[pct-l] Washing Down Bag
Gail Van Velzer
vanvelzer at charter.net
Fri Feb 6 10:19:08 CST 2015
I still have a down bag I bought in 1978. It still has all the loft it once
had. I gave it to my son because it's narrower than I can use now, but what
I'm saying is that if you take care of it, it will last for decades. I paid
$450. for it then and that was wholesale. I had a teacher who owned a
sporting goods store and he was sent 2 lefts instead of a left and a right,
so he sold it to me at his cost. I scored!
Golly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Adams" <reddirt23 at att.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Washing Down Bag
> The big problem I found after a summer of hiking was that the down in the
> hoods of my bags got clumped from hair oils. I actually used some mild
> shampoo and soaked and worked it into the hood using a bucket. RInsed as
> well as I could and then washed the entire bag with some REI down wash in
> a larger tub, by hand. It is a time consuming PITA. Then into the dryer
> with the tennis balls, and that takes a while and consumes a lot of energy
> and or quarters as already mentioned. Results, not bad, not as good as
> new, but can get 'em better than mucky muck. On the other hand, probably
> could have got a new bag on sale somewhere and broke even on time and
> expense. But then again I get attached to my gear. My old REI Sub Kilo
> bag is still hangin in there down to about 30 degrees.
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