down bag loft

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ajcz

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i have a few sleeping bags that have lost a bit of thier loft form being stored packed down now i would like to know if its possible to restore the loft to them and how
 
read that thats not a good way to store a bag. Can you wash them in a comercial front loading washer and then dry in a dryer on low? Thats the directions for my sythetic.
 
I read that you want to hand was down and then use a commercial dryer on "cool". Here is a link on down maintenance.

As far as storing a down bag, you don't want to use the stuff sack. Get a cheap cotton laundry bag and put it loosly in that. Save the stuff sack or compression bag for when you're packing the bag.

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i would like to know if its possible to restore the loft to them and how
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Nope. If the down has been stored crushed for too long, it's probably ruined, and can't be fixed to a significant degree. Sorry.

You can get your bag refilled with new down, which may be less expensive than a new bag, depending on how nice of a bag you have.
 
Well, if they're not too bad... but youd like a little better... another option is to keep the old down, but also have some new down added.
 
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