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Diogo:
I have not heard of this practice before, unless it is that you should never STORE your sleeping back in its stuff sack for long periods. This is true as it compresses the fibers and makes a bag lose its loft over time and thus its warmth.
The concept that a loose sleeping bag in a pack will fill voids makes sense, especially if you are very limited in the volume of the pack.
But your primary concern usually is keeping a sleeping bag dry. A wet bag, especially a down one, will limit its ability to keep you warm. Having a sleeping bag in its own waterproof bag to me is the best way to ensure it stays dry. The volume of that bag may determine how much of a "round bulky thing" it is. The sleeping bag I carry on the camino is so small as it is, I don't see it being much bulk. But we go in June.
IMHO having a bag loose would be a bigger risk. But if your space is limited and you can wrap everything in a waterproof bag to limit any exposure to moisture, it should allow you to pack more and conform it to the shape of the pack.
Rambler
I like stuffing my sleeping bag into the bottom of my pack.
It cushions the top of my butt (but then, I have a bubble butt!).
...my sleeping bag sack it's not waterproof, and I always wear a pack cover. I never had any kind of problems with this, never had a wet pack, or anything inside got wet, and I always manage to prevent water to slip to the back part of it.
Diogo:
My experience with pack covers is that they are not very good. Driving rain will always get into my cover and usually the water will drain down and pool at the bottom of the pack where I carry my sleeping bag. The Altus ponchos eliminate much of that issue on the Camino. But if you use a bladder for your water and store it in the pack, it is another risk of soaking everything. I have had that happen on several occasions.
Also in the video, he puts everything into a large plastic bag to protect it from the rain. If you do that you have no water issue. That makes sense.
I would weigh the weight of the large plastic bag against a smaller waterproof bag and take the one that is lighter, unless space is an issue.
Rambler
Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!! Smart alec...Just be sure to smash your sleeping bag and must-keep-dries inside that extra-tough trash bag verrry slowwly and tie the top closed, re-arranging it every three seconds. Then you will discover you left out a sock. Reopen it all, put in sock, and squish it all down all over again. Be sure to do this between the hours of 5 and 6 a.m., as many times as needed, using your headlight on high-beam.
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