Storing quilts

**bliksem** · 02-10-2014, 22:41

How do you store TQs and UQs? Do they come with storage sacks?

**ADKrella** · 02-10-2014, 22:44

Im going to store mine hanging in a well ventilated closet.
I guess down can be stored in a large breathable cotton sack... loosely... but I'm gonna hang mine when I get it.
Im pretty sure it comes with a stuff sack though.

Lots of good Ideas to follow I'm sure.

**Boston** · 02-10-2014, 23:03

I have a few of those large tube hangers dry cleaners use to hang comforters. My down hangs in the closet on one of those.

**silentorpheus** · 02-10-2014, 23:05

Go to the dollar store, or Walmart, or Amazon, or wherever (they sell them everywhere) and get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/iHome-Mesh-Lau.../dp/B002R16E82

The ones I got from the dollar store are much thinner and flimsier. I got a few from either Walmart or BedBathBeyond that were much higher quality but only $6 or $7 each. Don't spend much more than that - there's really no need to get the nicer ones, since you're not going to be hauling heavy laundry so it doesn't need to be heavy duty.

After a trip I hang the quilts up either out on the clothes line for a few hours during the day, or for a day or so in the garage to let them air out. Then I loosely stuff them into these mesh bags, and they go on a shelf in the closet.

**dkurfiss** · 02-10-2014, 23:06

I store mine in a king size cotton pillow case laid out across the top of my closet.

**Bannerstone** · 02-10-2014, 23:06

I have a GT UL hanging in the basement up near the ceiling, I just toss all my down in the hammock.

David

**sargevining** · 02-10-2014, 23:19

Originally Posted by silentorpheus

Go to the dollar store, or Walmart, or Amazon, or wherever (they sell them everywhere) and get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/iHome-Mesh-Lau.../dp/B002R16E82

The ones I got from the dollar store are much thinner and flimsier. I got a few from either Walmart or BedBathBeyond that were much higher quality but only $6 or $7 each. Don't spend much more than that - there's really no need to get the nicer ones, since you're not going to be hauling heavy laundry so it doesn't need to be heavy duty.

After a trip I hang the quilts up either out on the clothes line for a few hours during the day, or for a day or so in the garage to let them air out. Then I loosely stuff them into these mesh bags, and they go on a shelf in the closet.

+1 on the Dollar Store laundry bags. Can't beat the price and they do exactly what's needed.

**Zilla** · 02-10-2014, 23:26

Since i dont have any extra closet space to hang them i store them loosely in extra large storage bins, uncompressed, my wife throws a dryer sheet in the bin with them, i have one tq and one uq per bin with room to spare

**Kia Kaha** · 02-11-2014, 22:43

Originally Posted by sargevining

+1 on the Dollar Store laundry bags. Can't beat the price and they do exactly what's needed.

+2

That's exactly what I use, I have my HG phoenix 40 and burrow 40 in one and my 20 incubator and 20 burrow in one, I then wrote on the nylon loop handle with a sharpie and have them hung from that in my gear room. I have my wife's set up the same way, it is very handy, stores great, and they are pretty cheap.