Keeping sleeping bag dry

[ericrobo]

I'm about to set off on the HT560 in a week or so (not doing the event, I want to take in the scenery and so on)...
nearly got everything organised but had my sleeping bag in a bin liner, which is no good because it's too weak.
Wondering what you experts use ? (don't want to increase my weight very much)

[Matt]

Drybag

[Zoglug]

I use the airlok extra from Alpkit.

[drain]

The podsac ones are good for sleeping bags / kit that can get a bit damp overnight as it's got eVent at one end, the idea being that moisture 'breathes' out during the day even when packed away. Seems to be effective for me!

[Mike]

I use sea to summit dry bags, they are really lightweight and strong and very waterproof ive never had a wet bag put it that way. Enjoy the HT im still debating whether to ride it begining of June when im off

[benp1]

I put mine in a Thermarest Neoair Pump Sack inside a 20l Alpkit Airlok Xtra along with bivy bag, clothes, mat and groundsheet. This was attached to my front bars

Its near enough waterproof, can let air out so I can ram the sleeping bag into the dry bag, and then is used to inflate my neoair when I get to camp

[Cheeky Monkey]

Drybags with an event base (e.g. Sea to Summit or PODSac, there's bound to be others). Handy when stuffing a bag in, particularly down, as the air escapes through the breathable fabric, rather than you creating a balloon.

Personally, and this is not based on any particular experience or knowledge, I'd be sceptical that there's enough air circulation within a bag (with a toghtly stuffed down pit) and differential between in/out for a pit to dry out when inside as Drain suggests. Not ruling it out but just seems unlikely

[Bearbonesnorm]

I put mine in a Thermarest Neoair Pump Sack inside a 20l Alpkit Airlok Xtra along with bivy bag, clothes, mat and groundsheet. This was attached to my front bars

I'm similar yet different ... sleeping bag goes inside an Exped Schnozzle bag then into an Airlok along with down jacket, hat and sleeping mat. Bivvy bag, groundsheet or anything else which is likely to become damp goes somewhere else.

[ScotRoutes]

SportPursuit are currently doing the 10L eVent drybag for £9.90

http://www.sportpursuit.com/catalog/pro ... /id/474106

[Taylor]

Are they better than a normal silnylon dry bag at twice the price and three times the weight?

[Bearbonesnorm]

I find that the eVent based bags inflate themselves over time ... you start off with everything nicely compressed and they gradually draw air through the eVent and blow themselves up

[Matt]

Are they better than a normal silnylon dry bag at twice the price and three times the weight?

Ish

I find that the eVent based bags inflate themselves over time ... you start off with everything nicely compressed and they gradually draw air through the eVent and blow themselves up

This is true

Still like mine though for the sleeping bag

[Cheeky Monkey]

I find that the eVent based bags inflate themselves over time ... you start off with everything nicely compressed and they gradually draw air through the eVent and blow themselves up

Never noticed that but then I can be remarkably unobservant

I wouldn't bother with a compression version but I do like the lack of wrestling with the event panel. Accept others may view it as a luxury / unnecessary