[pct-l] Western Mountaineering sleeping bag - clumpy?

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

Thank you.

I was just going to write never mind about the bag. We stuffed it in  
the closet and I just took it out to look at it and it was 100%  
fluffier than it was last weekend. It looks normal now.

Diane

On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Bill Burge wrote:

>
> In order:
>
> no, yes, yes
>
> My GF and I each have a WM bag.  (Used them in the Sierras last  
> weekend!) It should not be clumpy.  Lay it out and give it a few  
> good shakes from the foot and the head and it should POOF right  
> up.  If it doesn't, then it sounds like it got wet.  If it was that  
> way when you got it - send it back.
>
> If it got that way when you slept in then start breaking up the  
> clumps and restoring the loft.  This condition is what happens you  
> wash it as well. So it's a good skill to learn, but you shouldn't  
> have to learn it on a new bag.
>
> BillB
>
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com  
> wrote:
>
>> Is the down in a Western Mountaineering sleeping bag supposed to be
>> clumpy? I have a Go-lite Ultra 20 quilt and if I set it out and wait
>> a few minutes, it fluffs up. All the down is fluffy. The Western
>> Mountaineering bag doesn't seem to do that. The down is clumpy and
>> doesn't seem to fluff up. It seems stuck together. It doesn't even
>> really feel like down to me. It's a 30 degree model. Should we send
>> it back? Can it be sent back if it was slept in one night?
>>
>> Diane
>>
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