Any of you know of a good bivy sac pattern?

Owfinc.com has a pattern for a bivy. I have no idea how good it is, though. I sometimes modify gear but haven't sewn anything from scratch since the 1980s.

heres one
http://www.questoutfitters.com/patterns-tent,sleeping%20bag.htm#TENT/SLEEPING%20BAG%20PATTERNS

I made one of theirs. It went together well and the instructions are fine for building - they don't give you much of an overview of the thing, though so if you don't care for the design you're stuck.

Hint - ask pointed questions about the design. Make sure you like it. Personally, I didn't, and no longer have it. But if you do like it, well, the plans work real well. Just follow them and in a few evenings you'll have a bivy.

And please don't ask me what I didn't like about it... I don't remember. I think it was that the net was under the rain flap or something silly like that.

FunBun,

If you go to Six moon designs, they have a free Bivy pattern under Community it called the meteor bivy
www.sixmoondesigns.com (http://www.sixmoondesigns.com)

FunBun,

If you go to Six moon designs, they have a free Bivy pattern under Community it called the meteor bivy
www.sixmoondesigns.com (http://www.sixmoondesigns.com)
Could you link to the article please? The Communty site is laid out awkwardly and it is hard to find anything specific. Thanks.

Any of you know of a good bivy sac pattern?

I bought one of these to use as a pattern.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=254698

Here's another fairly cheap one.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=332358

Although, the slumbejack is quite heavy.

Just suggestions.:sun

I bought one of these to use as a pattern.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=254698

Here's another fairly cheap one.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=332358 (http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=332358)

Although, the slumbejack is quite heavy.

Just suggestions.:sun

Got to love sportsmans guide stuff. Great descriptions for hiking gear. I should add I love looking around that site. Kind of the Odd Lots of the internet.

Super-light 3-lb. carry weight

This link should work for the meteor bivy pattern

http://community.sixmoondesigns.com/files/folders/smd/entry99.aspx

I bought a bivy pattern from Quest Outfitters (http://www.questoutfitters.com/patterns-tent,sleeping%20bag.htm). It seems like a bathtub floor with a top on it.

Got to love sportsmans guide stuff. Great descriptions for hiking gear. I should add I love looking around that site. Kind of the Odd Lots of the internet.

Yes, I agree. That fellow has a skewed idea as to what constitutes "light".
However, that being said. If you watch, sometimes he does have some incredible bargains.:sun