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Edward
29/04/2012 at 22:09

Just wondering what everyone else does ?

Do you stuff your sleeping bag straight into a dry bag    or

 a compression bag then into a dry bag ?

I cant see any difference in packed size of both systems

Bedouin
29/04/2012 at 22:14
Into the compression sack that came with the bag then into a waterproof backpack hence no need to faff with a dry bag.

Without a compression sack the bag would be huge filling most of the pack hence a compression sack is in my view essential.
StoneHuggingHippy
29/04/2012 at 22:14

I use a dry bag with a valve that i bought from Decathlon, you really can compress the hell outta stuff, so much so you have to take care with down gear in it so not to compress it too much.

Beats the hell outta your normal dry bag, imo.

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Damien ONeill
29/04/2012 at 22:15
I often use a large Exped dry bag as a rucksack liner and just chuck the sleeping bag in the bottom, then pack other stuff on top - put it into any kind of stuff sack and you end up with a solid lump; this way it jus moulds itself around the other things.

This works for me, but may not for others.
Bedouin
29/04/2012 at 22:19
Damien, I would be worried that other items would/could damage the bag especially those made from Pertex. I pack clothes around the solid lump of the bag specifically to minimise any dead areas.
Damien ONeill
29/04/2012 at 22:31
There's not much else goes inside the dry bag, except clothes. The dry bag is then wrapped up and things which don't need to be in it aren't (cooking gear, tent, food etc). This has worked for years including TGO Challenges, a few alpine trips (inc TMB twice) and ML assessment. Sometimes I will put the bag in a large stuff sack (which then doubles as my pillow) but I rarely compress it before putting it in the rucksack.
rob dixon 3
29/04/2012 at 22:35

I wouldn't dream of stuffing any down bag into a compression sack - dya wanna kill it?  They pack up so small anyway it's not needed.

I only use down and they go into their own stuff sacs, which go with other stuff I want to keep dry in a drybag which takes much of my gear, the tent, cooking gear, food etc going outside and above this.

StoneHuggingHippy
29/04/2012 at 22:40
The biggest reason for going for down imo is that you can compress it, only so far yes but i wouldn't be paying the premium without that feature.

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Damien ONeill
29/04/2012 at 22:48
Twiglegs -down is also lighter than synthetic for the same insulation vaue. Packed my way it gets compressed as much as necessary to close the pack and no more.
StoneHuggingHippy
29/04/2012 at 22:51

Yeah i know that mate but as i said, it's it's greatest virtue imo, so why not utilise it.

Pack the hell outta mine and i've seen no drop off in loft. 

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Parky Again
29/04/2012 at 22:52
Bag into a waterproof large bag. It then fends for itself. It will compress as much as it needs to when stuff gets packed on top. Or if the bag is going on top it will fit into whatever spaces are there.

I've never understood the attraction of jamming a bag into a compression/stuff sack.
Bedouin
29/04/2012 at 22:52
Sounds ok as a theory but not something I'd practice. Thats to the NO use of compression sack BTW!

>I've never understood the attraction of jamming a bag into a compression/stuff sack.
Depends on the size of your pack and the amount of things you need to put in it!
Edited: 29/04/2012 at 22:58
Spiritburner
29/04/2012 at 23:14

Compression stuffsac & then in the drybag rucsac liner, regular stuffsac & in the liner or no stuffsac straight into the liner - 3 methods I use depending on the rucsac - sleeping bag combo I'm using & how much space I've got with the rest of the gear.  I like the rucsac to be full so if that means packing things more loosely I do that.

 The one thing I wouldn't do is  what Bedders does, even with a waterproof sac.

Bedouin
29/04/2012 at 23:20
> The one thing I wouldn't do is what Bedders does, even with a waterproof sac.
Errrr whats that?
Spiritburner
29/04/2012 at 23:28
Bedouin wrote (see)
Into the compression sack that came with the bag then into a waterproof backpack hence no need to faff with a dry bag.

 That

Bedouin
29/04/2012 at 23:32
I know its late but I'm having problems identifying the difference here!

Is there a problem with the manufacturers compression sacks or are you saying that you'd use a dry bag inside a waterproof pack?
Shewie
29/04/2012 at 23:33
I don't like to compress the down too much with my PHD bag so I use their stuff sack and drop it into a simple plastic pack bag liner. Clothes and other bedding (mat/bivvy bag) go in the plastic liner too and then it's scrunched down. Everything else goes on top.

The combination of the plastic liner and a pack cover keeps any rain off my down.
Edited: 29/04/2012 at 23:33
Spiritburner
29/04/2012 at 23:36
Bedouin wrote (see)
I know its late but I'm having problems identifying the difference here! Is there a problem with the manufacturers compression sacks or are you saying that you'd use a dry bag inside a waterproof pack?

 I'd use a waterpoof liner or drybag in a waterproof pack

Franco Darioli
30/04/2012 at 00:02
Along with what Parky said...In my case I use a light but larger than it comes with stuff sack. That takes the bag down to a reasonable size and then it is compressed by the weight of the gear on top to fill the available space.After reading many reports for years and my personal experience, down seems to only get damaged by compression when dirty from sweat and body oils.I have had one bag stuffed inside its very tiny stuff sack (I am pretty sure that a compression bag could have not done a better job) for two years, after taking it out of it it lofted within a few vigorous shakes to the same size as another identical one that had not been stuffed and not used for the same period.Franco
huskyman
30/04/2012 at 00:03

In the supplied stuff sack, if it's a compression sac, I don't compress.

 Then into a drybag, weather rucksack is waterproof? or I use a liner.

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