At the moment I'm just trying to make do with what I have. I'm not looking to buy a bunch of gear and go all "technical", at some point I can accumulate stuff over time. If I had my hammock available to me I wouldn't be in the same boat as I already have an awesome set up (it gets me down to 0 to -10deg F, not sure I'd want to be on a bike that cold but its held up on some wild winter camps as well as warmer weather rain storms). Personally, I don't care to be a ground-dweller after hanging for so many years now but fate works in strange ways is all I can say.

For a bit of a bonus - I got a couple of my SOL bivys out and did a leak test. After an hour and 10 minutes with a puddle of water on them neither was wet inside, not even damp under the puddles. I'd say that is a good confidence booster. I'm not sure if I'd want to risk knowingly being in rain in just a bivy, but a light passing shower if I'm crashed on a picnic table wouldn't be a night-blower with a soaked sleeping bag. Now, condensation on the inside is another story. The orange one here is the "breathable" one, the silver one is vented and uses velcro tabs so as to not seal the seams.