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Topic: Inflatable Sofa in a Vacuum Bag

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HollandJ

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Hi all!

We have been lucky enough to pick up the Intex Inflatable Sofa from Tesco (at a bargain £33!). However, the box is pretty big and it's already a squeeze to fit everything in the car. Would it be a bad idea to store it in a vacuum bag instead?

We're planning on using vacuum bags for our clothes, bedding, pillows, etc. but worry about damaging the inflatable sofa. Any experiences/advice would be greatly appreciated!

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If the air is already expelled from the sofa then a vacuum bag is not going to make any difference to its size.

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just make sure that when you deflate it, you use the pump to suck ALL the air out, i do this at home with a few different items and i get them back into the box, use the vaccume bag for your tent, you will be surprised just how much extra room you have then, but remove the poles and pegs from the tent first

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I've use a small electrical pump to try and remove all the air, but there still feels like there's some in there no matter how much I try so wondering if the vacuum bag would do a better job.

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Won’t you then have to pack the vacuum machine to bring the sofa back home, thereby taking up the space you’ve saved?

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you are best using the double action hand pump set onto deflate, you would already be taking that with you for your air beds so not taking up more space

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Our inflater runs off the van battery and also deflates but know what you mean as our canoe always feels it has a bit of air left.

If you try it in a vacuum bag be interested to know how much difference but makes to the space you save

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