Originally Posted by
Fritzov
Total newbie into touring/bikepacking and looking to start doing over night trips during the weekends and is looking for recommendation for a sleeping system and or shelter. I will be doing solo trips so it will only need to fit myself. My budget would be around 300-400 dollars. Anyone have any suggestions ?
You did not state where you are and what kind of climate you'll be camping in. Are there any mosquitoes and do you need to sleep off the ground due to rain forest type animals, bugs and insects and especially snake prone areas?
If you need to sleep off the ground, I would recommend a hammock and IMHO the best at this moment (in terms of price, weight and completeness) would be the Hennessy Hammocks. Hennessy have hammocks to cater for certain body weights, 3 or 4 season, bottom or side entry and so on. Hennessy comes with a Tarp, mozzy netting and a hammock and is ready out of the pack to be used. I have a bottom entry for 3 season for the last 10 years and still looks new. Its less than US$400.00.
If you don't need to sleep off the ground, get a Tarp, sleeping bag, ground sheet, some pegs and learn to do all types and shapes of tarp shelters.
I do own a SNUGPAK All Weather Shelter and able to do so many types of setups, some of which could even stand a rain storm (not hurricanes of course).
With both these shelters, you can keep an eye on your bike (chained to a tree that is) regularly and can even bring your bike under the shelter, close to you if need to.