REI Co-op Durable Stuff Sack
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This stuff sack provides a convenient way to protect your sleeping bag from moisture and abrasion. It can also be used to store and organize other gear.
Shop newer version- Strong nylon fabric is coated to provide excellent water repellency
- Drawcord opening cinches to secure contents
- Bottom haul handle makes it easy to carry the sack and unstuff your bag
- Available in a range of color-coded sizes: 10L, 15L, 20L, 30L, 60L
- REI Co-op brand is certified to The Climate Label; we actively fund efforts to reduce carbon emissions across our business and support climate projects around the world
| Best Use | Backpacking |
|---|---|
| Material(s) | Nylon |
| Sustainability | From a Climate Label Certified brand |
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From feedback to field testing, all of our gear is dialed-in by REI Co-op members. Their adventures informed every stitch and detail—making for better, longer-lasting gear.
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We use these religiously
My gf and I love to travel. I hate when my dirty clothes are paired with my clean ones and it's too much hassle to neatly fold dirty clothes and put them in those compress cubes, so we use these! Everywhere we go, we bring one of these with us, sometimes we bring two if it's a longer trip. They're really durable and easy to pack. I even went and bought a 60L for when we are car travelling and don't have to worry about space
Toggle needs to be 'snapped' before it will work
Just drove back to the Tustin store and told the guy at the counter I needed to return the bag because the toggle was just sliding up and down the string. He smiled and said that most of the staff didn't know that these new bags have toggles that come like that. To keep the spring from getting weak, if the item sits for a long time, the toggle is held open internally. You have to push hard as if you are opening the toggle to break a piece of plastic inside the toggle. After this the toggle will work. The salesman said toggles are starting to be made like this. This fixes what dorkwad75 was complaing about. And masterfully did surgery to fix. This is nowhere to be found on the REI packaging. I hope they fix that with the next printing. It would have saved a bit of gas.
new insights into spring toggle history for stuff
In researching stuff sacks to try to determine what size I needed, I read a lot of reviews that referred to a poor toggle which needed to be replaced for sacks that were otherwise fine. I bought two 30L sacks, one had a perfectly fine spring toggle and the other one had a completely useless toggle. It would not compress and just slid along the drawstrings with little or no resistance. I decided to disassemble the faulty toggle and found that 2 jeweler's screwdrivers would allow the plunger part to be separated and it seems some foreign misinformed worker had attached both ends of the spring to the plunger so that it was completely compressed. A little digging with a screwdriver bit dug out the extreme end of the spring coil from the plastic, allowing the spring to extend and when reinserted into the outer case, now works as intended and the toggle is now fine and effective. By the way, the sack works well and the external cloth handle makes unpacking very easy, too.
Little bigger than expected
I have a North Face Dolomite 20ºF/-7ºC sleeping bag, and it usually took me 30 minutes to stuff it into the sack it came with, which was 8x17 inches. However, I finally researched and found out my bag was supposed to come with a 10x19 sack, which explains why it was so hard for me to stuff the bag inside. Looking for a cheap alternative, I went with the 9x20 inch (20L) REI brand stuff sack, since it was basically the same size as the sack that my sleeping bag was supposed to come with. It's a nice sack, but I found the 20L to be too big—it didn't squish it down enough for my backpack. The 8x18 (15L) probably would have been a better fit. In retrospect, I think I'm going to opt for a cinch sack instead to play it safe, though REI doesn't seem to carry any REI brand cinch sacks inside any stores in my area (only more expensive brands), so I might have to find one somewhere else to avoid shipping costs.
It's a stuff sack
I dislike the webbing handle on the bottom -- seems prone to tearing out. Designs incorporating a handle that affix the handle to the reinforced side seam are superior in this regard. Otherwise, it's a stuff sack. And when you don't have time to sew your own? Bought a bunch of these to simplify family backpacking. Each of my toddlers gets one to keep their clothes separate and they're all then stuffed into the enormous expedition sized backpack I carry on these sort of trips. They work fine.
Best dirty laundry bag
My girlfriend and I are always taking weekend trips and we reluctantly stuff our dirty clothes back into our bags alongside our clean ones. With as much hiking and outdoors stuff that we love to do, or impromptu swimming, it's nice to pack this bag along the way to use to stuff our dirty laundry in. It's thick and durable and can be as small as a coke can packed. It's wonderful and just the right size for our little getaways. We no longer have to worry about smelling up our clean clothes. We don't plan on using this for much else but I'm sure the possibilities are endless.
Bought for travel, not backpacking -works ok
I wanted this for suitcase travel, to separate out dirty clothes from clean clothes without using plastic bags. It does that and it's definitely durable. The inside flap gives a nice close when you pull the cord. Cord is easy to work and the bag stays closed. I only wish they had these with a square bottom too. Even in a backpack, that could reduce the amount of "dead space."
Great bag to stuff and go!
Just what I wanted in a stuff bag. Large opening allowed bag to be stuffed quickly. Large size accommodated everything I wanted to carry and yet it stuffed into a tight space. Draw cord kept everything in place until I needed access, and emptying was made easy with the built in handle on the bottom of the bag. Even the price was right for a good quality bag.
Great all around bag
I had a 3 day hike coming up early March and noticed the temps were much lower than expected. I figured i needed to keep my boots warm since I just came off being sick. I purchased this sack last minute with that in mind. This bag housed my size 15 boots inside my mummy bag to keep them warm overnight.
Easy close, slick finish
Purchased to make stuffing camping tent easier. It works great. The tent doesn't "bind" to the sides when I cram it into the bag and the cord lock and cord are easy to secure. Haven't abused it yet, but it appears that it would tolerate quite a bit.