Backpacker's Gear School: Wash A Sleeping Bag

Follow these tips to keep your down or synethic fill sleep sack lofting high for many years. Learn more from Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide, and at www.backpacker.com/video.

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[cbarsonfire]

you tie up the clothes rack and watch the other people get ticked. Wash in warm weather and take home and air dry.

[JustWickedSwede]

Haha.. Didn't know syntetic materials had "natural oils" xD

[envirosponsible]

Wiggy's bags can be washed and dried with no special instructions. 

[franm55]

thanks. this is a very useful material. i was going to take my s bag to the laundry but someone told me its better to wash it by myself. i just didnt know how, thanks a lot.

[misswhirlpool]

oops so thts how ur supposed to wash a sleeping bag i just chuck it in the washer with a scoop of bold it still aint done no harm to it and my bag is 5yrs old

[dinnerandashow]

also i found out that dirt and oil causes bacteria to grow on the cloth. this causes the garment to thin out and eventually become a hole or tear. after a back packing trip DON'T throw the dirty clothes or sleeping bag into laundry basket for a week!! organic solvent dry clean it immediaately. your stuff will literally last for years and years.

[dinnerandashow]

there is a better way. i used to wash my bags and gore-tex. but i quickly found out that the soap (even gentle soap) and the dryer quickly destroys my very expensive gear. my stuff looked old and ragged after only 1 year. but then i started dry cleaning my bag and gore-tex stuff in the newer filtered organic solvent dry cleaner... worked great!!!! comes out clean, soft and looks great. my organic dry cleaned stuff looks almost new even after 5 years!