Rab Ridge Raider | Hooped Bivi Bag Review

Rab ridge raider out testing g my new rab ridge raider Hooped bivi bag for wild camping on mountain in Scotland hopefully this summer #camping #rabridgeraider

[@coneygreys]

You've been away too long Stuart, nice to see you back and making me laugh again. More please!!

[@ScottishWanderer]

I am back should be back out every weekend posting videos

[@Noisette1011]

The snoring is class 😂👏🏻😎

[@schonbuchgams]

Nice Video Thank You 👍 Grüße Michael from Germany

[@Paul-eu9jp]

Great piece of kit mate I’ve got one. I get no condensation with it. When I camp I take a dry sack and put my pack and boots in that and leave it outside

[@ScottishWanderer]

I was thinking of doing that my self I had the dutch army hooped bivi couple of years back did the same thing

[@nightowl3829]

Hi Stuart. How are you doing. Great to see you again

[@mazterchal8342]

I love rain, rain sounds, camping video and you😉😍😍 love you teddy bear❤

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid on your channel thanks lee

[@vacyclist86]

Great video Yeah I'm seriously looking at this as I want to stay light for bikepacking. Again, thank You “Good night, John-Boy. Good night, Elizabeth. And good night, daddy. Good night, son" lol

[@WalkWithWallace]

Nice purchase. Ideal to lift the material off your face rather than a regular bivy bag. Would have been good seeing a close up of you inside for an idea on the actual space inside.

[@jameswilson6717]

Looks ok for what it is stu.All the very best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@philh6477]

Late to the party but top tip for the Ridge Raider Stu, peg out as normal but then unhook the front pegs and guys, pole with fold forward making it dead easy to step in and sit up when cooking, hook everything back up when you're closing up.

[@ScottishWanderer]

Not used this bivvy yet mate but will have it up some hills soon

[@JamiedoesWildBikepacking]

Great vid. I always put a small tarp under mine, making an area out front of my Ridge raider giving a dry/clean space to take shoes off and keep off the wet ground for easing into the bivi. The Rab ridge raider is my go to for ease of set up and like you say when camp space is small, it just fits. ATB mate

[@ScottishWanderer]

I do like the rab bivi not tons of room but it's fine

[@JamiedoesWildBikepacking]

@@ScottishWanderer It’s low profile and easily packable on the bike which is good for me. ATB mate

[@ThisWontEndWell]

Too confined for me, the Snugpak Ionosphere is as confined as I like to be. Wishing you a great time with it Stuart and hope the wild haggis leave you alone.

[@clivenewton7609]

Stuart, that looks a bit interesting 😂 Even though it’s got a nice tall entrance by the time you get your sleeping gear in, that space will disappear! All the YT videos I’ve seen on this particular bivi the occupant have been built like racing snakes not like a Scottish front row forward!!! Looking forward to seeing a review after you’ve used it a few times. All the best from deepest Dorset 👍

[@steveb1972]

Leave your pride at home when you get in and out of that! 🤣 Seriously, a good piece of kit!👍🏻 Out of interest, the mesh is mozzie proof, but is it midge proof?

[@Taromovies]

Congratulations wish you fun with it👍as I sayed just bought the new version with the little tent pole at the foot end, I’m very satisfied with the weight, size and performance, take care. Taro

[@ScottishWanderer]

Awesome mate

[@englishwoodsman]

It's definitely for summer time camping Imagine spending 14 hour in that over a winters night

[@AndrewBryantPianoTuner]

it's a toy not a tent

[@darryllzwiers7257]

For adverse conditions, add a tarp. I think camping needs systems. There's no perfect tool for every situation. Bivy bags and tarps are as good as a tent, but when you're out of your bag the tarp provides more room than any tent you'd carry. Can be set up in a multitude of ways depending on the situation. Bivi bags add 5 degrees to your sleeping bag. Provide bug protection. If you're super weight conscious, use a poncho as rain gear and as a tarp.

[@RiverogueLander]

@@AndrewBryantPianoTuner It's good for very windy conditions that would tear apart or blow away 1 person tents (as virtually all of them are shaped like sails. It's durable eVent fabric, similar to Goretex, retails for $370. Any one person tent of similar weight will tear and break with 40 mph winds, they will also flap excessively and keep you up at night in the wind.

[@willisblevins4190]

Nice one

[@michaelsargeant5923]

Always love your videos 👍

[@peesua]

I'm surprised Rab hasn't updated this bivvy to include a full length zip in a similar style to the Dutch Army hooped bivvy. It looks a right pain to get in and out of at the head end.

[@ScottishWanderer]

I have had the dutch army hooped bivi it's great with the side zip but I like the height of the rab one better but your right if they added a side zip to the rab one I think I would be better

[@KirstenBayes]

They did: it was called the Rab Unishelter. Worth getting if you see one on eBay, think they stopped making them.

[@Mat-kr1nf]

How do you find it with an inflatable sleeping mat, only used mine once so far, I used my THERMAREST NeoAir xtherm, I found my down top quilt was being crushed slightly over my legs, which, as it was below freezing, had an impact on my warmth. Probably not an issue in warmer weather.

[@MoreThanJustaCleaner]

I've got a Dutch Army M90 sleeping bag with built in gortex bivvy. Good kit. I've recently bought a Rab Ascent 500 to try. Hopefully I'll be out in that tomorrow night 👍😊 That bivvy you've got there seems tiny. You're taller than me, even so I'm not sure I like the top entry aspect. I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on with it 😊👍

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

Once you got your kip mat and doss bag in there mate you'll loose some space plus nowhere for your bergen, boots and clothing. I use a GoreTex double hooped bivi but always with a tarp over it for extra weather protection and plenty of extra space to store bergen and other gear, it works well.

[@ScottishWanderer]

That's the only thing it's a tight fit but I put my pack at my feet and boots up at the head end of the bivi

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

@@ScottishWanderer Fare play mate but if the rain comes down the extra cover is literally a godsend 👌🏻

[@martyn_g]

If you can get into a sleeping bag, you can get into a top entry bivy😝

[@AirbornePirates]

There’s one going on eBay for £190 at the mo, nice kit, excellent for stealth ops

[@ScottishWanderer]

Got mine for £160 mate

[@AirbornePirates]

@@ScottishWanderer great price bud

[@BulldogBadger]

Wb buddy!! 👏👏👏

[@mostlyharmlessoutdoors4490]

I thought it looked pretty big until you walked beside it 😂

[@ScottishWanderer]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ianstewartoutdoors]

Sorry mate but how do you get in your sleeping bag

[@northernimagesphotography]

He’s already got a wet backside getting in as is. I’ve never really understood bivis, not that I’ve ever slept in one tbh.

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

@@northernimagesphotography The original concept of the hooped bivi was for use by our Special Forces to give them a small usable portable weatherproof all round shelter but then civi Street commercialised it. The original bivi was larger but not by much and was double hooped DPM GoreTex. They are compact inside but very warm and dry, there definitely not designed for large people though.

[@northernimagesphotography]

@@neanderthaloutdoors9202 oh aye, I know that. I really meant today. There’s tents these days that are lighter and pack as compact. I use an old ex army bivi when I’m up on the hills for hours waiting for low level jets, just to keep the wind off me and warm me up a bit. I’d not be able to sleep in 1 though. I feel claustrophobic enough in my wild country zephyros 1.

[@bugsymalone1660]

I didn’t know you had this Stuart.

[@ScottishWanderer]

O yes I still have it need to get it out up a mountain at some point

[@johnmccarron]

Good laugh as usual, enjoy your Bivvy.

[@mischef18]

Being not a lot of room in there ya eyes would water if ya passed wind bro. Looks interesting though and I guess the material breathes. Safe travels

[@ScottishWanderer]

Keeps the heat in but as you said keeps the farts in as well lol

[@888johnmac]

toying with one of these .. i'll hold off until Stu uses it in summer ( if the mesh isn't midge proof i'm not interested )

[@ScottishWanderer]

I will let you know it is in the summer for midges mate

[@AndrewBryantPianoTuner]

Rab Ridge Raider sounds like the name of a Gay Bar!!!

[@ScottishWanderer]

Lol Andrew

[@leehayes70]

When your ready to sell, let me know.

[@alangilmour4269]

Think I’ll stick to my OEX bobcat!!! Bivvy just to tiny

[@jonnyellis3134]

Not for me. When you can have a lanshan for the weight

[@ScottishWanderer]

Your right the lanshan is lighter I have the lanshan pro 700gr

[@daleingram5706]

Nope. No. Not ever gonna try one of them. Be too scared to fart in it 🤣

[@ScottishWanderer]

Does hold the heat in and the farts 🤣🤣🤣