REI Durable Stuff Sack

Good basic stuff sack, great price, could use a flap and instructions.

These are still on sale at REI as of November 4th, 2020.

I bought two of the Durable ones and one of the Lightweight ones. The prices were: $7.93 for the 30 liter orange one, $6.93 for the 20 liter blue one, and $8.93 for the 15 liter lighter weight blue one.

The main reason was to—finally—have a stuffsack with a handle on the bottom for my large 0 degree REI Volcano sleeping bag. Given how big the bag is and how tightly it fit into the sack provided, the lack of something to grab onto to while pulling the bag out was a constant frustration. 

Another reason was to have a sack big enough that it wasn't a struggle to get the bag in. The 30L does the job perfectly. (The 20L also works,  but it's almost as tight a fit as the original.) I'm not an ultra-lighter the few times I do go out now, so the slight amount of extra space isn't a problem. The heavier, more durable fabric is also a good trade off for the same reason.

The other two were because the price is so good, they're nice colors and my car camping frequent use items can be stored and organized more easily now.

I've used them once so far for car camping. The color coding is nice to remember what to take out of the car and put into the tent first. The only issues I had were: 

1.  They could have used a flap for the opening, especially the one for the sleeping bag. They do close tightly enough that this isn't a major problem, but a flap would have been nice. 

2.  The myriad of loops on the closure are something of a head scratcher. If this isn't just a user problem and intuitively obvious to everyone but me, instructions would help. 

Background

Backpacking, hiking and car camping for 40+ years, mostly day hiking and car camping in the last ten, but still mange a few overnighters.