During several long trips I have had my sleeping bags in constant use.
Overall I have slept in each my WM Ultralight and Summerlight at least 360 days in a row. Both sleeping bags have suffered. There is not much loft left and the down has clumped together. Shaking the sleeping bag does not help a lot any more.
I am back home now preparing my next trip and wonder what to do with the bags:
I could dry clean the bags and hope to get much more life out of them or save the money for dry cleaning and buy a new bag. In other words: Dry cleaning only seems to make sense if I have not reached the end of the bag's life expectancy. I do not want to waste money for dry cleaning if there is no hope of improving the situation.
What is your experience? How much use can a high quality sleeping bag stand before it is beyond repair?
Thanks for any input,
Christine
