Re: [Philmont]: vacuum bags

My Mom found these at Walmart - they were in the same aisle as the luggage.
YiS,
Dan
>From: "Robert W. Vernon" <bob.vernon@sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: Re: [Philmont]: vacuum bags
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:47:44 -0600
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>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.
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>BeaverBob
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>on 3/10/04 8:26 AM, J. Michael Floyd at FLOYD@foodser.uga.edu wrote:
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> > 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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