Bivvy dweller's insight .....

[merlino bill]

How about a TFG Force 8 Bivvy as it can be put up in 20 seconds with practice and has an integral groundsheet! I've been told by owners of them that they have found no problems when using them in gale force winds!(very sturdy)

OI OI,

My point is the same as your's iv'e seen the one man bivvy & there is loads of room in them & less than £100 if you shop around.

 

[AThong]

Thanks for the tip oldfella.

 

 

OI OI,

My point is the same as your's iv'e seen the one man bivvy & there is loads of room in them & less than £100 if you shop around.

 

 

EXcellent ... will check up on that... thanks !

 

andrew

[Dick Dastardly]

Waste of time trying to peg anything down in shingle.I would have thought the answer was one of the models with a built in ground sheet.The weight of the gear inside would then hold it down.Dont try a Gardner Pop Up bivvy as the wind will just flatten it.

 

We used to take spare empty buckets and heavy duty plastic bags which we filled with shingle to use as weights and anchor points.

Edited March 31, 2007 by BUDGIE

[borntofish]

Go to your mountaineering shop, they must have tents there, we use one this side called a force 10, nothing to do with wind, but it is a tent with buit in ground sheet, solid aluminium poles. they can take anything mother nature throws at them, quick and easy to put up, the pegs are also of a special design, thicker than normal and have riges on to grip in the ground.

 

Roger

[smalltincup]

Hi There

 

I use the tf force 8 One man, got it for xmas. Very easy to put up even in the dark. I used it on a fishing trip at the end of febuary in the middle of Exmoor, the bivvy took a really pounding but did me proud. Well worth the £99 squid. The one man version is a bit cramped but as i tend to travel light it was perfect.

 

STC

 

 

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