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Firstlaw Fitness Wood Beam Heavy Bag Hanger to Mount Punching Bag - With 360 Degree Swivel - Made In The USA!Ringside Heavy Bag SpringSummary: Great bag if you are okay with a long wait.Shipping-I ordered this bag on 5-19-18. It arrived 6-8-18. When I bought it, it initially gave the dates 5-25-18 through 6-4-18 as the estimated time of arrival. I sent an order inquiry on 6-4-18 to see if it was on the way, since a packing slip was created on 5-20-18 for it. I got a response addressed to "chris" that they would put it in the mail that day. After my inquiry, it was dropped off at the post office and finally on its way. I found it at my doorstep on 6-8-18. This part was disappointing and I can't help but wonder if I could've gotten it sooner if I checked in with them sooner. This is primarily the reason for losing a star, as the bag itself is pretty great.It came inside of a protective bag that is made of a similar material to the bag itself. Someone that's industrious may want to just sew on some mounting straps and stuff the cover for an instant backup bag. I'm thinking of just stuffing it and using it as a ground-bag for workouts and ground-and-pound stuff. It served its purpose and the punching bag came out completely blemish free. It's a really nice touch.Mounting-I have a low ceiling in my basement, so it's a bit lower than it should be, but it still works. I used a firstlaw fitness swivel mount, bolted to a flooring joist, and a ringside 7" bag spring. I like this combination, since the spring gives it motion to work on footwork around the bag, and essentially removes all shock throughout the house. The only drawback is being low enough to move a lot for the punches. it's great for body-kicks/hooks though.I love the built-in straps. Not having to mess around with chains makes this very quick and easy to toss up and bring down whenever I need to. Using an anchor-shackle allows for the two heavy-duty steel hangers of the bag to sit nicely side-by-side without grinding them into each other, like they would with a carabiner. The straps are sewn in to a circular reinforcement band that runs the circumference of the bag and results in a very strong bag. I have 100% confidence that the straps won't rip free with time.The bag-The bag itself is great for MMA stuff. I've kicked a lot of bags, and it is very frustrating to suddenly "find" a ziplock bag of sand hidden within the stuffing fabric of some other manufacturers. It's also frustrating to deal with a bag that's got a rock-hard bottom, but squishy middle. This bag is very uniform and hasn't settled in the month I've been beating on it. It gets lumpy and doesn't stay cylindrical...but whatever. That's not a big deal. I didn't need to remove any stuffing to be able to immediately start blasting this with thai-kicks. It's in a nice goldilocks zone of neither being too hard nor too soft. I made a slow-mo video of some random kicks, punches, and things so you can see how the bag responds to being struck.If you want a bag that stays put, opt for the d-ring on the bottom, move up to a larger bag, or augment the stuffing to be heavier. This will move around on you at only 100 lbs. Like I mentioned earlier though, bag movement is good for working on range, footwork, defense...etc, so it's a good thing for me.Closing-This has been a great bag. It's uniform, durable, and the built-in hanging straps are awesome. I was very disappointed in how long it took to get to my door, and felt a bit misled by the initial wait time given. If I had to do it again, I'd still go ahead and buy this bag, but I'd do it with the expectation that the ETA will be wildly off. It's like having a doctor that's great at what he/she does, but that has rough bedside manner. I'd much rather have that doctor and fill out a hurt-feelings report than have Dr Sunshine cut out the wrong thing.Kudos to outslayer for producing a quality product. Their workers should be proud of what they make. I just wish they'd improve the time factor to make the entire experience a pleasant one.