I've tried searching for the specific topic of whether you roll your sleeping bag or just stuff it into the carrier.
I've tried to find the 82 pattern ruck manual, but no information about how to pack the sleeping bag carrier.
My question is:
I have an 82 pattern rucksack and sleeping bag carrier.
While on course we were given "instruction" on how to pack the ruck sack. Unfortunately it was fast and furious and just involved stuffing everything into the pack.
As a result I asked a few people I work with how to pack the sleeping bag (Infantry reserve members, a former recruit instructor, course section 2IC and my dad with 40+ years in).
Dad and recruit instructor tells me to roll it and put it into the carrier.
Others tell me to just jam it in and squish it down.
When stuffing the carrier with the bag, it feels like a sloppy wet diaper on the bottom of the ruck even when squishing it down. The draw strings on the carrier where the D rings are basically compressing down to nothing leaving a great horde of string to tuck away.
When rolling the bag and placing into the carrier, it's a lot easier to secure the straps and cinch it tight. But again, D rings are compressed to nothing.
???
Is this really a personal preference thing?
Any help to relieve the confusion would be appreciated.