Does anyone use these while touring?
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From: Tampa
I roll our suits like a boy scout sleeping bag and store em together in the tourpack inside a plastic bag or in a section a suit case. Vacuum seal would be okay but if you are traveling far and have to use them, how would you repack for the ride back?
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From: San Diego
A neat long distance ride packing tip is to bring along some clean, old, worn out clothes, socks with holes, raggedy underwear etc.
Simply wear them several times till they get dirty and throw them away.
This way you have room to buy some souveniers/new t shirts along the trip.
Simply wear them several times till they get dirty and throw them away.
This way you have room to buy some souveniers/new t shirts along the trip.
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From: Southern Maryland
don't they come in their own compression/stuff sac? i just stick mine in that and back in the saddle bag. i like the earlier recommendation of making the wife bring less....yeah, right....like thats gonna fly.
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From: Land of the cold....
I am getting ready for a 3week trip and I came up with same idea....here what I have been trying....walmart sells both kinds of these bags ONE YOU NEED A VAC and ONE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE a vac!!!!!I picked up a few of the non-vac bags and took pillow,blanket and rolled them up! I let sit for 1 week and no air ever got in and wow how they compress!!!I plan on getting few more for my cloths that I will pack in tbag I belive that I can get more in bag now like pillow and blanket along with my cloths.....
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From: Republic of Texas
Nope. Just pack tight and the rest will take care of itself.
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From: anacoco, la
The wife and I just use two gallon freezer bags. We pack one day's clothes in a bag, sit on it to get all the air out, and seal it. It then just slides into the bag and at the end of the day, just pull out the day you need (wife labels the day!) then use same bag for the dirty clothes and it goes into the other saddle bag. They're cheap; they're at most stores; and you can dump them at the end of your trip w/o needing to store them as you would with those bags you buy and have to vacuum out.
I wouldn't worry about rain gear here in June/July the wettest you'll get is from the fog above SF.
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Road Captain
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My question is...If you use the vacuum sealed bags to pack your clothing, and pack your bags full, how do you get everything back in there once they are removed from the bags while you are traveling? 
