<p>I have to travel a long way to college, and I have to pack a lot of warm clothes (I'm going to Dartmouth.)</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone has had any experience/success with those Space Bags. I am talking about those bags that can have an air-tight seal and compress into a small, flat package.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Those might be alright, but it might wrinkle the f**k out of your clothes. I would just get some duffle bags, they can hold alot and are not subject to length restrictions by the airlines.</p>
<p>Make your whole family go with you! My brother wanted to bring 5 suitcases, but they would only allow 2 per person to board the airplane, so my mom and I went along claiming that the other bags were ours (and brought one for ourselves so we could hang out for a couple days). That's assuming you're flying to college, of course. If you are driving, just take along a small friend who has a HUGE car. :)</p>
<p>Space Bags work GREAT! They reduce the content volume exactly like the picture on the box indicates. Pillows reduce to about 1/2 inch! If your clothes are wrinkly, just shake out the wrinkles or fluff them in a dryer for a short time. I love Space Bags!</p>
<p>Space bags made it possible for us to move all of D's stuff halfway across the country. They truly DO take a full size comforter and turn it into a pancake. They're fantastic for clothing, bedding, towels, etc...anything that can be compressed. Wrinkles weren't a real problem as we used them mostly for the bedding/pillows/towels and for clothes where it didn't matter--t-shirts, pjs, etc.</p>
<p>I highly recommend them.</p>
<p>sorry i just dont get how space bags work... so what happens when you take the stuff back out? does it just come back to normal fluffy size all by itself?</p>
<p>One more question:</p>
<p>What do you do when it's time to come home? Don't you have to use a vacuum (not the upright kind)? Those might be hard to find in a college dorm...</p>
<p>Space bags are terrific for short-term use, however I've found that they don't hold the vacuum over long periods of time. I used them to store comforters and pillows one summer, and by the time I went to get them out again for winter use the bags were almost full-sized. However, they do work very well for traveling and college moving. After unloading them, fold them up and stick them in the top of your closet until you're ready to pack to go home again. If you don't have a vacuum cleaner to fully pull the air out, you can lay the bag on the floor and zip the top most of the way closed. Then basically lay on the bag - you can force a lot of the air out, and while lying on the bag finish sealing the zip top. It isn't as perfect as the vacuum you get using a vacuum cleaner, but it works in a pinch.</p>
<p>Marcyr is right...I'd forgotten that they don't keep the air out forever!
By the time we packed the car, got 900 miles from home, and started unpacking to take stuff in the dorm, some of the bags had started to
fill up with a little air. However, they lasted for the most part when we needed them to....from about a Wednesday through a Saturday.</p>