we have aired them all out for a few days but i really would like to chuck them through a wash, hubby is insisting you have to take them to a dry cleaners!? were new to all this so any advice would be great thanks
I have always washed mine over the years, even the good ones that my son used for orienteering, just hung them out to dry and they were as good as new, instructions should be on the sleeping bag as to what temperature is best
Niki
------------- Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop
We stick ours in the washing machine one at a time on a cool wash, then hang them out to dry on the line. not had a problem so far, It may depend on the material the sleeping bag is made up from though.
Now this may surprise some peeps on here who know MY outlook on all things houseyworky related BUT as the sleeping bags come under the heading of my beloved tin tent.....they get special dispensation coz I'd do anything for my tin tent.
Anyhoo, I always shove mine in that big metal drum thingy that seems to make things clean by some miracle all of it's own! It does have to be a large capacity jobby though.
My trouble starts when they're still damp coz they're too heavy for me and me decrepit body to manage so hubby has to be enlisted to do the carrying out and pegging out business. As already said by another poster though, the care instructions should be in them..... somewhere. So much cheaper than giving a dry cleaner yer dosh, especially in this credit crunch eh?
Sleeping bags can be washed but it will shorten their life and possibly affect their performance. Best to avoid washing as far as you possibly can by always using sleeping bag liners and keeping the sleeping bags well aired while you are away and then a thorough line-airing when you get home.
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We changed to duvets instead because my king size sleeping bag wouldn't fit in my washing machine and I got sick of taking it to the launderette, and the teens have army ones with waterproof backs which are dry clean only.
But when we had cheap ones I always washed them in the machine with no problems.
------------- Caz
If you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, just keep going till you go round the bend.
My son has nighttime problems and i cant tell you how many times i have washed his sleeping bag and its still as good as new , but i leant him mine as a spare ,and when i washed it it all seperated inside and took an absolute age to dry .
His is a eurocamp and i think my old(spare now) is a proaction
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Topic: can you wash sleeping bags??
