Comments on: Summer-ify Your Gear – Part I: Wash your Sleeping Bag http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/summer-ify-your-gear-part-i-wash-your-sleeping-bag/ Gear Articles for Gearheads Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jerry Jones http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/summer-ify-your-gear-part-i-wash-your-sleeping-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-134218 Jerry Jones Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:45:40 +0000 http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=3037#comment-134218 I wish I could agree with the suggestion to wash a down sleeping bag in a commercial front-loading machine. However, I tried this with a Trailwise Norland goose down bag -- a real gem -- and it tore the baffling inside to pieces. There is no way I would recommend using a front-loading washing machine for that purpose. Hand wash only. I wish I could agree with the suggestion to wash a down sleeping bag in a commercial front-loading machine. However, I tried this with a Trailwise Norland goose down bag — a real gem — and it tore the baffling inside to pieces.

There is no way I would recommend using a front-loading washing machine for that purpose.

Hand wash only.

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]]> By: Summer Camping Equipment Overhaul | GyroKumpass http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/summer-ify-your-gear-part-i-wash-your-sleeping-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-2280 Summer Camping Equipment Overhaul | GyroKumpass Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:42:46 +0000 http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=3037#comment-2280 [...] Washing your sleeping bag: “Natural oils and dirt from grimy hiking pollute the down and make it lose its natural loft.” [...] [...] Washing your sleeping bag: “Natural oils and dirt from grimy hiking pollute the down and make it lose its natural loft.” [...]

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]]> By: Kate Showalter http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/summer-ify-your-gear-part-i-wash-your-sleeping-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 Kate Showalter Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:53:50 +0000 http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=3037#comment-2189 I think the reason for drying it (with tennis balls) is to prevent the down from clumping, because clumped-up down leaves large un-insulated pockets where cold air can get through (making the bag useless, really). I guess if you can find a way to get the down to de-clump without drying, you'd be fine. But I think it'd be really labor-intensive. Like, I'm imagining having to knead the bag or bat the clumps with a racket for hours and hours ... I think the reason for drying it (with tennis balls) is to prevent the down from clumping, because clumped-up down leaves large un-insulated pockets where cold air can get through (making the bag useless, really). I guess if you can find a way to get the down to de-clump without drying, you’d be fine. But I think it’d be really labor-intensive. Like, I’m imagining having to knead the bag or bat the clumps with a racket for hours and hours …

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]]> By: Ben http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/summer-ify-your-gear-part-i-wash-your-sleeping-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-2060 Ben Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:52:25 +0000 http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=3037#comment-2060 Usually I wash my sleeping bags at the laundry-mat as I don't have a front-loader. I would like to wash my bag at my house but we don't have a dryer (we hang dry everything). Is it still possible to wash my bag at home and dry it by some other means or does the sleeping bag really need to be dried via a dryer? Usually I wash my sleeping bags at the laundry-mat as I don’t have a front-loader. I would like to wash my bag at my house but we don’t have a dryer (we hang dry everything). Is it still possible to wash my bag at home and dry it by some other means or does the sleeping bag really need to be dried via a dryer?

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