Storage question

**x7456** · 02-26-2018, 15:07

Originally Posted by Wanderlost

I use these basic bags from Amazon. They work great. Cotton Laundry Bags

I use these as well. They are quite large. I can fit both my 20F and 40F underquilts inside one bag without any real stuffing.

**Wanderlost** · 02-26-2018, 16:06

Originally Posted by x7456

I use these as well. They are quite large. I can fit both my 20F and 40F underquilts inside one bag without any real stuffing.

Yep. I use one for my 50° set and one for my 40° set. I still separate my 10° quilts in their own bags just because they’re that much fluffier.

**HangFan** · 02-26-2018, 17:30

Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy

There is dead space in the corners of most closets (once you move your ammo cans).

A leftover remnant of breathable fabric measuring one linear yard folds over and sews into a generous stuff sack for most down quilts and will allow you to keep it clean, uncompressed, and tucked out of the way if you don't have room to hang them all.

Ha! and next to the safe....

**Starfish Comet** · 02-26-2018, 18:21

Originally Posted by Tallen2303

Good to know, thanks guys! I made the costco do it yourself top and underquilts and they've been in the stuff sacks since the summer... I will take them out right now!

If you take them out and they are squashed flat, I remember a tip to tumble in drier on a no heat, air only setting with a clean new tennis ball and that will help fluff them up again. I bought tennis balls to try this, but never did because eventually my puffer jackets fluffed themselves up again.

**Tallen2303** · 02-27-2018, 20:29

I found some laundry bags at Wal-Mart for 99 cents each!

**Nedh84** · 02-28-2018, 03:38

Originally Posted by Tallen2303

I found some laundry bags at Wal-Mart for 99 cents each!

That's a nice find! Are they large and made of cotton?

**Tallen2303** · 02-28-2018, 05:32

Originally Posted by Nedh84

That's a nice find! Are they large and made of cotton?

No, big mesh type bags. I'm hoping they'll be good enough at least for now.

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**Datahiker** · 03-01-2018, 09:58

I store my tents in those. They work great. Yes, I still have tents. Not all of my children have made the switch yet.

I have big cotton laundry bags, too, like what x7456 uses. Those are awesome as well.

I'm planning on purging enough out of my closet to hang some of the quilts, though.

**OneClick** · 03-01-2018, 10:14

**Grumpy Squatch** · 03-01-2018, 10:34

Originally Posted by Tallen2303

I may have to do that. I can store them in bins in my garage. I have some new quilts coming from MAC gear. I'm hoping it's going to be cold when I go to my cabin in Ohio next weekend so I can do a good test on them! I've been dying to go on this little trip for a long time now!

Humidity, extreme temperatures, chemicals (like gasoline fumes),and ozone from electric motors and appliances can be worse for down quilts than compression. Don't know what your garage is like, but mine is surely no place for down. It can be -15° F in winter and 105° F in the summer and is full of paint, gasoline, and other fumes. At times it gets so humid that water vapor condenses on the inside of the windows. Just be careful if your garage isn't clean and controlled space.

I'd rather keep mine compressed under a bed than in a garage.