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Nov 15, 2005 at 7:11 am #1217148

Zak Randell
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@zakrandell

Anyone have any experience with the Equinox Ultralight Bivy? I was considering using it with a tarp by ID or a Go Lite lair.

Nov 15, 2005 at 7:29 am #1345127

Steven Miller
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@millergear
Locale: SE

I was very pleased with mine but it was to short for me at 6′ 2″. I estimate you would need to no taller than 5′ 10″ for it to be a good fit.

Nov 15, 2005 at 8:24 am #1345129

Tony Burnett
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@tlbj6142
Locale: OH--IO

Does it have a hood? For some reason I don’t remember seeing a hood on one of the Equinox bivies.

Nov 15, 2005 at 9:38 am #1345133

Zak Randell
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@zakrandell

Its like a mummy bag.

http://www.equinoxltd.com/Cart/description.php?II=8101

Nov 15, 2005 at 12:18 pm #1345141

Ryan Faulkner
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@ryanf

I have had this bivy for a while, it works great and is very cheap. (by comparison) it has enough of a hood to cover your sleeping bag, but has no bug netting.

there are not good pictures of the equinox but the design is similar to the Mountain Laurel designs superlight bivy.

Nov 15, 2005 at 1:28 pm #1345146

Tony Burnett
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@tlbj6142
Locale: OH--IO

The one I saw didn’t have a hood. The bottom layer formed a ground-cloth like area under your head. I think Equinox use to have a non-mummy bivy. Maybe that’s what I saw.

Nov 15, 2005 at 2:16 pm #1345153

Zak Randell
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@zakrandell

I hope I’ll fit in at 5′ 11″. Also how conducive is this bivy to side/back sleepers in a quilt?

Nov 15, 2005 at 2:35 pm #1345155

Ryan Faulkner
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@ryanf

if you call what the MLD bivy has a hood, then yes the equinox has a hood.
if money is not an issue for you, a BMW vapor bivy may be a better option, because of the fully closed hood and bug netting, but it is 4 times the price of the equinox.

the cheapest I could find it was for $44. this is where I bought mine

Beyond Carolina (equinox UL bivy)

it says 2 pounds for the shipping weight but really it weighs 6.5oz.(I measured it at home, and the weight is very accurate)

Nov 15, 2005 at 4:04 pm #1345166

paul johnson
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@pj
Locale: LazyBoy in my Den - miss the forest

Tony & RyanF,

my understanding is that you both are correct. an earlier version was non-mummy and is as Tony recalls. the current version of the EqBivy is exactly as RyanF describes.

Nov 15, 2005 at 5:41 pm #1345169

Tony Burnett
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@tlbj6142
Locale: OH--IO

I see its listed at 93″ x33″, is that when it is flat? Meaning it only has a 66″ girth? If so, that might be a bit tight for me.

Any ideas what the girth is at its widest point? At the end of the foot box?

Nov 15, 2005 at 5:41 pm #1345170

Marion Watts
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@mdwattsjr

I love mine. I’m 5’11 and have plenty of room. For the price this is the perfect bivy. You won’t be disappointed.
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