a couple quick storage solutions to make this, last for years!! welcome back guys
and gals, my name is Matt this channel is all about hiking and backpacking we
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storage solutions to make your down gear last for years
storing down gear can be a huge issue people run into because a lot of people
tend to store their down gear in the included stuff sack that it comes with
what I've got here this is my little shop a hammocks 20 degree Specter
partial intercooled in the included stuffs I bet it came
with the stuff sack seems like a great option because your sleeping bag or
quilt or whatever seems to pack down really small and compact the biggest
problem was storing your down gear in the included stuff sack is keeping down
in a compressed state eventually over time will weaken the down fibers and it
will break them down and they're not going to loft up as much where that
sucks is will make down useful as an insulator is the lock that it provides
so you can see on my top quilt here all the loft in the baffles here this Loft
traps all the warm air and that's what keeps me warm when I'm using my top coat
so I don't want to keep this stored at a compressed state because obviously I
want to be able to maintain the loft and it won't my coat to last a long time
because down here tends to cost a lot of money so we are not going to store our
down gear in the included stuff sacks so the very first thing you want to do when
it comes to storing your down gear is make sure your down gear is absolutely
dry before you put it away say you've just come back from a big trip and it
hasn't even rained on that trip you still want to make sure that your down
gear is aired out I make sure that after every backpacking trip I come back from
or every time I take my down gear ode and use it I make sure that it's hung up
in a dry place in my house for at least a day to a day and a half that makes
sure all the moisture gets out of the down if I've been owned under like I say
a four or five day backpacking trip and it rained the entire time and there was
a lot of humidity and I know that I got some moisture trapped inside my quilt I
will let it hang for a couple days but the biggest thing is you want to make
sure you get all the moisture out of that down quilt to avoid getting any
mildew or any kind of mold inside the quilt what you're gonna ask
we destroy it and you do not want that so make sure you're down gear is nice
and dry as mine is now where do we put
it first we're gonna talk about is the way
that I don't store my down gear anymore simply because my fiancee has taken over
all of the Rubbermaid totes that I used to use for storing all my backpacking
coil sinking bags so I just don't have that option anymore but I will say
Rubbermaid totes like this are absolutely perfect for storing your down
gear if you get a couple of them in the same size they do stack really nicely
which is awesome they make for really neat organized storage you know they've
got nice flat surfaces right all over them whatever and label them and put
stickers on them wherever you want that's how I used to store all my down
gear it worked great for me for the longest time but like I said my fiance
has since taken over all of the Rubbermaid totes and they can get a
little bit pricey and I'm kind of cheap so I didn't want to go and buy more
Rubbermaid totes so this is what I've gone with now you use various size
storage bags essentially so this giant storage bag this is what I store my
winter under quilt in this is the little storage bag for my summer under quilt
and what these are is essentially just like fabric laundry bags you can pick up
on say like Amazon or Walmart this one here is actually just a simple pillow
case and all I've done is where you've got the seam down the long way of the
pillow case I made two slits on either side fished a cord through and
put a little cord lock on that way I put my quilt in cinch this guy up it allows
my quilt to maintain its loft but keeps it so that it makes it nice and easy to
store so there it is there is my under quilt in its old storage bag now all I
do with the cord is I just tie a little half hitch at the top which makes a nice
easy quick release knot so I can untie it and I take this little portion at the
base of the knot where you've got this little loop between the cord lock and
knot itself and I'll actually put my hanger loop through there and I hang all
my quilts and sleeping bags now so let's go upstairs and I'll show you
guys where I store all my quilts and clean bags here my spare bedroom we're
gonna talk a little bit of a wide location of where
store your down gear is so important now I use my spare bedroom simply because
it's a room that my fiance and I don't tend to use a whole lot so the door
tends to be closed it tends to get a little bit cooler in that room than the
rest of our house which is key you want to start your down gear in a cool dry
environment simply because that's the exact opposite of a mold and mildew one
so mold and mildew grow in warm moist environments so when you've got a cool
dry environment it's kind of working in your advantage now obviously being the
spare bedroom on our house like I said we don't use this very often so the
doors almost always closed so this Rin tends to be a little bit
cooler in our house I've just got a simple little storage
rack here that we picked up from Walmart like I'm sure a lot of you guys and gals
have seen and I basically just take all my quilts of steeping bags put them in
little storage sacks and hang them up I've got a couple other ones down here
that they don't have storage tacks for but they're just draped over top here I
also store my hockey jerseys here and my football jersey this will work for
synthetic coats and sleeping bags as well but I currently have down so that's
why we're talking down Steve eBay so that's how I go about storing all my
down quilts of sleeping bags I just felt them hung up on this rack
here they're nice and loft it up nothing's compressed and I've had down
sleeping bags that I've had for about 10 years plus they're still going strong so
this type of storage method has worked for me hopefully this helped you guys
out if you guys have you know wondered how to store CD bags how to keep all
your down gear lasted for a long time if if it does how because how smash that
thumbs up about any comments and questions you guys got it down below I'd
love to help you guys out if I can and as always I am Matty
this is Remy and Wanda thank you guys so much for watching and we will see you
guys on the next one