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My down sleeping bag began to smell not so good, so I washed it. I used lowest spin cycle possible 400 rpm and it ruined it. There were no cleaning instructions added. Some say low spin cycle on delicates is acceptable, but not in that case.

I was drying it at home and later on I used industrial drying machine, to dry it even more. The problem is I guess water made chunks of feathers and spin cycle displaced all that chunks in one side of the sleeping bag. That means it is totally uneven distributed. I tried to distribute dried feathers manually back from one side to the other side but I always get some cold spots and the sleeping bag is less fluffy that it was. I can't do it evenly. The difference is noticeable, when trying to compress it. I had always stored it in uncompressed form and it is less than 1 year old.

I don't know what are your experiences can anything be done or is that it.

My down sleeping bag began to smell not so good, so I washed it. I used lowest spin cycle possible 400 rpm and it ruined it. There were no cleaning instructions added. Some say low spin cycle on delicates is acceptable, but not in that case.

I was drying it at home and later on I used industrial drying machine, to dry it even more. The problem is I guess water made chunks of feathers and spin cycle displaced all that chunks in one side of the sleeping bag. That means it is totally uneven distributed. I tried to distribute dried feathers manually back from one side to the other side but I always get some cold spots and the sleeping bag is less fluffy that it was. I can't do it evenly. The difference is noticeable, when trying to compress it. I had always stored it in uncompressed form and it is less than 1 year old.

I don't know what are your experiences can anything be done or is that it.

My down sleeping bag began to smell not so good, so I washed it. I used lowest spin cycle possible 400 rpm and it ruined it. There were no cleaning instructions added. Some say low spin cycle on delicates is acceptable, but not in that case.

I was drying it at home and later on I used industrial drying machine, to dry it even more. The problem is I guess water made chunks of of feathers and spin cycle displaced all that chunks in one side of the sleeping bag. That means it is totally uneven distributed. I tried to distribute dried feathers manually back from one side to the other side but I always get some cold spots and the sleeping bag is less fluffy that it was. I can't do it evenly. The difference is noticeable, when trying to compress it. I had always stored it in uncompressed form and it is less than 1 year old.

I don't know what are your experiences can anything be done or is that it.

My down sleeping bag began to smell not so good, so I washed it. I used lowest spin cycle possible 400 rpm and it ruined it. There were no cleaning instructions added. Some say low spin cycle on delicates is acceptable, but not in that case.

I was drying it at home and later on I used industrial drying machine, to dry it even more. The problem is I guess water made chunks of feathers and spin cycle displaced all that chunks in one side of the sleeping bag. That means it is totally uneven distributed. I tried to distribute dried feathers manually back from one side to the other side but I always get some cold spots and the sleeping bag is less fluffy that it was. I can't do it evenly. The difference is noticeable, when trying to compress it. I had always stored it in uncompressed form and it is less than 1 year old.

I don't know what are your experiences can anything be done or is that it.