How to Pack a North Face Sleeping Bag
It is best to pack your sleeping bag in a stuff sack to avoid tearing it while hiking or camping. Once a bag tears, it is almost inevitable that the opening eventually will grow, and the bag's insulation will be lost. Stuff sacks come in two varieties, regular and compression. A compression sack allows you to pack your bag much smaller. All North Face sleeping bags have either synthetic or down insulation. A fully compressed down bag will be about half the size of a fully compressed synthetic bag.
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Instructions
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Make sure your bag is dry before packing it, otherwise mildew can build up. If the bag is even a little moist, air dry it outdoors. Avoid drying it in direct sunlight, or turn the bag inside out. This is especially important if you have one of North Face's "DryLoft" or "Gore-Tex" bags.
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Lay your sleeping bag on the cleanest floor possible and, starting at either end of the sleeping bag, feed the bag into the stuff sack. If you're using a regular stuff sack, simply close the drawstring and your're done. If you're using a compression sack, continue on to Step 3.
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Orient your compression sack so the opening faces up.
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The sack will have a patch of material attached to the sack with four adjustable straps. Place this patch over the opening of the sack and pull the straps until they're snug. You will see the bag compress a little.
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Place one knee on top of the sack and sink your body weight into it. This will compress the bag further and create slack in the straps.
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Pull the straps again, taking out the slack. Tighten them as much as possible. Most adult-size North Face sleeping bags with down insulation can be compressed to nearly the size of a football, if not smaller. A synthetic bag won't compress as much.
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Tips & Warnings
Try to fit your sleeping bag in your pack rather than attaching it to the outside. It will be less likely to tear or to get wet.
If a synthetic sleeping bag gets wet, it can still keep you warm, but if your down-filled bag gets wet, it will be virtually useless until it dries.
When you get to your destination, take your bag out of the stuff sack. Whether your bag is down or synthetic you should avoid keeping it compressed for more than a day at a time, which can cause the insulation to form into clumps, dramatically decreasing its ability to keep you warm.
