Sea to Summit eVent® Compression Dry Sacks

When things don’t just go right, means perfect product testing time; In this case a march Grand Canyon raft trip. (See Thank Heaven for SD last week) March, high in the 80’s low in 50’s from obviously a broken thermometer. In 18 days we never saw 80’s and some days we barely saw the 50’s. It rained and it snowed on my sandaled toes. But that is great weather for testing product.

I took three Sea to Summit
eVent® Compression Dry Sacks with me. These stuff sacks are extremely light weight, 5.9 oz for a large one and they work. I took a large Sierra Designs® Wild Bill 20⁰ Extra Long sleeping bag (Which is another story!) and put it in a large Dry Sack. The sack worked. It compressed the bag down to a small size (8″ x 9″ round), easily and kept the bag from getting wet.

But that is not the real test. I also put a wet tent into a medium stuff sack. Five days later I used the tent again and I pulled it out of the stuff sack dry. No mildew no water a dry tent. The eVent® compression sack had compressed the tent to a small bag, and allowed the water vapor to escape.

Stuff sack looks like any other stuff sack till you look at the opening. Instead of a drawstring there is a roll down closure to seal water out. The eVent bottom allows air to escape as the bag is compressed.

Features of the eVent® Stuff Sack from the website are:

• Unique compression idea – allows air to be pushed out to compress, but water can’t get in because of the waterproof, air permeable eVent® fabric base
• Rugged 100 D nylon body & lid
• Waterproof seams – double stitched and tape sealed
• Roll top Hypalon™ closure with lid and 4 straps evenly compresses and maintains compressed size
• Reinforced stitching on all stress points
• Pull handle on the bottom
• Super compact and very light

Thanks Sea to Summit