Having looked it up on a website, I'd say that it looks like just the job. Make sure that you leave it slightly above soil level as the underground stems of bamboo can come out of the ground and arch over the soil too.

The material would have to be very strong...I believe bamboo shoots have a sharp tip on them. I think I heard once of one spearing its way up through a butyl pond liner!

..and the Chinese used to use fast growing bamboo shoots as a torture to GROW THROUGH the poor wretch who was being tortured!!

Ooooch. Bet that smarted! lol

I'd love to know if root bags work for bamboo - I do have experience of a phyllostachys punching through a tough geotextile used under driveways, so I'm not sure. If you use it, can you let us know if its successful?

Well, if you don't already know Bamboo.... ;-)

The cynic in me doubts its efficiency for restraining bamboo - but I've never tried it!

Root control bags control roots - not bamboo rhizomes.
Even clumping bamboos can start to spread out slowly, to find new ground.
Clumping bamboos can be checked for wandering rhizomes by just pushing a spade fully in the ground around them periodically. If you hit a rhizome, just dig it up then.
We bought our rhizome barrier from Jungle Giants. It is very thick, so is slightly awkward to manipulate - but if you buy thinner stuff, your rhizomes may pierce and grow through it.

I'm hearing reports of a rigid plastic, large, open top and bottom tube or cylinder for just this purpose - I am waiting for the tree specialist who told me about it to get back to me with the name and availability - its used commercially, apparently, and in particular to restrict bamboo (but also other plant roots). Will let you all know if and when I get the details.

I told Sanbaz of the problems I had with a Phyllostachus type of Bamboo ... never again ... it forced its' way through the log roll edging of the raised bed ...pushed the edging over onto the lawn. Eventually, it was removed but ... shock horror ... I'm sure some shoots are in the Zebra grass now. : o ((

Yea, phyllostachys does tend to run.. I'm sticking with Fargesia, thanks!