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23/8/2015 at 2:57pm
Location: Perth
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"The problem with washing sleeping bags is that the insulating material inside gets more compacted each wash and soon the bag doesn't retain much heat any more."
I agree with Bob61 on this one. One solution is to use a sleeping bag liner which is much easier to wash and dry and prolongs the life of the sleeping bag.
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24/8/2015 at 5:00pm
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I do try to wash ours (Gelert Sleeping Pods) once a year (we don't camp that often and do as Bob61, treading the bag one at a time in the bath, and then lugging it out in a plastic trug to drape on first a sturdy metal clothes airer, and then on the rotary line as most of the water has run out, reducing the weight. Even a single wet bag feels like wrestling with a giant recalcitrant rubber anaconda.
And the filling - synthetic - has gone noticeably less evenly dispersed particularly in my OH's (we have our own bags, as I wriggle too much).
Still, it's worth it for freshness and means I wouldn't be embarrassed about lending to someone if they had to stay overnight with us!
As for liners.... oooh not, for me (see above re wriggling) and I do like to stick my feet out when they get hot.
I'm now looking for new ones that unzip all along the bottom, so perhaps I'm not too upset by the degradation from washing.
I did take them to a laundry once, but one came back minus the zip tags so it must have been quite a rough wash they received, although it did save me time.
If all else fails, there's always Febreeze!
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