Hercules Duffel Foam Insert

The foam insert works great. After using an electric knife to make cut I put on a few coats of spray plasti dip to firm up edges. Its great when going to training and staying in a hotel you're not advertising what you have by carrying a separate and obvious “tool” bag.
This bag is great. I use it for a week trip and have room left over. Wheels are stout and roll smooth. The full dimension (LxW) bottom compartment allows for a bulkier item like a coat or get the foam insert and cut out for tools. Another feature I like is the ability to lock every zipper. I just discovered the built in stowable rain/dust cover also. I could realistically pack for a month+, my wife might be able to pack for a three day weekend.

In my opinion this bag would be greatly improved if there were compression straps just for the flip portion of the bag. When you fill this thing up the top portion is pretty unwieldy when you want to access the lower hard case especially since you have to undo the compression straps. Possibly adding interior compression/rention straps would be the best idea since it would also provide some rigidity to the duffle portion. We use this bag as an all inclusive 2 person three gun shoot bag and it holds everything we needed except for the shotguns themselves.

The foam insert is very dense and excellent for designing layouts. Holds all items securely yet malleable for extraction.

I travel a lot and this Hercules Duffel bag is perfect - quality constructed material and adaptable organization is right on the money. I’m glad I bought it and have received compliments.

I added the foam to my duffle to help protect smaller firearms and it’s working great! I can’t wait to organize it with items for an upcoming mountain hunting trip and fit everything in the bag. A great setup that will last me forever!

Easy to shape and snug

The foam insert is open cell foam. Personal experience with open cell foam is it collects moisture. If you don’t pay close attention to it, you can end up with a weapon with surface rust.
Closed cell foam is a lot better option, more rigid and holds the weapon better. Again, this is my own personal experience with open cell foam in areas where you have extreme temperature changes.
Open cell foam is really soft and pliable. If the bag or case takes a hard hit the foam will allow the weapon to move around, you can look at that as a good thing or bad thing. If you have multiple pieces of equipment cut out in the foam, the equipment can actually make contact with each other when a hard impact strikes the bag or equipment or worse, if you fly, they bag handlers handling the bag are not careful. I have personal seen bags thrown several feet onto the bag cart when offloading the aircraft. I was traveling with a rifle and watched a baggage handler throw my case over 3 feet onto the cart then walk over and stand on my case to put additional bags onto the cart. Without the closed cell foam, my rifle and additional equipment might have been damaged.