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Posted by calamity on December 27, 2007 at 4:22:47 pm EST
In reply to Re: Cleaning an Older Down Bag posted by Gear Repair and Maintenance (Guest) on December 26, 2007 at 9:09:43 pm EST

"3. As for people telling you not to wash it, this can harm the bag. A clean down bag will loft more and insulate better. Grease and oils from sweat can cause the down to be weighed down or stick together."

Yet you aren't saying down is impervious to break-down and damage from repeated washing.

As you say, clean has advantages, and is certainly a socially acceptable value. But real "clean freaks," whose numbers are legion, I think, are prone to doing needless damage.

If (merely) a 15-year lifespan (or whatever) is acceptable for a (down) sleeping bag, than how you wash the thing, rather than how often, may be the prime issue.

Cumulative damage to loft, from repeated stuffings, washings, dirt, including rot from dirty microbes, maybe in that order, will eventually kill the thing, and death is mainly a philosphical problem.

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