When to use a bivy bag
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Yup, I'd take it anytime of year for all it weighs and the little space it takes up. Alpkit Hunka XL for me but I did have a Snugpak which was really light and packed up tiny but sleeping in in it for a tubby fellow was a non-starter - felt like a coo in shrinkwrap!
Graeme
Graeme
rancid badger
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
They can be awkward to get in and out of and I suppose if you suffer even mild claustrophobia they can be a nightmare.
However; the chances of rain getting in under a tarp, are very high with even a very slight breeze, so I would take it regardless at this time of year.
Actually, I prefer a bivvy bag, to a sleeping bag during the summer and wouldn't venture out overnight without one.
I always carry one when hill walking or canoeing too.
So take it and if its going to rain , get in it
R.B.
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
In winter I always use a bivy, since for me winter means snow, and snow, as we all learnt as small children, is water. Other times I use it near fires, around shelters full of sharp sticks and when the rain may end up closer to horizontal than vertical. But the cost is a bit more water retained inside.
All year round!!!
Never know when its gonna get windy which is the best thing about bivys. Also damp ground, mud, bugs, morning dew. Bivy wins in protecting you from them, even if other things keep the rain off.
In summer, just bivy and silk liner, winter...well you can guess
Never know when its gonna get windy which is the best thing about bivys. Also damp ground, mud, bugs, morning dew. Bivy wins in protecting you from them, even if other things keep the rain off.
In summer, just bivy and silk liner, winter...well you can guess
I spent last night up on Dartmoor under a tarp. Laid out my poncho on the floor as a ground sheet, put my sleep mat on top and my sleeping bag on top of that. I had my bivi bag with me but never got in. This morning, my sleeping bag was bone dry (which it wouldn't have been inside my bivi bag) and I had a great, warm, night's sleep.
As has been said above, if conditions demand it, use a bivi bag; if they don't, why bother?
Martin
As has been said above, if conditions demand it, use a bivi bag; if they don't, why bother?
Martin
This is one of my set ups,survival bag and bivi bag with thermarest in the bivi and my sleeping bag and tarp above ideal for all weathers ,and the survival bag doesn't make it slippery.Just thought i would share that.
Hey Ocean1975,
Any chance of some details of your tarp please, dimensions and make etc? It looks big enough to be useful but not so huge as to be heavy - nice set-up!
ATB
Ogri the trog
Hi my tarp is 2.5 x 3 and i brought it from Platton stores ,that's a local store to me.It is made buy web-tex and it is very light weight sorry don't know the weight but it's light with plenty of attachment points and never had any leaks yet!!!!!! If i remember right it cost me about £30.Would recommend.Also It has press studs so if you had another you can join them together probably make a poncho out of it too!!!!!!!!
I must admit, I never leave home without the bivy and will always use it. You can't guarantee anything when out at night and even the lightest shower can seriously degrade your enjoyment of a potentially good night's sleep. What have you got to lose?
IMO the Bivvi is essential kit, no matter where your stuck or stop for the night its most likely going to keep out most if not all the nasties that you can experience at 4am!
From personal experience, bivi's (mine at least) do not protect against midges or ticks!
I'll attest this, whilst out at the middlewood halloween meet i know of nobody else who got bitten except for Col. his blood apparently is very tasty!
Having got yourself one of the best Bivy Bag's, whilst it may take a little familiarization to enter and exit it - no side access - this is a small price to pay and far less discomforting than being cold, wet and not having the ability to sleep (see the bit about being cold and wet!).
I'd take and use it, especially at this time of year.
I'd take and use it, especially at this time of year.
