Rehabilitating an old sleeping bag

[Moondog55]

Aware of those problems I lifted the wet sleeping bag while in a laundry basket and gently rolled it onto the wires and this was after gently squeezing out the excess water
Baffles ripping out without the stitching also being ripped is usually a sign of them not being folded over before being sewn.

[undercling-mike]

I'll be interested to hear what they used for baffle material, the noseeum mesh we have nowadays seems very resistant to fraying without being folded over. If it's like you suspect and they used strips of nylon fabric then the edges would be vulnerable to fraying.

[north-north-west]

My sleeping bag is 23 years old and never been washed, in my defence I have used a sleeping sheet every time....

Age isn't the primary criteria. Time in use, conditions, exposure to UV, etc. -- that's what matters.

My first sleeping bag was disintegrating after 23 years. It had lost much of its loft. And the shell could be pulled apart by hand. It wasn't a cheap bag but it saw a lot of use.

Same happened to my old Everest mummy. Never took care of it and it copped a lot of the worst - heat, sweat, UV, blah blah blah. (The blah is a real killer.)

[andrewa]

Someone needs to mow their back yard!

[Moondog55]

Habitat for wildlife
Actually I am highly allergic to kikuyu grass and have to suit up to cut it so it doesn't get done all that often, been trying to kill it for years but we keep getting re-infested from the neighbours

[Moondog55]

OK
Having opened up the bag and cut it down as originally planned I would say most of the problems were caused by original poor manufacturing design choices made to get the bg to markets at a particular price point
After washing and much tumble drying the bag has relofted well and will suit the Tadpole well