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I couldn't sleep last night and I suddenly had a thought about those pesky vacuum bags that almost always re-inflate coz they puncture. There is a product on the market that simply uses binliners,but this is quite pricey although once bought you only have to buy replacement bin liners so more cost effective than the traditional bags. I came upon the idea that if you took a hair bobble, klip-it (the sort of plastic clip designed to seal sandwich bags etc) and a bin liner it actually works

1)fill your bin liner with bedding/clothing etc but allow enough room for you to be able to twist the top to seal.

2)take a hair bobble and wrap this round the twisted end of the binliner. I doubled up the hair bobble to make it smaller.

3) spread the top of the bin liner open like a flower and place the hose of the vacuum or pump in the opening. The hair bobble should fit snuggly around the vacuum/pump nozzle.

4)suck out the air the same way you would for those pricey vacuum bag and then seal with a klip-it

Alot cheaper, nowhere near as brittle and if you puncture it you haven't thrown £10 down the drain!

And that took me until 1am this morning to think of that but I did go to sleep happy! Who says all I think about is camping????????!!!!!!!!!

Vac bags are a waste of money.  Wife insisted on buying them for the bedding this summer.  Now have flat pillows and burst vac bags!

Steve.

feather pillows don't go flat in them!

Have to say I disagree... I have nothing but praise for them. 'Speak as you find', and all that!

I've tried the bags with a valve and roll up tight to squeeze the air out. Like vacuum bags, expensive and the air gradually seeps back in.

Great idea Peggy.

Thankyou for this tip

Tried it tonight with a duvet and 2 pillows in the black bag, used our Gelert footpump on deflate and bingo, what a difference