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I’m quite partial to the burrito wrap method. You lay out a tarp on the ground lay down on it and roll. Keeps you nice and toasty and, as long as the tarp is long enough, completely dry.
Great video Darwin!
I use the Escape Bivvy from SOL since I bikepack and backpack in the dry southwest. This bivvy proved to be very durable and inexpensive, so I compared it with the Lite version to see if I could shed some weight. Here is my quick comparison video of them:
https://youtu.be/iKUztEce7ZE
I’m a Bivy user right now but I’ve been interested in Tarp… I don’t like tents.
henassey hammock all the way! if you got no trees, use your walking sticks to make it more like a bivy/tent.
I like the privacy of a tent especially if you happen to camp where there are other people.
$235=tarp?
I combo a military bivy with a tarp. I sleep cold, and the bivy adds an extra layer to keep me warm.
Talk about shitting in The wild..a bucket ..tarp..wipes..toilet paper you could carry a day supply in a bucket
I’ll stick with my bin bag thanks
Hammock on the AT. considering a tarp and a bug net on any trail without trees 100% of the time (already have a massive tarp for the hammock)
i have used all three ,bivy ,tarp and tent but the best piece was my 5 in 1 shelter /raincoat/groundsheet /cover /bivy
I camped in a bivy sack for a week in the Grand Canyon and there was nowhere for my sweat to go but to soak my sleeping bag.
Awesome, thanks. Just a small thing: interest is “piqued”, not “perked”.
I’ve used a bivy for the last 10 years and it started because I don’t like sharing a tent but now I find it simple and fast and I usually hang a tarp to make a pavilion where I spend my time in inclement weather and simply sleep in my bivy
hey, what are the thin gloves you are wearing? thanks
If you sleep on the ground in a simple envelope bivy sack, without a tarp, you might look like a buritto to a bear. If a Grizz starts checking you out in the middle of the night just try getting out of the bivy and up off the ground. It’s a challenge! In contrast it has been noted that a tent often acts as a psychological barrier to bears and they usually move on. No bears? I’ll do a bivy in good weather.
porta SWAG
Bivy, were originally used by shepherds
Take a hammock!!!
Tents absorb water..
cant fuck in a bivy. case closed
Really a bivvy is any small tent or temporary shelter – what you are talking about are bivvy bags.
After watching your video the primary difference between the bivy sack and the tent is the amount of space your get and the protection you get from the weather. I am considering getting a bivy sack is because I am not claustrophobic and I will use this with a tarp and so I think I will be protected from the weather. The simplicity is also a great bonus for me. The video mentioned a tent because you can move and spread out, but I do not think I will be moving that much. Thanks for the video.