Storing pertex clothing

redscotti

15/05/2012 at 18:44

Yes I know it's lazy but I leave my pertex shells in their little bags between trips (unless they're wet). Will this reduce their windproofness/durability? Should I bother to unpack and hang them up instead? Thx.

paul baggett

15/05/2012 at 18:54

no idea really but for the sake of 2 minutes why bother risking it?

Martin Carpenter

15/05/2012 at 20:00

Yes, can't imagine that potentially putting creases in it can be a wonderful thing. Although don't some shops store them in the sacs, so maybe not a problem?

Parky Again

15/05/2012 at 22:02

How do you know they're not wet unless you unpack them?

fatty tim

15/05/2012 at 22:08

maybe he put them away dry?

Anyway as long as they dry there's no prolem leaving them stuffed.

redscotti

15/05/2012 at 22:15

PA: Presumed they're not wet as either no rain or no wind so never wore them?

FT: thx - that's what I wanted to know.

Parky Again

15/05/2012 at 22:24

Lol. Just a difference of treating kit. I always unpack mine to be sure. Why spend £40 on something and not look after it. Pulling it out of the stuffsack i don't find particularly onerous. Each to their own of course.

redscotti

15/05/2012 at 23:36

Yup. Some folk unpack the whole sack after each trip. I pretty much leave as is, unless weather/season has changed. If I unpack I'm sure to leave important items behind....

Tall PC

16/05/2012 at 00:07

They can dry in the bags too. I've never bothered. If it's that wet I'm wearing hardshell. Gear is tougher than it needs.to be so shld not be too bothered. Chances are most OMers will replace gear with a newer model b4 it gets totally trashed. My old buffalo windshield got a hole in it got home and checked it out only to find the tear/hole had self healed. Pertex is tough. I doubt moisture will affect it much. It doesn't support mildew like natural fibres.like cotton. Up to you abt unpacking. I only take wet stuff out but I use an ALPKIT gourdon so any wet kit is on the outside.where it can dry on the sack so I leave it mostly.

huskyman

16/05/2012 at 02:16

Might be just me and slight OCD.

Anything in a stuffsack is taken out to 'air' and 'dry'. Even if not removed from drybag.

It's then stored loose till I'll use again

Parky Again

16/05/2012 at 07:17

Lol. It may not support mildew but it certainly supports smells. Yuck.

Big Kev

16/05/2012 at 07:43

redscotti wrote (see)

Yes I know it's lazy but I leave my pertex shells in their little bags between trips (unless they're wet). Will this reduce their windproofness/durability? Should I bother to unpack and hang them up instead? Thx.

Does indeed sound like the height of laziness

I got into the habit, a very long time ago, of completely emptying my bag post-trip after finding a couple of little passengers (ticks)*. Stuff gets taken out, given a shake and a visual check. Takes 5 minutes, tops.

You could always re-pack again straightaway.

*Not to mention, on occasion, errant bits of food, un-noticed spilages etc.

Trouble no one about their religion;

respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.

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Taz

16/05/2012 at 08:09

Since finding my son's jacket in his bag covered in mould I try to air out most of my gear, just a little shake and hang it up or loosly folded. My waterproofs tend to stay in my bag though.

Zuma

16/05/2012 at 09:26

i store really nothing compressed, except my tents. They just go after drying right back in their bags. down gear are put in large breathing mesh bags, mats are stored flat and unrolled, rest of clothing (also rain gear) gets stored as clothing normal does in a closet.

Tall PC

16/05/2012 at 10:16

I'll take out insulated items whether synth or down. Rest rarely. Never had a problem. Shells and windshirts out of normal Pertex don't seem to hold smells too bad. Softshells I wear so get taken off end of walk, dumped in car and replaced with another fleece or softshell. Those I rarely stuff in a bag. One for walking, one for afterwards is my way. They get dumped on a chair straight from car.

captain paranoia

16/05/2012 at 12:44

> Pertex is tough. I doubt moisture will affect it much. It doesn't support mildew like natural fibres.like cotton.

Mildew will happily grow on pretty much anything, synthetic fabrics, tiled surfaces, etc. It may not damage the nylon, but it will leave practically irremovable stains.

Guy Hurst

16/05/2012 at 12:48

I've unpacked al my kit and hung it up ever since I left a pair of then very expensive Gore OTs in my pack for several weeks and they went mouldy. I hadn't actually worn them in the rain before leaving them in the pack, but water must have got in somehow, and basically it ruined them. I don't want anything like that happening again when so little effort is required to unpack stuff.

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