Good day from Texas.
I need to get compression sacks for me and my wife's sleeping bags (we both have the same one and will be carrying our own in our own pack) but the simple measure provided by the manufactures I've found so far is a bit ambiguous. The sacks I've located are sized in liters, however there is no real guidance as to what size is suitable.
I look at the bag as it's rolled up, it's got a diameter of around 20 inches and is about 24 inches long. So that results in a volume of 471 cubic inches or 7.7 liters.
So, what I'm looking for in a compression sack is one that's around 10 liters, correct? That'd give me a bit of extra stuffing space and therefore reduce the amount of cussing the poor little birdies and frogs would be exposed to whilst I pack up camp.:eek:
Does this number sound about correct? I really want to ditch those silly stow sacks that the bags came in and be able to get the bags down in the back packs. Does the uncompressed diameter of the sack matter, or will those bags just stuff in there? From the looks of it a waterproof compression sack is going to run me about $25 or so. About how much of a voulumetric reduction might I see with my cheapie synthetic +20degF bag? 25%, 33%?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
I need to get compression sacks for me and my wife's sleeping bags (we both have the same one and will be carrying our own in our own pack) but the simple measure provided by the manufactures I've found so far is a bit ambiguous. The sacks I've located are sized in liters, however there is no real guidance as to what size is suitable.
I look at the bag as it's rolled up, it's got a diameter of around 20 inches and is about 24 inches long. So that results in a volume of 471 cubic inches or 7.7 liters.
So, what I'm looking for in a compression sack is one that's around 10 liters, correct? That'd give me a bit of extra stuffing space and therefore reduce the amount of cussing the poor little birdies and frogs would be exposed to whilst I pack up camp.:eek:
Does this number sound about correct? I really want to ditch those silly stow sacks that the bags came in and be able to get the bags down in the back packs. Does the uncompressed diameter of the sack matter, or will those bags just stuff in there? From the looks of it a waterproof compression sack is going to run me about $25 or so. About how much of a voulumetric reduction might I see with my cheapie synthetic +20degF bag? 25%, 33%?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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