Juany118
Senior Master
From the description there, the pell is esssentially the same thing as either a heavy bag or something like a Wavemaster (not really a bag, but we call it such) - just designed to handle the types of impact it will receive. I'd think a heavy bag with a carpet wrap would be a good pell, with the bonus that you could remove the carpet for empty-hand work.
My only thought was that a Pell would permit a more realistic "feel". When I use the sticks I think the way my Guro has programmed me "sure we can fight with sticks but we are training to fight with swords." A heavy bag might be wide enough that I don't get deep enough into a slash/chop, to have what simulates (as close as I can get with impact) to a proper follow-through. I might be overthinking though, not like it would be the first time I did that around here lol