Reddit reviews Equinox Sleeping Bag Storage Sack
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If he rarely uses it then it is even more important to
not store it compact!
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Most of the insulation in a sleeping bag comes from the air trapped in/around the down or synthetic fibers, not the down/fibers themselves. Air is a pretty good insulator, as long as you keep it in small enough pockets that convection isn't an issue. That's why, for instance, a double-paned window is far better at keeping heat in than a single pane that's twice as thick: The air's doing the insulating, not the glass. It's also why insulating materials tend to be light and fluffy.
Each time you compress and uncompress your synthetic sleeping bag, you're degrading/breaking down the fibers a little bit. So, they don't spring back quite as much the next time, and there isn't as much air mixed up in the fibers.
I have no idea how many compression cycles it takes for this to become an issue, so I won't try to go into that.
I have a small compression sack that I use for my sleeping bag when I'm backpacking/taking it in a very full car/otherwise storing it somewhere where space is at a premium. I also have a much larger storage sack similar to this one that doesn't really compress the bag, which I use for long-term storage in my closet. You should be able to get one at just about any camping/outdoors store like REI or EMS. It's just a big burlap sack with a drawstring, maybe 3' long by 18" diameter or so.