Efficient packaging of pipe insulation or other materials

A package of compressible products, the package comprising:

• a shipping container;
• and
• a plurality of compressible products within the shipping container, each of the compressible products further comprising:
• a tubular body of a resilient material, the tubular body having an outer surface and an inner surface, a length, a wall between the outer surface and the inner surface, and a longitudinal axis, wherein:
• the tubular body wall is split longitudinally along the length of the tubular body, at a first perimeter location on the tubular body;
• the tubular body wall is cut longitudinally along the length of the tubular body, partially through its wall thickness from the inner surface, at one or more inner perimeter locations;
• and
• the tubular body wall is cut longitudinally along the length of the tubular body, partially through its wall thickness from the outer surface defining respective longitudinal cuts, at two or more outer perimeter locations;
• wherein the compressible products within the shipping container are in a compressed state in which each tubular body is collapsed and the longitudinal cuts are opened.