WOW!! Re: [pct-l] re: sleeping bag loft

[calliger at infolane.com (rjc)]

Welll- what a wonderfully **obvious** idea!! wetting it!! of course...it 
will dry
(or toss it in a dryer and it will reloft) and you put it in wet?
Why did not I think of that!! So much better than doing it in a tent with a 
vacuum cleaner!!

So please...what is your procedure? I imagine to wet first so it does not fly
  around the room, put the correct proportions in the tube?

TIA,

R


At 08:20 PM 6/2/2005, Marion Davison wrote:
>We got inexpensive ($100) down bags in 1993 for summer use.  We have put 
>about 1000 nights on them since then.  We usually zip them all the way 
>open, zip the two together in the middle and throw the whole lot over us 
>as a giant quilt.  They have served us well in a tent at 25 degrees 
>overnight (high sierras July and August, San Bdno's spring and fall)
>Last year we sensed that they were not as warm as they once had been.
>So we bought 6 ounces of 800 fill down from an online supplier 
>(thru-hiker.com) and fortified our bags in the midsection.  That is, we 
>opened up the 4 draft tubes that cross the chest and belly area and filled 
>each bag with 3 more ounces in those sections. We did it with a 
>"wet-the-down" system we devised to avoid wasting any down.  We were 
>really happy with the results.  We feel like our bags have been restored 
>to new condition.  The total cost was about $50.
>So you don't necessarily have to start over with new bags if you feel your 
>bag is getting tired.  This project was done in less than a day.
>llamalady
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