Two pockets less for a waterproof bag......in my opinion, it is a no brainier....with respect.....depending on how much you want to carry in your bag......outline what you actually need, then make you choice from that......keeping your equipment dry should be your number one priority.......cheers, enjoy your new bag whatever choice you make.....

My back up carry bag (I keep in the trunk (in case I forget to charge the battery for my "R2D2" electric pushcart) and it's a Stay-Dry bag, with the sealed zippers etc. If you're someone who is never going to even head to the course if there's rumor of rain, or have to play in a tourney, then why worry about the Stay-Dry. But if not, like Chuck said, it's worth keeping the equipment dry, especially the grips down the bottom of the bag with you do get stuck. But look at it this way, you can't go wrong with either.

I just bought the Stay-Dry bag, changing from a mid size staff bag after much consideration. I love the look and feel of staff bags but after too long playing on golf carts - was getting annoyed that clubs were facing the wrong way in a staff bag on a cart and key pockets were facing inside ! A simple fix could have been to re-arrange the golf club order but the bag cover wouldn’t be align properly with drivers / woods and still have the issue of the strap facing outwards on the cart. Certainly there is a big difference in storage with the cart bags having less than staff bags which might be a good thing as the extra storage was just duplicating contents.

The big difference for me between the Stay-Dry and Cart 14 is that the Cart 14 has a magnetic closing valuables pocket which I think is more practical and easier to accessing wallets and phones etc. Though living in the tropics - being waterproof with the Stay Dry is more beneficial.

TITLEIST WISH LIST : Nevertheless I wish Titleist would develop a staff style cart bag with 5 cuff (drivers / woods facing back including shoulder strap on same side) and an integrated putter well. The sport cart bag still does function as well as a real cart bag and does not include an integrated umbrella well.

I just bought the Stay-Dry bag, changing from a mid size staff bag after much consideration. I love the look and feel of staff bags but after too long playing on golf carts - was getting annoyed that clubs were facing the wrong way in a staff bag on a cart and key pockets were facing inside ! A simple fix could have been to re-arrange the golf club order but the bag cover wouldn’t be align properly with drivers / woods and still have the issue of the strap facing outwards on the cart. Certainly there is a big difference in storage with the cart bags having less than staff bags which might be a good thing as the extra storage was just duplicating contents.

The big difference for me between the Stay-Dry and Cart 14 is that the Cart 14 has a magnetic closing valuables pocket which I think is more practical and easier to accessing wallets and phones etc. Though living in the tropics - being waterproof with the Stay Dry is more beneficial.

TITLEIST WISH LIST : Nevertheless I wish Titleist would develop a staff style cart bag with 5 cuff (drivers / woods facing back including shoulder strap on same side) and an integrated putter well. The sport cart bag still does not function as well as a real cart bag and does not include an integrated umbrella well.