Monday, January 30, 2012

Tips to maintain your Sleeping bag


Sleeping bags are one of the most important travel gears. Cleaning your sleeping bag is must to keep it in good condition. Here are few tips for you on how to clean and maintain your sleeping bag.

You can follow the cleaning instructions of the manufacturer manual given with the sleeping bag.

Either you can use damp cotton cloth or sponge to clean or scrub the stains of your sleeping bag. You can spray some mild detergent to the stains before and clean them up thoroughly.

Then, you can hand wash the sleeping bags. You can also wash the sleeping bag in washing machine and then tumble dry, if you do not have time for hand washing your bag.

You can also apply fabric conditioner to soften the material of the sleeping bag. Then you can dry the bag by hanging it in the air or flat dry. Make sure to completely dry out your sleeping bag before you store it.

Try to keep your sleeping bag in dry and cool place. Don’t stack your sleeping bag with other goods. This will make your bag loose its fluffiness.

A sleeping bag is very expensive investment. So always make it a point to loft up your sleeping bag once in while to keep it in good shape and health.

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