What do you Bivi in?
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Hey MP, |
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I use an OR basic bivy bag. No loop pole. No bug fly. Share it with a partner? Do you know how tight these things are? You better be real "friendly" with your bivy bag partner. |
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MSR AC bivy. Everyone brings their own bivy bag. |
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Thanks for the tips re: sharing a bag. It looks like with most of these things, you put your own sleeping bag inside for warmth. Does that sound about right? |
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For long climbs where I generally hope to not bivy, I take SOL's Emergency Biffy (3.8 oz). It's gotten me through a few unexpected outdoor nights. |
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Jeff Klassen wrote:Thanks for the tips re: sharing a bag. It looks like with most of these things, you put your own sleeping bag inside for warmth. Does that sound about right?Have you ever seen a bivy sack? Here's a fancy one. bivy |
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I have a Borah Gear lightweight bivy. |
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On top of my rope. Maybe in a sleeping bag. |
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OR Advanced (the one with two poles. Used it off and on for 15 years. Slept in it about 150 nights one year when working hoods in the woods. Used it as my shelter on the Appalachian Trail for a few months straight another year. Take it up walls for extra water protection for the sleeping bag, cause a portaledge fly will always let in water somewhere, and used it on a lot of alpine climbing bivies. |
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Scott McMahon wrote: Have you ever seen a bivy sack? Here's a fancy one.I have, thanks. I've been climbing trad/backpacking for the past 8 years or so, but am just now starting to push deeper into the mountains climbing bigger alpine objectives, so I'm trying to learn what I can about what is actually used. I see a lot of stuff advertised on REI and other retailers, but those sites give little insight into what is being used in the field and how those applications are holding up. How much warmth do these sacks 'add'? I have a 2 season (used to be a three season, but the insulation has broken down a bit, so I call it a 2 season) bag that can get pretty chilly. However it's super light and might work perfectly if the bivi sack adds a bit of heat. Are these bivi sacks, in general, on par with a tent in how much heat they provide? I realize bivi-ing is not supposed to be comfortable - just trying to get some kind of a baseline. |
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Jeff Klassen wrote: I have, thanks. I've been climbing trad/backpacking for the past 8 years or so, but am just now starting to push deeper into the mountains climbing bigger alpine objectives, so I'm trying to learn what I can about what is actually used. I see a lot of stuff advertised on REI and other retailers, but those sites give little insight into what is being used in the field and how those applications are holding up. How much warmth do these sacks 'add'? I have a 2 season (used to be a three season, but the insulation has broken down a bit, so I call it a 2 season) bag that can get pretty chilly. However it's super light and might work perfectly if the bivi sack adds a bit of heat. Are these bivi sacks, in general, on par with a tent in how much heat they provide? I realize bivi-ing is not supposed to be comfortable - just trying to get some kind of a baseline.It won't be more that 5-10 degrees of added warmth. The whole point of a bivy is it's a lightweight shelter that will keep your bag dry. Are they always necessary? no. You can also consider a shelter like a BD megamid or try to find the old Mountain Hardwear Conduit sleeping bags. I don't know why they stopped making those especially since the new ones are so exepensive. I have tents, a megamid and a bivy. Each one has it's purpose. |
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When you want to know what is "actually used" it really depends on who you're asking and to what extent they're willing to go. A bivy keeps your sleeping bag dry, but that's about it. You can achieve similar goals with a tarp (a sil-nylon tapr, a mid of some kind, whatever), climbing when it's not raining, or using a synthetic bag and suffering a bit. It all depends on your acceptable levels of risk, comfort, and weight. |
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hahahaa |
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Get a black diamond beta mid, easy pitch, room for 2 + gear. A partner and I slept ( sort of ) through a wild basin thunder storm + torrential rain, stayed dry. Lighter than 2 baby sacks. |
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I have a RAB bivy but I made one of these backpackinglight.com/cgi-bi… and I like it better. |
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Happy with my integral designs bivvy |
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I've used a BD twilight bivy, about 11 ounces, same material as their firstlight tent. Not fully waterproof in a torrential downpour, but if there is a hint of that in the forecast I don't go on routes that require an actual bivy anyway, I'll go do something where I can pitch my comfy double wall tent. If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have bought it. |
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I have used, and will continue to use, my BD Hooped Bivy (they only sell the bigwall version now, but that's not a bad thing). Its under 2 pounds if you leave the stuff-sack behind. Its hard to get into and out of, but it has kept me dry through a couple torrential downpours. |
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I've really enjoyed using the OR Helium Bivy, it has some basic features that are really nice like a hoop and a bug net, but it still weighs so little! |