Do you employ the blue IKEA bag?

[Seashoreman]

Wow, people prepared to admit they shop at IKEA!

You certainly don't have to shop at Ikea to buy the bags. Nearest one to me must be over 100 miles away.
I have a few which I find handy for lugging stuff about, especially when winterising boat.
1 x IKEA FRAKTA 71L Storage Laundry Bag 1722834017915 | eBay

 

[dunedin]

No, don’t use IKEA blue bags for loading / unloading boat. As stated above, they are IMHO hopeless for that task as not waterproof and too wide so things fall out.
We do have one IKEA blue bag on board (left by daughter visited) which is used as the bag for taking clothes to/from the marina laundry.
What have been brilliant is the range of IKEA storage boxes her ladyship found which organise all the awkward spaces on board - like the quarter lockers / lazarettes, under chart table seat etc. Lots of different sizes available to optimise for these.

 

[mrming]

Wow, people prepared to admit they shop at IKEA!

What’s wrong with shopping at IKEA? Can’t say I enjoy the experience, but once every 5 years or so we tend to need some furniture.

 

[Stemar]

Our lifejackets live in one, when we aren't wearing them.

Definitely not too proud to admit we have several bits of Ikea furniture. At least as good as other mainstream suppliers and better value, IMO. In our last house I built a couple of kitchen units into an alcove in our living room and it looked like it was made to measure - very posh

 

[neilf39]

I use them for storing ropes and lifejjackets when off the boat and my habitent when on the boat as no way I can fold it back in its original bag.

 

[MontyMariner]

Looked at the link in #21. They look to be too large for me to heave up and onto the transom plus you cant secure the top closed.

 

[Aja]

Looked at the link in #31. They look to be too large for me to heave up and onto the transom plus you cant secure the top closed.

Dimpa

At £3 each (I thought they were £3.50) they are a bargain. You can see what is inside and are shower/spray proof

 

[stuartwineberg]

IKEA sell bags which we use for bedding and clothing. Large and have a long zip for easy access.

Gets stuff ashore in the dinghy dry.

£3.50 each and we have four or five. Makes bedding changes simple and trips to the laundrette easy.

Yep "DIMPA" - we keep our bromptons in them on board - ooops beat me to it

 

[penberth3]

Looked at the link in #31. They look to be too large for me to heave up and onto the transom plus you cant secure the top closed.

Oh yes you can. A few holes and a bit of cord, lace the top together. Small brass eyelets if you want it to last longer.

 

[Aja]

Oh yes you can. A few holes and a bit of cord, lace the top together. Small brass eyelets if you want it to last longer.

See #27

Comes complete with zip. Translucent so you can see what it holds. No need to overfill at £3 each. Shower/spray proof.

 

[Daydream believer]

Oh how glad I am that I have a very dry boat. I rarely suffer from the damp problems others seem to have, so when on board, bedding stay out 24/7 plus I do leave some clothes laid out in the forward berths.
keeping a boat in a marina does help with transporting too & fro though
I do use a dry bag for the dirty washing. If away for a long time & it gets full I know I have to go to a laundry before return home. Wife will not accept for washing any thing back that does not fit in the bag just one of those rules

 

[Beneteau381]

Wow, people prepared to admit they shop at IKEA!

Why not?

 

[smert]

Wow, people prepared to admit they shop at IKEA!

Where else are you going to get a modern boat interior?

 

[Roberto]

Wow, people prepared to admit they shop at IKEA!

I find that after having moved house a few times, IKEA furniture is still going strong whereas similar objects costing X times as much have all been destroyed.

 

[dunedin]

………Wife will not accept for washing any thing back that does not fit in the bag just one of those rules

Training courses are available for old men to enable them to master the mysteries of using their home washing machine

 

[Hadenough]

I am proud to say that I have never been in IKEA, or owned any of their bags.

Bit like me. I am proud to say that I have reached the age of 72 without having owned, nor indeed worn a Tilly hat or a Barbour coat or claret trousers. I do however use blue IKEA bags for rope storage in lockers, easy lift in and out.

 

[Wansworth]

Don’t know why IKEA dont do coffins,they have the set up

 

[Halo]

Getting back to the question I use one to stow Anti Bottom Slapper in the chain locker.
Anti Bottom Slapper is not an unpleasant relative-it is my home made device to stop waves slapping under the stern quarter at night.

 

[Daydream believer]

Training courses are available for old men to enable them to master the mysteries of using their home washing machine

No
training courses are available for males from teenagers upwards to be totally useless about the house.

 

[ronsurf]

I use them to transport stuff to the boat. Then they are very useful for foul weather - you put one on the cabin sole and stand in to get out of your waterproofs. Stops everything from getting soaked.

Step out of the bag into your slippers and fire up your pipe.

PS I bought some from ebay very cheaply as getting to IKEA would cost more than the bags