Any experience with these British bivvy's?

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

Stumbled onto these bivvys while looking for some euro fishing equipment.  They're not priced too badly...but its the shipping charges from the UK that'll kill ya!   Anybody ever used em?

Cameron


http://www.djstackle.co.uk/product_category_bivvies&brollies_1.htm

[LAR43]

Are those prices US dollars or British pounds??

If it's pounds that kind of levels the playing field.

Larry

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

Yeah, thats pounds.  Wonder if anybody in the states is carrying them?

[lpcjon2]

Thats about $325.75 us dollars

[hunt it]

Those are not bivy sacs they are tents my friend. I have used several gore tex bivy sacs as protection for high end $1,000.00 down sleeping bags. I can say, I would never desire to use one for a shelter, only in extreme emergency. You will not escape severe weather in a bivy. Check out a North Face Mountain 25 tent - not the VE 25. It is a fantastic one person tent that is four season and will withstand anything including Everest type wind/weather. It's light and will get you out of elements. For decent weather in the hardwoods a bivy may suffice but if you get stuck on a mountain or severe rain/wind you will be dang unhappy with what a bivy does for you.

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

Originally posted by hunt it:
if you get stuck on a mountain or severe rain/wind you will be dang unhappy with what a bivy does for you.

I'd be dang unhappy with ANYTHING less than a hotel room in those conditions!

I just think those things kinda look cool and wanted to see if anybody knew anything about em. Other than being expensive.

Thanks!

[hunt it]

Spend a night In a bivy sack in bad weather and you'll not think that's expensive at all. If you want another good option consider a Hennesy Hammock not cheap but light and one heck of a shelter. Not much good on mountains though.

[Gerry]

Look good but pricey, if they work  guess the price is justified.

[lpcjon2]

Go to colemans military surplus .com and they have canvas tents pretty reasonable.

[Michael Pfander]

For bad weather a tarp will let you stay fairly comfortable in a good bivy.  I've had my North Face out in subzero snowy weather and been fine.  My only problem is that I respire so much that frost builds up in the lower half.  So I can only stay away from my base camp for three nights at the most.

MAP