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Hi all

Just a thought!

I was looking at ways to help with storage solutions and i was wondeing if you could use a 12v air pump/deflator for those storage vacume bags and would it work?, this would be a perfect answer to help store more in the TT when towing.  

Hi

We use them with no pump!!! Tescos do fab roll up ones!!!

Thanks Moonstone for your reply

I do not own a 12v pump but would consider purchasing one if they did the trick!, they seem cheap to buy and easy to store and with the added bonus of being electric this would mean no manual labour would be involved, i am interetsed to hear that you already use the vac bags successfully with help from an 'air hammer pump' i am interetsed in the pump you currently use so will shop about.

kind regards

Hi Saz5178

thank you for your reply

I did not realise you could use these vac bags without a pump, are they still as effective? if so its a no brainer to go with this type of bag without the added cost of buying a suitable pump.

kind regards

errrgggghhh computer crashed!!!

I think thyey work the same as using a pump!! nt as good as a vaccum but good all they same!!

I have lots of small ones because they were on sale at a £1 each!!! I fit 4 fleece blankets into 1 and they roll down to about an inch!!

Vac it down at home but just use roll up technique when we are coming home. I've tried using our Outwell thunder pump but one problem is that the hose and all the adaptors kindly provided by  Outwell don't fit the the vent valve. Friends have fangled their own adaptor out of an empty pop bottle but I'm not that anal. We use bags for all our sleeping bags, pillows, duvets, clothes and towels, wouldn't be without them.

Just don't bounce on them or they will blow! PS try ebay - supermarkets are hideously overpriced, especially when the bags only seem to last for a couple of trips before leaking.