How to take care of your sleeping bag Follow these best practices to look after your sleeping bag on the road and once you get home: Always use a sleeping pad. Wash up before bed. Sleep in clean clothes. Over time, these contaminate sleeping bag insulation, which makes it clump together and become less effective. Pick the right base layers to sleep in. Clothes that are too warm can make you sweat during the night, which can contaminate your sleeping bag insulation.
Try a sleeping bag liner. Air out your sleeping bag daily on your trip. During breakfast, unzip it and lay it over your tent so any condensation can dry before you stuff it back into your stuff sack. Shop sleeping pads Shop sleeping bag liners. How to store your sleeping bag Storing your sleeping bag properly helps it last longer.
Hold the soiled shell or liner fabric away from the insulation, and use the toothbrush or cloth to gently clean it. Rinse it carefully to keep the inner fill from getting wet, then let it air-dry. Submerge the sleeping bag. Push it up and down a few times to work in the suds, then let it soak for a while.
If there are any soiled areas on the shell fabric, use a sponge to work them out. Drain the soapy water out of the tub and press as much as possible out of the bag. Fill the tub with clean water and press it into the bag, then drain.
Rinse until the water is clear and free of soap — this might take six or more rinses. Drain as much water as possible out of the bag. Wash your sleeping bag by following the instructions on the down cleaner bottle. How much? Any soap that remains on your bag could breed bacteria and make it smell sour. Use your hands or your feet, if you want to channel your inner Lucy Ricardo to agitate the bag in the water.
If you see particularly stained or grubby areas, rub the fabric gently together in those spots. Let the bag soak for 20 minutes or so. Repeat this sequence a few times to rinse all the soap from the bag. If not, at least make sure the water temperature is cold or at most warm.
Once the washing cycle is done, repeat just a rinse cycle, if your machine gives you this option. Remove the bag from the machine very carefully watch those stitches! It could take three or four full cycles as long as three hours in all to get the bag fully dry.
Contact the company for a free estimate. Using a liner—a thin, bag-shaped sleeve, often made of silk—will help keep your sleeping bag clean and also add warmth. When on the trail, try to keep dirt and body oils from collecting in your bag. If you purchased the Grangers Down Care kit mentioned above, you will have three lightweight plastic balls which you should use for this.
Repeat these drying cycles until you are absolutely certain that the insulation is dry through and through — if the bag is put away even slightly damp, mold or mildew can form. If you can feel clumps of down in a down sleeping bag, the down is not dry yet. Hang the bag up in a dry place where it can air out before being returned to its storage sack.
Following these instructions will allow you to wash your sleeping bag while preserving its quality and warmth. If all of this sounds terribly complicated one solution is to invest in a sleeping bag liner. This way you won't need to wash your sleeping bag as often click here to find out more about liners. We now have sleeping bag washing instructions in French. Have questions?
As always, feel free to drop a comment below and the Sea to Summit Team will be happy to provide more information. Assuming you are machine-washing a bag, we think that closed zippers mean that there is less chance of the zipper slider flapping and hitting against the fabric of the sleeping bag during the wash or spin cycle you should only use a front-loader machine on a delicate cycle to wash a bag.
Sleeping bags should be turned inside-out when being washed: this exposes the liner fabric to the greatest amount of cleaning action. If you have additional questions, email us at info seatosummit. Would it be better to zip up or unzip the zippers during machine wash? REI website says to unzip while this website says to zip up. I assume that if there is some water repellant coating on the fabric, zipped up would make it more difficult to clean inside?
Thanks for reaching out to us. You can air-dry a down sleeping bag, but it takes a lot longer than many people think, and requires you to shake it vigorously a couple of times every hour or so. Make sure to hold the bag at one end, then the other end, then on either side while shaking to agitate the down evenly throughout the baffles. Thanks for the information. I was afraid to ruin mine. I like mine very much and I want it to last. Thanks again. Your email address will not be published.
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