USMC bivy bags.

[4040]

I've been looking at purchasing one of these and was wondering if they are any good? I've found a few online but still i am unsure as to how they close around the head. Can you adapt them so you can make a mini tent for your head out of the head end flap? Anyone have any experience with them?

thanks in advance,

Joe

 

[hilltop]

they dont close around the head, they are part of a sleep system , the sleeping bag hood velcros in, but unlike the uk bivvy bag, you can pull the hood shut and it stays loose, it doesnt suffocate you, there is a pic of mine in the gallery,

 

[4040]

Thanks....

So you could sleep out in the rain in one without getting a wet head? Are they a better design than the uk version?

 

[hilltop]

i have used mine for 2 years now, almost every weekend, i have been rained on a good many times, never got wet coz i rig a small cover over the head part, if you want total gortex cover, you might want to try a sealed bivvy, the type with hoops and stuff if you have the money, but i think my USMC bag is more than adiquate, lighter and better than the british one, how much is the price of the one you are looking at?

 

[4040]

Price is around $80 au which is very cheap. A goretex hoop bag is about 400 au.
I think ill get one.

 

[hilltop]

you could do a lot worse, i love mine,lol