Empty the Bass Mafia Body bag zips up and folds down to take up next to no in your boat locker under a truck seat or stuffed in any nook or cranny out of the way until you need it next time Because the material is flexible and strong it shows no sign of wearing out from folding like a lot of bags Ive seen in the pastAnd one reason I have my own weighin bag is because Ive had to jump out of a broke down boat in a tournament and ride back with another competitor and a weighin bag makes it easy to do that especially one this durable and that zips shut