Originally Posted by
Bekologist
how often have you slept on the cold ground? i used to, when i was a teenager. it sucks the life right out of you. you can deal with that?
Same here, when I was younger
hmm. and have you ever slept in a bivy like that? there is condensation inside EVERY bivy.
a laminate bivy always packs huge. that thing is going to pack up the size of your tarptent, Nun. avoid.
I picked up the REI bivy last night as it was on sale and slept in it on the porch. It was dry, but there was a big temp difference between inside and bag and outside and I had still had no condensation. The inside air definitely got humid, but not uncomfortably so, and being able to regulate my temp by taking my feet out of my quilt helped, also I used the zips to vent the bag. The material is like that used in Marmot Precip so a bit plasticy, but for $50 I'm quite happy with it. It also packs down well. With a bit of pushing it actually fits inside the SOL emergency medical bivy bag.
you're only going to maybe need it.
what if its nice, beautiful, calm, and you WANT to camp out?
I like camping, but I prefer a room if I have one and I've already have one booked for each night. The bivy is definitely just for emergencies.