Spare clothing, bedding, and all the other things that end up stuffed into sailboat lockers need to be organized and protected from the elements. Our standard solution has been Ziploc bags for books and smaller items and inexpensive zippered plastic bags for clothing, bedding, and larger items. Beyond this, there are two options with more benefits.

The two types of storage bags PS tested compress by either rolling the air out, like the Packmate, or by vacuuming it out, like the Space Bags (pictured above). The medium Space Bag PS testers evaluated compressed its contents by 30 percent; it also held the vacuum seal well.

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