Sleeping bag system including bivy for around £100-150 - options?

[BStone]

Hi BushcraftUK

After having waited almost two months for the US army modular sleep system, that I bought on Ebay, the shipping company has now declared the parcel lost and I will get a refund.

That, however, doesn't make my need for a sleeping bag system any smaller.


What I liked about the US system was, that it was a complete setup suitable for all times of year.


My question now is this:

Are there any other alternatives at my price point, or is the US system really the way to go? I don't mind the weight, and I don't mind buying separates, as long as I get bags for all seasons including a bivy.


Regards



EDIT:

Just came home after having spent a night in the modular sleeping system. Temperatures reached around -4 celcius, and I was toasty warm all night. I used both bags and the bivy. Had a few problems with adjusting the hood, but other than that I had a superb night.

Woke up with snow on top of the bivy, which I'd drawn over my head during the night.

All in all, quite the bargain for such a system at it's current price point!

 

[Greek1983]

Happy new year. Sorry to hear that. At least you got a refund.

Well, the USGI bivy is still the only 3-in-1 system at a bargain price. Newly-issued USMC Bivy Coyote Brown system is above your budget.

The other alternative is to buy a surplus bivy bag like

1) British Army Gore-tex bivy (plenty of them)
2) German Army Gore-tex bivy
3) Dutch Army bivy bag or DPM hooped bivy tent

and a sleeping bag of your choice. Browse sites like www.asmc.de where there are lots of options.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Carinthia Defense 6 may be worth a look

http://www.asmc.de/en/Camping/Sleep...ing-bags/sleeping-bag-defence-6-230-cm-p.html

 

[Shovel]

Does it have to be a system, or could you just get a 4 season bag, liner, and Bivvy sack? A good zero degree bag of your choice(Mine is the Mountain Hardwear Extralamina), bivvy of your choice(Alpkit Hunka?), and a liner of your choice may be a lighter and less expensive option.

 

[Ben98]

Buffalo 4s system is a good all in one, but a bit above your price point, it is also very personal as some do not like the feeling of the pile liner. With this then a bivi bag is only needed for sleeping without a tarp or shelter as the pertex is wind proof and water 'resistant'
http://www.penrithsurvival.com/buy/...ex-with-aquatherm-extreme-pile-lining_682.htm
http://www.penrithsurvival.com/buy/...g-bag-part-of-buffalo-sleeping-system_390.htm
http://www.penrithsurvival.com/buy/...ag-liner-for-added-comfort-insulation_391.htm

Or the snugpak special forces system for a more conventional type of sleeping bag
http://www.snugpak.com/index.php?MenuID=93-101&ItemID=74
http://www.snugpak.com/index.php?MenuID=93-113&ItemID=86

These are both above your price but both exceptional kit
The buffalo is bombproof but heavy, and the snugpak is lighter but probably even more expensive

Atb
Ben

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[Johnnyboy1971]

These are the same as the us system, so you could make your own up.
http://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/tri-laminate-waterproof--breathable-bivi-bag-822-p.asp
This bivvybag along side the Snugpak special forces bag system.

 

[Ben98]

These are the same as the us system, so you could make your own up.
http://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/tri-laminate-waterproof--breathable-bivi-bag-822-p.asp
This bivvybag along side the Snugpak special forces bag system.

But why get that, when you could save 20 quid and get???
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360542978518?hlp=false

Atb
Ben

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[The Big Lebowski]

Are you hammock, or ground? (or both)

Simple reason being I use a silk liner, fairly light weight down bag (we dont get much lower than -10 here) and a bivi bag all year round.

Its a modular system that comes in lighter than most of the stuff I looked at in this thread.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

In the OP he wanted the US system and this bivvybag is the same as the one in the US system.
Besides a center zip is more likley to allow water to get through than one on the side and under a rain flap.
Lets not forget what a bivvybag is supposed to be for.

 

[BStone]

Wow, overwhelming amount of responses already! I'll make sure to look into the different ideas suggested.


I should probably mention, that most camping will be done on a mat, under a tarp.


Regards

 

[Greek1983]

Thing is though, do you need a bivy bag with a built-in mosquito net or not?

 

[JAG009]

Are you going to be using the bivy bag with a tarp ? or just on its own as your shelter ?

 

[BStone]

Both, as I intend to sleep under the open sky on less-likely-to-rain nights

 

[JAG009]

Get the best bivy bag you can then and the best down sleeping bag you can ,,,but I think you will have to save up a wee bit more money because you not going to get bivy bag and a sleeping bag that will do for all weathers for that price

 

[Greek1983]

Unless he excels to a one-man tent like the Snugpak Ionosphere. But them he'll have limitations on choosing a sleeping bag, 'cos obviously it's going well beyond his current budget

http://www.rvops.co.uk/ionosphere-tent-2636.html

[video=youtube;9fctkjDqqPA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fctkjDqqPA[/video]

 

[BStone]

Got an offer for a US bivy in new condition for £40 - that would leave roughly £110 for the bags.

I've also got the possibility of getting a used dutch modular system (Carinthia Tropen + Defence 4) for roughly £80.

Would that be a better all-together system than the US one?

Regards

 

[northumbrian]

what about this ? http://www.strikeforcesupplies.co.uk/index.php?method=stock&id=3006 any good ?

cheers andrew.

 

[spiritwalker]

czech army bedroll for a tenner job done

 

[santaman2000]

Thing is though, do you need a bivy bag with a built-in mosquito net or not?

Which system has that? Not the USGI system.

 

[santaman2000]

Does it have to be a system, or could you just get a 4 season bag, liner, and Bivvy sack? A good zero degree bag of your choice(Mine is the Mountain Hardwear Extralamina), bivvy of your choice(Alpkit Hunka?), and a liner of your choice may be a lighter and less expensive option.

LOL. Technically that IS a "system." Even if you choose the components individually and separately.