Sleeping Bags: Packing Volume

Method:

ASTM F 1853 “Test Method for Measuring Sleeping Bag Packing Volume”

Instrument:

Plastic cylinder, a piston disk, weight on pulley system

Cost:

$66 per hour for labor

Note: We will only measure packing volume if the bags are already at the lab for manikin testing. Request these tests on the manikin test submission form.

	250 pounds is applied evenly with a piston disk