Can we talk about how long it takes to dry out a wet sleeping bag

I left my down sleeping bag unzipped after a trip and somehow moisture got into the footbox. It took me THREE full days in front of a fan with constant fluffing to get it dry again. Day one I just hung it and thought it would be fine, but it still felt damp. Day two I put it in the dryer on no heat and it barely helped. By day three I was manually breaking up clumps every hour. Anyone else waste a whole weekend trying to dry gear they thought was fine?

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aaron_wilson175mo ago

Dryer on no heat is mostly useless for down, you gotta hit it with some low heat.

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jordan3055mo ago

Waste a whole weekend manually fluffing down clumps.

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