Gotta Ask..Stuff or Fold???

[jamaro]

Ok.. I gotta ask... When you are putting your stuff in the stuff sack to you fold nicely or do you just start stuffing???
Seriously...
J-

 

[Aron Snyder]

I stuff....never fold!

 

[Curtis C]

Sleeping bag= stuffed
tent=stuffed(megatarp designed to be stuffed)
Sleeping pad= folded
clothes= stuffed


C

 

[mtnkid85]

Most highly compresable things like down jackets, sleeping bags, insulation layers get stuffed. Tents, tarps, pads get folded the minimum amount of times to fit in the desired space then rolled up tight.
I very rarely use any sort of stuff sacks. My pack simply acts as one giant "stuff sack" with everything stacked inside, in approx. order of use.

 

[Brock A]

Sleeping bag & tent stuffed

Clothes & sleeping pad folded

 

[2rocky]

ROLL not fold.

 

[Matt Cashell]

stuff it ... stuff it good.

 

[jamaro]

Ok.. Now I don't' feel like a slacker... i stuff everything...

 

[JG358]

I roll my bivy and pad up, stuff the tarp and sleeping bag.

 

[david long]

Sleeping bag and tent stuffed.

 

[dotman]

Stuff

 

[dreamingbig]

Stuff sleeping bag, most clothes, and jacket. Roll tent and pad as it fits easily in the bag.

 

[cmeier117]

Stuff everything but the Neo Air.

 

[Rick Seymour]

Grab & Push hard

 

[ScottR_EHJ]

SO 6, rolled. TiGoat V5 stuffed. Woobie, stuffed. Sleeping bag, stuffed. Neoair, rolled. Each piece has its own weird set of instructions.

 

[TJ]

I have to roll my tent up (Tarptent Moment), but everything else gets stuffed.

I just began putting my neoair inside my sleeping bag and then stuff the whole works.

Seems to work just fine.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I'm a stuffer.

 

[littlebuf]

Ive always rolled my sleeping bag. is there some advantage to stuffing it? either way it fits in the same stuff sack.just curious

 

[Matt Cashell]

I have heard that stuffing it preserves both loft and dwr finishes, because the insulation doesn't get compressed the same way over and over, and the fabrics don't get repeated creased the same way, wearing the DWR in those areas.

I stuff because it is easy.

 

[lastcall]

I always stuff everything when possible.