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2022
Do you own one of our 2 in 1 Sleepin Bed sleeping bags and have a question about its maintenance or repair?
We’ll give you all the necessary information so that you can keep your product as long as possible!
We advise you to get out and unroll your Sleepin Bed as soon as you arrive at the camp. Open the zip that holds the product folded in half to lay it flat, then leave the "IN" valve open for about 10 minutes to facilitate pre-inflation. The rest of the inflation should be done by mouth. To know if the inflation is correct, you should feel the ground slightly when sitting on it. Once the mattress is inflated, you can easily zip up your duvet.
You can twin sleeping bags with each other using the zips on the sides. Request sequence picture
Open the "OUT" valve of your Sleepin Bed then open the zips on each side of the duvet to the bottom. Fold the product in half with the duvet inside, and now close the mattress zips together.
Start from the head and roll towards the feet, keeping pressure on the mattress from the start to release the air. Tip: you can use your knees to press down on the mattress as you go to get the air out.
Before talking about repairs, we are going to talk about how to use your sleeping bag correctly. A lot of customers contact us saying that the zip on their sleeping bag looks broken. Most of the time it is simply an issue with a misaligned slider.
The sliders must be well aligned and nested. This may require some fiddling.
Also take the time to close your sleeping bag completely to avoid getting fabric caught in the zip and having to force it.
Zips can also break: if this happens, we recommend you bring your sleeping bag back to the store or ask a seamstress to replace the zip.
Properly engaging the zip of the sleeping bag
On all of our sleeping bags, we display the temperature ratings tested by an independent laboratory (AITEX) according to European EN 23537-1 standard of 21/01/2017. The temperature rating is the lower limit at which a person, in a relaxed posture, is generally in thermal equilibrium and feels neither hot nor cold.
The limit temperature is the temperature limit at which a person who is curled up in their sleeping bag is generally in thermal equilibrium and feels neither hot nor cold.
Quick tip:
Use an insulating mattress to optimise your thermal comfort.
The temperature rating of the sleeping bags are defined using standardised European tests. But sensitivity to cold also varies from person to person and on the climatic conditions.
Check out the advice to avoid feeling cold when sleeping in a bivouac.
It is quite possible to sleep under the stars and stay protected from moisture by using the sleeping overbag. An overbag, also known as a "bivvy bag", is a protective cover that is one size larger than a sleeping bag. You just have to slip inside it with your sleeping bag, along with your mattress if you want, to protect them from the outside elements.
In this way, it can be used to protect your gear and protect you against adverse weather conditions.
It can be used to sleep under the stars or under a tarp.
HOW TO SET UP A 2-IN1- SLEEPING BAG
HOW TO SET UP A 2-IN1- SLEEPING BAG
Here are the steps to follow to properly clean your sleeping bag:
- Place your sleeping bag in the drum of the washing machine.
- Add two or three tennis balls (new balls or balls which have been cleaned with bleach beforehand). These balls will help to beat the sleeping bag and improve the washing, without damaging it.
- Launch a 30°C program without a spin cycle.
- Air dry the sleeping bag.
This advice applies to every type of sleeping bag: it is best to store it uncompressed in the bag provided.
Keeping the sleeping bag compressed in its storage bag can damage the filling, which will lose its fill power. Although sleeping bags filled with wadding are less delicate, wadding, like down, does not react well to being compressed for long periods of time.
There are two solutions possible:
- use a storage bag that is bigger than the stuff sack, to preserve the fill power of your sleeping bag,
- hang your sleeping bag on a hanger, like a pair of trousers.
Sometimes, your sleeping bag may have a snag. It is important to repair snags quickly using a patch so that the thermal insulation of the sleeping bag is preserved.
Choosing to repair it means acting collectively to reduce our impact by extending the life of our products.
The Decathlon store workshops can repair the snag in your sleeping bag. Check out below the service that you can request from your nearest store.
NB: not all stores are equipped to carry out the repair locally. In this case, your product will be sent to a regional workshop and will be kept for a longer period of time before you can recover it.
> To apply the patch, our workshops carry out a heat sealing process.The resulting high-quality patch will extend the lifetime of your sleeping bag and preserve the warranty. However, if you decide to repair your sleeping bag yourself, the product warranty will no longer be valid.
On a trek, you may snag a sleeping bag. The good news is that it can be repaired! Indeed, you can either mend it or patch it so that the tear doesn't get any bigger letting the synthetic fibres or feathers escape.
- You want the repair to be inconspicuous, even pretty?
If the fabric isn't too thin and you know how to sew, take the time to sew up the hole with some thread in a colour that matches that of the outer fabric of the sleeping bag.
When sewing, take care not to go through the other side of the sleeping bag. This would create a thermal bridge and reduce the insulation of the sleeping bag.
- You’re short of time and have no sewing skills?
The sticky repair patch comes to your rescue: cut a round-edged rectangle one or two centimetres larger than the size of the snag, glue it to the clean, flattened fabric and it's done - you're good to go!
Find compatible parts here: sleeping bag and mattress
Find compatible parts here: sleeping bag and mattress
Find compatible parts here: sleeping bag and mattress
Find compatible parts here: mattress
Find compatible parts here: mattress (coming soon)
Have you stopped using your sleeping bag and are wondering what to do with it?
Instead of throwing it away, don't hesitate to resell it second-hand using the Decathlon Second-hand platform! Fill in all the information about your product online. We will therefore offer you the best sales solutions, then you can drop off your product in the store to finalize the procedure.