space bags

[jdkk424]

If you pack using space bags, how do you get the air out of them before you return home?

 

[teresajoy]

If you pack using space bags, how do you get the air out of them before you return home?

I've wondered this too! I think you can roll them and manually get a lot of the air out, but I'v never been able to get them real flat doin that.

 

[eyor44]

I use the smaller ones that are meant to be rolled but I have been known to ask a mousekeeper to use their vaccum.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I use the travel ones. They are meant to be rolled.

 

[jdkk424]

Will mousekeepers let you use their vacuums?

 

[diamondpixienc]

Another vote for the travel ones. Life and space savers But it's nice to know that you can borrow a vacuum if needed

 

[kristinw3girls]

I also used the rolling kind. I had 2 large suitcases packed for a family of 5 for 8 days with a December travel date. I needed to bring shorts and winter vests. etc. I always use them and I always will. They worked great!

 

[Minniemama350]

What about one of those air pumps that is for a mattress that reverses to help get the air back out? Would the hole be the right size?

 

[tigger51276]

I just used space savers for the first time this summer for a 2 week camping trip I went on and they are wonderful! I am going to use them for Disney as my goal is to only take one checked bag and 2 carryons for myself and my 2 daughters. As I am a dvc owner I will have a vacuum in my villa to use, but I believe you can certainly ask housekeeping to borrow a vacuum and explain why you need it or pack an electric or battery operated air pump (that is what I used coming home from camping).

 

[luvmylatte]

I have seen these bags but never used them. Do your clothes get wrinkled? If they are as good as they sound I will be using them to save space too.

 

[shellyfive]

They are great to pack with , but remember that you'll be able to get more in the suitcase and that = more weight. They do still weigh bags at airlines and the over costs are expensive.....I can vividly remember being in an airport frantically shoving clothes from bag A to B to save on the charges---not fun!
However, if the come up with a" fix my loaded suitcase gameshow"....I'm in!!!!!

 

[tigger51276]

I have seen these bags but never used them. Do your clothes get wrinkled? If they are as good as they sound I will be using them to save space too.

Yes your clothes do get wrinkled. For my camping trip, our clothes were in them for probably 2 days and everything had to be shaken out and such.