Sleeping bag repair

The best way? Well it’s the cheapest. But the best quality repair would be to send it in to WM for repair… or the place recommended by REI (see their web site)

billy

+1 on above, send it back to the OEM, they’ll do the best work.

The tape will definitely get it done. A professional repair is nice, but honestly your method will be just as functional; tenacious tape even without reinforcement can hold just about forever if well applied (make sure to push down away from the spot as much as you can before taping, to give you a nice flat area to push the tape down). Personally I’d skip the added stitching as the tape should hold well enough, but my guess is the added sewing won’t hurt anything.

Personally I’d skip the added stitching as the tape should hold well enough, but my guess is the added sewing won’t hurt anything.

+1.  I’ve had a small tenacious tape repair on my WM Megalite for almost 3 years and it looks exactly as it did the day I applied it (in the field). It has even gone through a wash cycle!  Just make certain to round the corners of the tape patch and move all the down away from the damage before applying.

“Yeah, the tape is sage green and my bag is maroon”

If that keeps you up at night, use a red Sharpie marker to make the green tape more maroon colored.

Bonus tip: Small (or large) scraps on cars, especially rental cars, that expose the white primer underneath, are far less obvious once touched up with a Sharpie.  I’ve done that on a red and on a black car with strikingly good results.  A $6 set of colored Sharpies < rental company’s repair fees.

Good post topic, Eric..Glad to see you back! Hope the hunt went well.

As to the tape repair while functional and durable enough,I would still send it back to the factory for repairs. A Western Mountaineering down bag at about $350 plus is to me an investent. Take care of it and it will still have a lot of its value. Rather than tape, I would look to the maker for a long term repair. When you wish to sell, it will have more value properly stitched than taped. Just my  $.02 :)