Re: [Philmont]: vacuum bags

My wife travels a great deal internationally, and she turned me on to these
bags a couple of years ago. They are available at a variety of stores,
particularly those places that deal in travel goods (in the South there's a
place called The Container Store that carries them). In fact, I think I
picked up a couple of bags at REI, if I'm not mistaken. Great stuff, very
compact, and pretty sturdy. Worth a look.

BeaverBob

on 3/10/04 8:26 AM, J. Michael Floyd at FLOYD@foodser.uga.edu wrote:

> This last year several of my crew members have started showing
> me vacuum plastic bags that are being sold at stores like
> Coleman, etc. We have always recommended in the past our crew
> members use plastic freezer bags ( normally the 2 gal size) to
> waterproof clothing items inside their packs. I have recently found
> some of these bags at Bed & Bath stores for less than $15 and
> there are four bags in the box ( two different sizes).
> I am impressed with how these bags work. Put clothing in the bag,
> then zip the bag, and then roll it and when you roll the bag the air
> is forced out of the bag. This reduces volume in the pack and
> waterproofs your clothing. The problem I always found with the
> freezer bags is the process of getting the air out of the bags to
> reduce volume.
>
> Has anybody else on the list had any experiences with this
> product?
>
> Mike Floyd
> Asst Scoutmaster/hiking-Philmont, Troop 149
> Northeast Georgia Council
> Lead Advisor-Philmont 98,00,02,04
> G.A.T.C. Thru Hiker 98,00,02
> OA Vigil- "Wachtschu Achpamsin" Mountain Hiker
> http://www.oconeeTroop149.org/
>

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Received on Wed Mar 10 09:12:37 2004