When stuffing your sleeping bag in to the dry bag be gentle with the opening. This is the most fragile part of the bag, so avoid twisting it or putting undue stress on the internal plastic strip so it maintains a good seal when rolled.
If you intend to keep the sleeping bag in the provided compression bag rather than stuffing it straight in to the drybag you will have to choose a larger size due to the size of the opening.
Rowan from the design team spent a load of time stuff things into our Airlok dry bags here are his findings...
Which insulation into which bag?
Product |
Airlok size (litres) |
Fit notes |
Optimal dry bag size (litres) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeping Bags | |||
| Mountain Ghost 140 | 4 | ||
| Mountain Ghost 200 | 8 | ||
| Mountain Ghost 300 | 13 | ||
| Cloud Cover | 3 | ||
| Skyehigh 500 | 8 | ||
| Skyehigh 500 L | 8 | Tight | |
| Skyehigh 700 | 12 | Loose | |
| Skyehigh 700 L | 12 | ||
| Skyehigh 900 | 13 | ||
| Skyehigh 900 L | 13 | Tight | |
| PipeDream 200 | 3 | Tight | |
| PipeDream 200 L | 4 | ||
| PipeDream 400 | 6 | ||
| PipeDream 400 L | 6 | ||
| PipeDream 600 | 12 | Loose | 10 |
| PipeDream 600 L | 12 | Loose | 10 |
| AlpineDream 800 | 13 | ||
| AlpineDream 1000 | 20 | ||
| ArcticDream 1200 | 20 | ||
| AlpineDream 1400 | 20 | Tight | |
| Down Jackets | |||
| Heiko Vest | 3 | Loose | 1 |
| Filoment Vest | 3 | Loose | 1 |
| Heiko | 3 | Loose | |
| Filoment Hoody | 3 | Loose | 2 |
| Katabatic | 3 | ||
| Apogee | 3 | ||
| Phantac | 3 | ||
| Filo | 4 | ||