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  • beechfront
    XSive Maximus
    • Jul 2002
    • 673
    • midwest
    #1

    waterproof bags??

    I need something to put my sleeping bag in so that it will not get wet in the rain.

    Last year i used garbage bags - this did not work worth a crap.

    anyone have anything that works well?
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    • randy
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Dec 2003
      • 4521
      #2
      Two garbage bags

      Seriously, though, I've been camping for almost 30 yrs. Always double up on the bags and you shouldn't have a problem. Just don't pack the knives and forks in with the sleeping bags!

      HTH

      Randy

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        • Ken Talbot
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Jun 2002
          • 4251
          • Revelstoke, BC
          #3
          If you want to go hi tech, check out some of the bags that paddlers use like these from Mountain Equipment Co-op
          Ken Talbot

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            • Geezer
              XS-XJ Guru
              • May 2003
              • 2985
              • Willamina, Oregon 97229
              #4
              I remember seening some vacuume packed bags for travlers. You could either roll the air out or suck it out with a vacuume cleaner. Check your local department store for these. I think they were made by Coleman but I'm not sure.

              Geezer
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                • Czekus21
                  XS-XJ Guru
                  • May 2004
                  • 1068
                  • Keosauqua (Southeast) Iowa
                  #5
                  You may try a military surplus store for the waterproff bags that they used to issue us. They're large enough to hold whatever you would want to carry on a bike. Strong. Durable. Lined with a rubber like substance called rubber, Have draw strings to tie it closed. Although If you don't tie it VERY tight. stuff will still get wet. That's why when I was in the military, I doubled em up with the openings at opposite ends. With the bags tied like this, It will literaly float, Just think, You could also go tubing.
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                    • beechfront
                      XSive Maximus
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 673
                      • midwest
                      #6
                      hey guys - thanks for all the suggestions.


                      checked the local military surplus store - they had some but they were too small.

                      i think the main reason i was having problems with the garbage bags is that my sleeping bag is so big. so i was having to put a garbage bag on each end because they would each only make it 3/4 the way around.


                      anyway i found EXACTLY what i was looking for at walmart. They called them 'float bags'. i suppose for rafting?


                      it's made out of a thick vinyl/rubber type material so it should be pretty durable. definitely waterproof. i can fit my huge oversized sleeping bag & a pillow in there.

                      $25

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