh pouch that hides in a magnetic pocket at the bottom and pulls out to clip on the front, so your shoes ride outside and stay fresh. It's the right idea.
It isn't secure enough. My shoes work loose. I wear a 12.5, which is bigger than most people's, so some of that might be my feet. I'm not the only one, though. Owners in Selkirk's own reviews say their shoes fall out too, one asked for the mesh to be a couple of inches wider, and another says the mesh straps pull on the zipper behind them. A strap across the top would fix it.
The Duffle 45L: my only suitcase for MLP finals
The Duffle is the clean one. It doesn't look like a gym bag, and it carries like a weekend bag that happens to know about paddles. Same fabric, same magnetic top, four paddle sleeves inside, and room for a weekend trip plus everything you'd bring to a tournament. That's how it got to New York.
Shoes go in their own vented chamber inside, so they aren't touching your clothes. Selkirk says it fits up to a men's 14. A few owners with size 12 say it's a squeeze, so if you have big feet, try it before you pack.
It doesn't have a water bottle pocket, a fence hook or a laptop sleeve. It's a travel bag that carries paddles, not a court bag you'll hang on a fence.
One note on flying. Selkirk doesn't call the Duffle carry-on size, and on paper it's 22 x 12.5 x 13 inches, about four inches deeper than the 9-inch limit most US airlines list. The sides are soft and it squishes. Don't stuff it if you plan to put it overhead.
The Team 25L, on paper
I don't have the Team backpack, so this section is Selkirk's spec sheet. It has two paddle sleeves, the same 16-inch laptop pocket, one outside ball pocket, and no shoe storage at all. One owner says that with shoes and paddles inside, the magnetic top won't close. If you carry shoes to the court, skip the Team and get the Tour.
How it stacks up
- vs. Vatic Pro Tour Backpack ($79.99, 35L): same size, $218 less. The Vatic is the answer if you play once a week. The Selkirk is the answer if you're tired of buying the Vatic again.
- vs. CRBN Pro Backpack 2.0 ($149.99): three paddles, a magnetic three-ball pocket, fence hooks and a trolley sleeve for half the price of the Tour. The Tour carries more and the outside pockets hold more balls.
- vs. FORWRD Court Ranger V2 ($195, $168.75 on sale as of Oct 19): this might be my favorite pickleball bag overall, and it's definitely on the small side. It's an everyday carry, not something you pack a weekend into. Same 25 liters as the Team, two paddles, three balls in grab pockets, dual fence hooks, YKK zippers and a lifetime guarantee, for $53 under the Team at full price. The Tour carries twice the paddles and more than twice the balls. If you bring two paddles to the court and nothing else, start with the Court Ranger. If you pack, get the Tour.
- vs. Selkirk Pro Line 1.0 Tour ($200, now $150, sold out): the old Tour held two paddles and kept shoes inside. The 2.0 doubles the paddle sleeves and moves the shoes out. Owners of the 1.0 complained about a cramped shoe compartment, and Selkirk listened, mostly.
Who should buy it
If you play four days a week and carry a laptop, buy the Tour. It's the better bag, and it's the one you buy and stop thinking about.
If you travel to tournaments, buy the Duffle. At $198 it's the cheapest bag in the line, and it's the one I took to New York.
Either way, check stock first. On Oct 19 every Tour color was sold out on selkirk.com, and the Duffle was down to Navy. Buy from selkirk.com or a retailer you know. There's a fake store listing the Tour for $89.40.
If you play once a week and your shoes live in your car, you don't need this bag. I'd still want it. Those aren't the same thing.
How I tested
Two months of carrying the Tour 35L and the Duffle 45L to the courts and on the road, including the Duffle as my only bag for MLP finals in New York. I counted eight balls in the Tour's outside pockets and fit my 40-ounce Yeti in the side pocket. I didn't weigh either bag, and Selkirk doesn't publish a weight, so the rail says so. Every other spec in the rail is Selkirk's, from the product pages on Oct 19, 2026. Owner comments are from the reviews on Selkirk's product pages, 67 of them across the three bags, averaging 4.6 stars. Competitor prices are from each brand's own store on the same day. Code INF-NICOTHELEFTY at selkirk.com earns you Selkirk's referral credit in Bonus Bucks after the order: $20 on the Duffle, $30 on the Tour or the Team. Nothing comes off at checkout.
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