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Thermal Insulation and Temperature Ratings for Sleeping Bags
 
   

Sleeping Bag Packing Volume

Property:
Sleeping bag packing volume

Method:

ASTM F 1853 "Test Method for Measuring Sleeping Bag Packing Volume"


Instrument:

Plastic cylinder, a piston disk, weight on pulley system

Specimen number and size: 1 or 3 sleeping bags

Cost:

$45 per hour for labor (3 reps)

sleeping bag packing volume test

sleeping bag packing volume test closeup

250 pounds is applied evenly with a piston disk

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