Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Storing all this stuff
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HowardSprague |
NotLight: "HowardSprague: "if I stored all my gear the way everyone says I should, I would have to build a separate, 15'x20' climate-controlled shed, or do a house addition just for gear storing purposes. True. Still, I'd like to have that problem some day! |
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Wick |
Do i unroll everything to store it until i use it? I saw an exped guy on youtube that says to unroll my air mattress and lay flat. Should not hurt sleeping bags and blankets to be rolled up,,should it? What about tents? |
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OldFingers57 |
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mschi772 |
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yellowcanoe |
Mine are down and synthetic . Otherwise they can lose loft if rolled for long periods Tent loose over rafters . Otherwise coatings can stick together |
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Frenchy19 |
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awbrown |
I have a lot of gear that I use that I purchased in the 80's and still works just fine. Now you have me worried that I'm doing something wrong. Lol |
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DeuceCoop |
awbrown: "Everything I have, except sleeping bags, stays in stuff sacks, remains in a pack and is hung in the garage. Sleeping bags are loosely stuffed into the bags they came in and sleeping pads remain rolled up. I personally think it's preferable to store tents loosely packed and sleeping pads unrolled, but I don't think it's critical. The main thing is insuring sleeping bags aren't compressed, which you already have covered. The thing I've most come to appreciate is the ability to quickly and easily select items that are appropriate for a given trip. |
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yellowcanoe |
arm2008: "yellowcanoe: "Sleeping bags and pads on hangars in a unused closet" Mwhahaha. We're retired so don't have closets of kids toys Sure you gotta figure out what you can do I'm not looking under my sofa. There's probably 17 years of fur under there When we moved here we realized we needed a boat barn. And workshop First big home improvement The grey toilet stayed for many years till we got around to bathroom remodel We store our tents loose out of a learning experience The stink factor from a rolled up tent was once horrific So now on the second floor of the boat barn/workshop over the rafters are ghostly shrouds Best not to go there at Halloween or after watching A Christmas Carol |
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SaganagaJoe |
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GraniteCliffs |
I have 4-5 bags. One of them is used 1-2 trips a year and works great. I bought it in 1973 and have traveled overseas with it for a total of 12 months use and taken it on dozens and dozens of trips. It works great to this day and will be used again in 2018 a couple of times. So, no, I am not a big believer in the need to unroll a bag to store it. |
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mschi772 |
GraniteCliffs: "One of them is used 1-2 trips a year and works great. I bought it in 1973 and have traveled overseas with it for a total of 12 months use and taken it on dozens and dozens of trips. I'd be curious about this bag's construction. Storing bags packed is especially bad for modern synthetic-filled bags because the insulation will lose its loft permanently over time. As far as I know, down fill (which I believe was common back in the 70's) can be more resilient and have loft fluffed back into it. Other reasons for why the storage guidelines are what they are: Reduce moisture build-up in pads/tents and prevent fungal growth Reduce repetitive stresses on creases/folds in fabrics Better foam/self-inflating performance from sleeping pads when stored unrolled and open; when they are stored packed, they have a hard time inflating, and the foam can actually develop a memory for its compressed state or even start breaking down prematurely. I have a synthetically insulated double sleeping bag and a double sleeping pad. They are not cheap, and I HAVE had bags that lost their insulative properties from being stored in a packed state. I have also had a sleeping pad have its outer layer detach from its inner foam likely due to moisture build-up, so I do not take any chances anymore. |
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NotLight |
HowardSprague: "if I stored all my gear the way everyone says I should, I would have to build a separate, 15'x20' climate-controlled shed, or do a house addition just for gear storing purposes. ...which still seems like less space than you need to store one motorboat. |
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mirth |
My exped & a self inflating REI pad live under the couch. The pads my kids use, an insulated & uninsulated Big Agnes, are stored rolled in their sacks in the camping closet. Nemo pillows are stored unstuffed hanging by the loop on the side from one of the knobs on the closet door, valves open. Tents are stored in their bags, rolled like how they came from the factory. Everything is thoroughly aired out after an outing, typically several days to several weeks depending on the kids laziness factor. Maybe some day when I have space for rubbermaid bins for the tents or bags I'll use that. For now it fits in the space I'm allotted for keeping that kind of stuff. In the end, do what works best for you as long as you're following any explicit instructions from the manufacturer (like properly sanitizing your filter after the trip, etc). |
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arm2008 |
yellowcanoe: "Sleeping bags and pads on hangars in a unused closet" What is this "unused closet" that you speak of? And others speak of "under bed" and "under couch" - do others not store large quantities of cat and dog fur there? |
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HowardSprague |
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DeuceCoop |
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butthead |
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thistlekicker |
HowardSprague: "if I stored all my gear the way everyone says I should, I would have to build a separate, 15'x20' climate-controlled shed, or do a house addition just for gear storing purposes. As it is, I feel fortunate to have am approx. 16x7 room at the back of my garage. My tents are stored in the bags they came in. My Exped DLX mat is rolled up (gasp!) in the bag. My Thermarests - ok I have those unrolled but (!) inflated with the valves closed, so they'd stay rigid and in place up against the ceiling where I have some ropes holding them up. My sleeping bags, some I have in a loose stuff sack, but some are in the original, compact bags they came in for the trail. Otherwise, it would just take too much space. I'm always organizing/reorganizing/cleaning up after some project left my gear room in disarray. But I don't have space to have all my bags hanging, my tents hung up, my mats open & against a wall, and each wool sock on its own felt-coated hanger. Whatever works with the space you have, as long as not overexposed to humidity, mice, and so on... THIS |
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bwcasolo |
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HowardSprague |
I don't see any such answers or comments on this thread. |
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jcavenagh |
I have been camping for about 40 years. You are asking good questions on the board. Don’t be shy about asking ANY questions on the board. Any trolls who give bad answers or call a question stupid are generally called out by all the good people here. |