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Thu 24 Mar, 2011 7:10 pm
I just got the Macpac Latitude 700 http://www.macpac.co.nz/shop/en_nz/gear-and-clothing/sleeping-bags/latitude-700-standard-size.html for a bargain price of $374 (they have a great sale on at the moment if you’re looking for winter gear). Now I have never owned a down sleeping bag but know they need to be treated with a bit more care than synthetic ones and never get them wet or you will freeze.
The question is should I stuff the sleeping bag into the bag to compress it or should you roll it up, I only ask because I have been told to stuff it not roll it. Is this true and if so why?
The question is should I stuff the sleeping bag into the bag to compress it or should you roll it up, I only ask because I have been told to stuff it not roll it. Is this true and if so why?
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 7:13 pm
Stuff.
If you try to roll it in you'll spend the duration of the trip fighting to make it fit in.
The ACTUAL reason you want to stuff instead of roll... well I dont know. But im a stuffer.
If you try to roll it in you'll spend the duration of the trip fighting to make it fit in.
The ACTUAL reason you want to stuff instead of roll... well I dont know. But im a stuffer.
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 7:19 pm
Stuff it!
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 7:30 pm
stuff it
but let it fluff when you're home.
I keep my 2 down bags in a wheelie bin.
Roger
but let it fluff when you're home.
I keep my 2 down bags in a wheelie bin.
Roger
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 7:36 pm
Haha a wheelie bin?? Nice, but funny.
I do have a room in my house just for my toys, so I could probably fit a wheelie bin in there.... but I just keep mine in the sacs provided when a top range sac is purchased.
I know of a walker who hangs his, but he rotates them and turns them upside down weekly so the stuffing doesnt all flop to one end.
I do have a room in my house just for my toys, so I could probably fit a wheelie bin in there.... but I just keep mine in the sacs provided when a top range sac is purchased.
I know of a walker who hangs his, but he rotates them and turns them upside down weekly so the stuffing doesnt all flop to one end.
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 7:39 pm
mine live in my shed, wheelie bin keeps them dry and pest free.
to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 8:11 pm
The reason I've been told is that they have to be stuffed (and stuffed differently each time ie don't start from the same spot on the bag each time) so to prevent them forming "memory spots" (sorry stupid way of putting it but best I could think of). A bit like a mattress has to be rotated otherwise you wind up with a divot where you lie. Same same with the bag if it is rolled the same manor each time it will loft with the down in the same spot each time.
Don't know if that's absolute rubbish but that's what I've been told. So I stuff
Don't know if that's absolute rubbish but that's what I've been told. So I stuff
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 8:17 pm
Makes sense Bluey!
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 10:01 pm
Well it sounds like i'll stuff it, mind you it'll have to live with the larger storage bag it came with as it's sure not getting a wheelie bin to live in 
Re: to stuff or roll?
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 10:06 pm
stuff and fluff 
but that is what I do. I have the same bag and LOVE it.
I keep mine in the mesh bag and then put it into my back pack.
Ro
but that is what I do. I have the same bag and LOVE it.I keep mine in the mesh bag and then put it into my back pack.
Ro
Re: to stuff or roll?
Sat 26 Mar, 2011 9:06 pm
My dad always told me that rolling sleeping bags caused the seams on the outside of the 'roll' to stretch and hence wear more quickly. Sounds fair to me.
Andrew.
Andrew.
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