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This year  we are  thinking  of  buying  compression bags   for  packing  our sleeping  bags, towels, pillows  etc   when  travelling    on camping  trips .

 I  notice on ebay  most  of them    require  Vuccumn cleaner  to extract  air  - but I assume (?)  for the return  trip  home,  or when    touring,    we  could  use  the  small power  pump  we   inflate/deflate the  airmattress  with.

Any experience of  use/dvice please .

Martin  

Hi RevMartin

Try QVC, they were doing a set of 12 (various sizes) that you roll. I think they wanted £20 for the set.

Martin

I have them in the house, they're great, but now they're a few years old they keep letting in the air. I've been meaning to get more - the hanging ones would be really handy for outfits you hardly wear. 

I haven't taken mine away for the same reason, I don't keep a hoover in the van.  I also can't use them with my upright dyson - the tube's too big. Until Christmas I had to keep borrowing my neighbours little vacuum, but my 5 year old daughter asked for a hoover for Christmas! Job done.

I've just bough the JML ones from Robert Dyas, 1 jumbo size and 1 large, £10.99. I asked if they would work with air bed pump and they said try it and see if it doesn't work bring them back.

Will post when I have tried it.

Thanks for all replies -  compression bags   should  mean we  get twice as  much  of the  lighter things  stowed in the  roof-box.

Martin