Vacuum Storage Bags

[Deleted member 26715]

Isn't the vacuum cleaner to re-use them a bit of a bother to carry 😉 but seriously if you only needed them shrunk one way you had the volume anyway?

They do a special roll up system http://packmate.co.uk/vacuum-packs.html

 

[PaulSB]

Isn't the vacuum cleaner to re-use them a bit of a bother to carry 😉 but seriously if you only needed them shrunk one way you had the volume anyway?

As @Phaeton says it's a roll up system. Fold clothes to lay flat in bag, roll tightly to expel air and seal.

View: https://youtu.be/dYmBQQ0_WDQ

 

[MontyVeda]

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The small, travel size ones are superb for packing stuff for cycle touring. I always use them on tour.

I keep trying to imagine a small attachment for a standard bike pump that'll reverse it to pump air out instead of push it in... is there any such thing and would it at all be possible?

 

[PaulSB]

I keep trying to imagine a small attachment for a standard bike pump that'll reverse it to pump air out instead of push it in... is there any such thing and would it at all be possible?

I'd patent that if I were you!

 

[MontyVeda]

I'd patent that if I were you!

OK... maybe a not so standard bike pump that can deflate as well as inflate

 

[irw]

OK... maybe a not so standard bike pump that can deflate as well as inflate

How about this:

Argos

 

[MontyVeda]

bit on the big side, and does it pump tyres up?