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- From: bohack@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (edward.e.harstead)
- Subject: Re: GoreTex bags (was Re: Light & Warm Syn
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:08:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.170832.12894@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.014707.27942@cs.tu-berlin.de> <1992Nov16.170443.12822@ncar.ucar.edu>
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- I wrote:
- >>>After washing a down bag, you are supposed to dry it in a large
- >>>front-loading dryer (low heat), with a few tennis balls thrown in
- >>>to break up the clumps of down. So maybe it's time to wash it.
-
- Replies:
- >>I cannot recommend this tennis ball trick. I washed my Marmoth Gopher
- >>with a special down soap and dryed it (following the instructions) with
- >>some tennis balls in a dryer. The bag wasn't usable after that (ok, it
- >>is usable in normal conditions, but the Gopher should be comfortable at
- >
- >I have never heard of using tennis balls, it was always tennis
- >shoes. Something with a little more mass.
-
- Tennis balls were recommended to me, and they worked just fine on
- my NF Blue Kazoo.
-
- Perhaps there is a more optimal piece of tennis equipment, such as
- the tennis shoes suggested above. Maybe even a tennis racket for
- an expedition bag.
-
- Ed Harstead
-