Washing an over sized sleeping bag

[firstcoueswas80]

How does everyone do it? Mine is way due for a washing but is too big for the washing machine at home.

[Big Browns]

I take my sleeping bags to a dry cleaner. They have larger machines and they do a great job.

[dse]

Find a laundromat with a big industrial machine

[firstcoueswas80]

I take my sleeping bags to a dry cleaner. They have larger machines and they do a great job.

Mine says do not dry wash.

[AzDiamondHeat]

I have never washed mine. Aired it out and disinfected it a few times is about it. Always worried the insulation will bunch up.

 

Could you redneck wash it on the line?

[Curtis Reed]

i just washed my backpacking sleeping bag this weekend. I put warm water in the bathtub and hand washed it. Then set it out in the backyard in the sun. It was dry in 90 minutes.

[PRDATR]

Big stuff like quilts I go to the local laundromat. It's usually about $4 and another $1 to use the large dryer.

[dmoto]

Laundromat front loader XL machine. Or your bathtub. I've had to go both routes a couple of times.

[kwp]

Pretty informative article:

https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/caring-sleeping-bag.html?cm_mmc=email_com_gm-_-PP_Camp_SleepingBag_T1_D1-_-060417-_-sleepBagT1_cta_readCareTips&ev36=&rmid=PP_Camp_SleepingBag_T1_D1&rrid=198049955&ev11=&mi_u=198049955

[buddydog]

What dse said

[5guyshunting]

I take my elk hunter bags to the laundromat and use the big front loader.

[Snapshot]

The last time I used a washing machine for a dacron filled sleeping bag, the spin cycle pushed all the wet dacron to one side of the bag and made it lopsided. I take my down filled bag to the dry cleaner.