Thread: light weight bivi gear

Originally Posted by Nick-D

For overnighters in the bush I use A borah gear m90 bivy and a 9'x6' sil tarp, setup with 4 stakes and lines is 550 grams, throw in 600grams for my quilt and 290 for the 3/4 mat and were at about 1.5kg all in
that tarp is tiny though and only really enough to keep you dry overnight, not something you'd want to spend any time under though so if I'm based out for a few days I take my big tarp which is a palace and about 600 grams and a inflatable pad as I get a better sleep on them.

I have just picked up a 1 man mid from 6 moon designs for tops missions, haven't tested it yet but I think it should work pretty well. About 500 grams with lines and stakes then add the bivy, quilt and pad for around 1.7kg all in.
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What model walking stik for tent pole please.

@TeRei That's just a cheap shit number I had lying around, I have a pair of cp3's coming from locus gear. Any pole will do

Originally Posted by TeRei

What model walking stik for tent pole please.

Hey Nick what sort of big tarp do you have please? I'd be keen on a large one that is 600g if you can recall where you bought it from

Cheers

Originally Posted by 308

Hey Nick what sort of big tarp do you have please? I'd be keen on a large one that is 600g if you can recall where you bought it from

Cheers

@308 mine is actually a hammock tarp, got it from wilderness logics in the states. It's a cat cut so not as versatile as a square but supereasy to pitch in an a frame.

Check out a few of the American cottage companies like hammock gear, oes, wilderness logics, bearpaw wilderness ect. You can specify colour weight and extra tie outs ect.

Silnylon is the best bang for buck weight wise.