I have a Macpac 700 sleeping bag and been using it for 6 years and it's been brilliant and still in good condition, with plenty of loft. Following guidance I decided to wash it last week to hopefully extend it's life.
I followed all the instructions using Graingers down wash (hand washed) and then took it to a local laundrette and used one of the big tumber dryers on low heat complete with the balls.
The bag is now fully dry and the loft has returned. However two compartments along the chest appear to have little of no down in them. I've tried shaking the bag from the foot (after researching online) to redistribute the down, but it appears these compartments, as with all of them, are sealed.
So has anyone on here experienced this before? There are no holes in the bag, so I can't understand where the down has gone. Unless the compartments were relatively empty before and I just hadn't noticed, but I would have thought the chest is where you would want plenty of insulation.
Given the missing down I'm sure the bag will not perform as well as it has done before the wash.
So any help to solve this mystery and help return the missing down would be appreciated!
Post edited at 09:29