Bivy / Bivvy Bag Review - Designs, Pros and Cons | OR Alpine - Dutch Military - TAS

[@mjohn8217]

Bivy and a tarp. I have the Dutch army bivy and also a couple of the ORC ICS tents. I love the tent and haven't had a chance to try the bivy out yet. Good video! 👍

[@WildTreksAustralia]

You got ORC ICS tent! I'm jealous , trying to get my hands on one for some time, but they are hard to find...for a reasonable price that is.

[@Coppersaguaro]

I have the Alpine Bivy and used it to hike the Grand Canyon in the States. Thanks for the video.

[@CDPOutdoors]

I have a few bivy bags, the TAS included the same as yours. I like what you did with adding the zip to your Dutch Military Bivy. Just subscribed. All the best Clive 🤠

[@WildTreksAustralia]

thank you. Yes, adding the zipper made a big difference in how it can be used.

[@Timberbeartrail]

Thank you very much. I have always wondered if I would like it baby and then you say I’d probably just end up going with a one man tent

[@ianmacfarlane9454]

Great video thanks👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@grom-ish]

I got Carinthia xp 2 and a USMC improved bivvy and they are amazing. I'm based in nsw

[@WildTreksAustralia]

I had a quick look at the Carinthia products. The Bivy looks awesome indeed, but their sleeping bags caught my attention, I need to replace mine....

[@andreasweber7828]

The TAS looks exactly like the Defcon5 or the mothership of all bivys: Carinthia Observer Plus. The all have the same problem: if your wet already before you hop into it then you’ll stay wet. If it rains when you get up again then you’ll get wet the moment you got out of it. Either way, the proper margin of usability of a bivy is so small that most people should consider getting a bug mesh and a tarp, an ultralight tent, which often weighs less than half of a good bivy‘s weight and provides ample space for you and your gear dry and bug free. Also bivys come with a lot of drawbacks. As mentioned, when it rains, and you want a dry spot before you slither into your bivy: pitch a tarp. If you use down sleepingbags the weight of the bivy in dry conditions already compresses the sleepingbag which means the insulation gets compromised. Even more so when you get rain or snow on top of that. Condensation is a well known problem especially when you and your gear inside the bivy has been soaked in water. Don’t get me wrong: I love my bivys, but in the right environment. A: high alpine, spots that provide only little space. B: I am a soldier and want a low profile with IR retarding materials used in a bivy. C: if you don’t care of all mentioned above and still love it ( as I do, along with my tents and hammocks ) As mentioned there’s a small margin for its usability

[@WildTreksAustralia]

Thanks Andreas, I agree with all your points.

[@FOXMAN09]

Considering i have no clue if ill be legally allowed or welcome to camp until the day before or the night of a camp, nor do I know if I'll have proper area for setting up a tarp, that's why I opted for a hooped bivy. If I dont need to worry about being stealth then I pitch my little 5x9 tarp which can give me protection from rain. If it's dark, im not worried about pitching the tarp so i can dry off and get into my bivy dry and then just collapse the tarp once im inside. Furthermore a bivy has so much flexibility. You can use it in tiny footprints, on concrete, indoors (if courchsurfing, sleeping in a mountain refuge, in parking garages, bus stations, airports). My favorite feature of the hooped bivy is just removing the poles and rolling it up and strapping the entire sleep system to the outside of my backpack. Such a crazy fast set up and pack up.

[@jeromebakerjr8617]

Good job!

[@EdwardHurst2323]

They make them in different sizes so maybe you’ve got a small one Otherwise great video

[@jurgschupbach3059]

MLD Gear Soul Bivvy ...........wenn schon denn schon

[@WildTreksAustralia]

Danke für den Tipp, ich werde sie mir ansehen