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Jayboflavin04
02-26-2009, 10:27
Just talked to Ron at Mountain Laurel Design. I planned on buying the Super Light bivy....He informed me that he had a 6-8 week lead time on the bivy sacks. Ouch!!!!! Any other recommendations on sub 8oz bivys?
Not using as my primary shelter. Using as protection for my down sleeping bag. (extra warmth, rain protection,) Extreme weather shift I will be doing a section hike at the beginning of April. Allens Gap to Erwin.
Titanium Goat Ptarmigan bivy.
Jayboflavin04
02-26-2009, 10:35
Wow and crap load load cheaper!
Both look very nice. My bivy weighs 2 pounds, too heavy for summer.
I like the idea of an 8oz bivy, 8oz poncho/tarp, 8oz blue foam pad for 24oz total.
Its nice being able to crash anywhere. I like that bug net also, for summer.
Not cheap, but light
http://www.montbell.us/products/disp.php?cat_id=33&p_id=2321027
Are you using the bivy w/ something else as shelter? You are not looking for a stand alone bivy? Just to protect the sleeping bag?
Build your own outta silnylon and noseeum netting and it will be about 4oz, and cost you about 35 bucks.
Would you use silnylon on the bottom and untreated nylon on the top,
or would it be easier to just make it all untreated then treat the bottom?
Also I've often wondered if the bottom could just be blue foam pad,
and the top taped to it somehow, maybe just on one side and the bottom.
Jayboflavin04
02-27-2009, 00:23
I am using it with my tarp tent cloudburst! i would love to make my own bivy but I dont think walking around with a bivy sack sewn to my hand sounds very fun. When I was in high school I had to sew a shirt in home economic. It was funny.....one sleeve was lower than the other.
If that's how you are strictly using the bivy, basically, all you need is an overbag/bag cover like something made by MontBell or RAB. You could also use a more substantial bivy made from Pertex, Epic, Event, Momentum, or a proprietary fabric used by Black Diamond, Marmot, Titanium Goat, Bozeman Mountain Works, Oware, and Mountain Laurel Designs, but they tend to be pricier. One of the pricier bivies may give you more vesatility though if you do decide you ocassionally want a stand alone bivy under harsher weather conditions. Prolite has some good lighter wt ones on sale right now. Even the REI Minimalist bivy would work. I have the Mountain Laurel Designs Superlight bivy using Momentum fabric. I think it's a great highly water resistant highly breathable(no really) fabric and well designed and constructed bivy with the features I desire. I just ordered another one.
Jayboflavin04
02-27-2009, 02:28
Ordered the Ti Goat bivy.....they are now black instead of da purp!!!
Thanx folks! Actually I just spent an ASS load of money. Made most of my initial gear purchase....:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana
Jayboflavin04
02-27-2009, 02:30
Oh and dogwood I talked to ron....he is 6-8 weeks out on the bivys.
I did order the event rain mits though.
"I am using it with my tarp tent cloudburst!"
The cloudburst (http://www.tarptent.com/ttcloudburst2.html) (http://www.tarptent.com/ttcloudburst2.html) is a complete shelter by itself --- I can't imagine bringing a bivy to use inside a 2-person tent. Or am I misunderstanding? If you're concerned about condensation, then between whoever you're sharing the tent with and yourself, I think you'll find a light pack towel to be a better choice, something like this: http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/accessdetail.cfm?PRODUCTS__ProductID=MSR129