Modded my bivi bags

[welchyd1]

I got sick of wiggling into my bivi bags so I decided to get the sewing machine out and add some zips to them. I never use them on there own without a tarp so I didn't need to use waterproof zips and seam sealer. I'm really pleased with them now. I couldn't justify the £90 for a Snugpak one the zips where only 7 quid each and are ykk heavy duty ones.

 

[mountainm]

Tidy work!

 

[bilmo-p5]

Good stuff, Dave.

 

[Twodogs]

Yep good stuff
Twodogs

 

[HarrogateTobias]

Brilliant work.... I have a snugpak bivvi that needs this!

 

[copper_head]

I've got the same mod on my army bivvi, although I confess I took it to a local seamstress and got them to do the fiddly bit . Improves the bivvi bag no end.

Nice work!

 

[Shewie]

Good stuff Dave

 

[Macaroon]

Cracking mod! That's definitely one I'd find very useful.....................atb mac

 

[welchyd1]

Cheers guys, can't wait to get out and try them now.

 

[MartinK9]

Nice Mod.

 

[Gray]

Great job Dave, i've done something similar with a belgian one i got from MM for £7. Being lazy i used sticky back velcro on the bivvy and the sleeping bag so it stays together as 1 item. Works ok, i used it in January in the snow.

 

[welchyd1]

Great job Dave, i've done something similar with a belgian one i got from MM for £7. Being lazy i used sticky back velcro on the bivvy and the sleeping bag so it stays together as 1 item. Works ok, i used it in January in the snow.

The second one in the pics is the Belgium one I paid 9 quid for it new on ebay. They're great aren't they, I like the way my neoair and sleeping bag roll up inside it to make a bedroll.

 

[Gray]

Yep, really good value and for the price there ideal for modding or in my case...destroying lol

 

[Phaestos]

What'll it cost for ya to mod my hunka?

 

[topknot]

Nice one, its good to see you took the bull by the horns and put the zips in .

Topknot

 

[shaggystu]

Superb mod, I did the same to a British army issue bivi bag some time last year and wonder now how I coped before, much more useful piece of kit with a zip added IMHO.

Cheers,

Stuart.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

I did mine last year but put the zip down the side. It makes a decent bit of kit much more useable.
Yours look much neater than mine though.

 

[Kernowek Scouser]

Good stuff fella

 

[oddshapedballs]

Just picked up the Belgian bivi. Want to mod as well. What length zip did you use and where did you source it? Thanks

 

[welchyd1]

Just picked up the Belgian bivi. Want to mod as well. What length zip did you use and where did you source it? Thanks

I used a 30" ykk zip from

http://www.uksewing.com/collections/ykk-zips-uk/products/y876_566