[at-l] Bivy Questions

[Frank Looper]

I'm great with a sewing machine but mine just jumped timing. It makes my
tummy feel all weird not to have a sewing machine in the house...


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Ken Bennett <bennett.ken at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you sew? Do you know anyone who can sew? My lovely wife made my bivy,
> and it is wonderful. It is made from silnylon on the bottom, and Momentum
> .90 fabric on top, with a HUGE mesh panel over the chest. It is *not*
> waterproof, but the M-90 fabric is the most water-resistant truly
> breatheable fabric I have ever seen. Water just puddles on it, and sits
> there overnight, then shakes off.
>
> Of course, this style bivy requires a tarp, but I think you asked about
> that in another post. I like my 6x10 sil nylon tarp.
>
> Photo 1<http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=15028&catid=member&imageuser=266>:
> the finished bivy.
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> Photo 2<http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=15993&catid=member&imageuser=266>:
> in use north of Hot Springs under my tarp.
>
> My hiking partner used an Epic fabric bivy on that same night not twenty
> feet away, and he was *soaked* in condensation the next morning. I have
> never had a drop of condensation inside. The mesh top is the biggest part of
> that, of course, but I think the M-90 helps, too.
>
> All the materials are available from thru-hiker.com for about $60. I will
> say that the very light slippery fabrics are a pain to sew -- I can finally,
> barely, sew a straight line just enough to make a small stuff sack. My wife
> did the whole bivy in one go, without a single pin or tape or anything --
> just held the fabric together and made perfect seams.
>
> I like the versatility of this sort of bivy. It can be used in a shelter
> (no bugs, no mice, adds warmth), out under the stars (no bugs, adds warmth
> and wind protection) and under a tarp in bad weather.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
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> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Frank Looper <nightwalker.at at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I'm looking to seriously lighten my pack. Part of the equation is a
>> lightweight bivy. I'd love to get the MSR E-Bivy<http://www.rei.com/product/781507>(at the embedded link), but it doesn't make any explanation of "how the heck
>> do you breathe through that thing?" The other one that I'm looking at is the
>> 15 ounce REI Minimalist Bivy <http://www.rei.com/product/731431>. It has
>> a breathing net and stuff, but it makes me pay more to get more weight. I'm
>> not really fond of that idea!
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