Car storage bag?

I use a "Car Jacket" which looks to be the exact same thing you linked to for 1/3 the cost. I have 3 of them and have used them for 4 years with absolutely great results.

CarBag - Protective Jackets for Storing Your Car or Motorcycle. Made in the USA. John and Betty are great to deal with. I ordered by phone and they gave me a great discount for buying 3 bags at once.

Here's a picture of one of my cars from last year:
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You are correct, this a long-term or semi-long-term storage solution. The car needs to be reasonably cool and totally dry before you seal it in the bag. Also, opening and closing the bag repeatedly will rapidly consume the desiccant. I put my cars in the bags after Thanksgiving and then forget about them until April.

The CarBag people sell the desiccant in a package of five 1 pound bags (it's probably available elsewhere, I haven't looked). The bags are ready to use after you take them out of their plastic shipping pouch. You can dry it out and reuse it but you have to take it out of the nice paper pouches and then reuse it by spreading it out on a cookie sheet or tray. I just buy new desiccant every year, it's cheap.

Getting the car in the bag and packing it up for storage is easy. I do it myself, no need for a helper. I lay out the car bag on the floor of the storage area, and park the cool, dry car in the middle of the bottom half, with the top half rolled off to the side. Then I roll down the car windows about 2", and disconnect the battery. I put one package of desiccant inside the car on the floor of the passenger side, then put my regular fabric car cover on the car. Then I toss the remaining desiccant packages under each corner of the car, and pull the top half of the car bag over the top and zip it up. As I zip around the bag, I push the bag down to push out as much ambient air as I can so the desiccant has to dry the smallest possible volume of air. That's all there is to it. Getting the car out in spring is even easier.

I usually have more desiccant packages on hand than I think I will need. If it's cool and dry outside when I close the bag I will use 5 packages. If it's warmer or humid outside I will use 6-10 packages since there will be more moisture to remove from the bag.

A few years ago I stored my cars in a warehouse along with a bunch of other peoples' cars for the winter. Mine was the only one in a bag. When I picked it up in spring, I noticed all the other cars had a slight rust haze on their brake rotors. My cars were spotless when removed from the bags. Since then I am a true believer in these things.

 

You're welcome!

In case it wasn't clear, you will also need a regular fabric car cover to put on your vehicle inside the bag, as the bag material is not exactly soft and could mar delicate paint.

 

They say to try and squeeze out as much air as possible. I always try to mash it down as flat as possible so as to not trap any bubbles of air, although I don't think it really matters, the volume is so small.

 

Oh, and it's not tall/big enough to put any kind of frame in there.

 

Same results & opinion as Jeff. Done this for 8 years in WA with 3 cars (both in heated garage, and unheated barn).

(I added an open box of A&H Cat Litter Deodorizer inside each car…..clean smell and kept gas fume odors down.)

Even worked with one car on jackstands (on plywood).

 

It's not designed to work that way. It's 2 flat rectangular pieces sewn together along one long edge with a zipper that runs along the other 3 edges. There are narrow pleats sewn into the long sides to let it expand a little bit. It also would not be happy with a hot car inside, especially with a 900 degree catalytic converter (if so equipped).

It's not hard to cover or uncover the car by yourself if you are so inclined.