UL Bivy Avail. Through REI

[Brian Sims]

I am in search of an UL bivy for road bike touring. My buddy has a Montbell DryTech bivy at 6.3 ounces, which he quite likes.

Unfortunately one cannot purchase or special order Montbell products from REI. I want to use my REI dividend to get a bivy if possible.

Is there a bivy remotely close in weight to the Montbell product made by a company sold through REI? The product doesn't necessarily need to be a regularly stocked item from REI.

I found the Sierra Designs Baffin Bivy, which looks nice, but is double the weight at 17oz.

[Joe Clement]

Only ones I know about are the one you mentioned, the TiGoat, and the Equinox bivy. Doubt if REI has any of them. They're just not that into that.

[Nate Meinzer]

The oware bivies are affordable and offer full protection, unlike the equinox (no netting) and the montbell (not technically a bivy)……REI won't sell them though.

I'd say use your dividend for something else, unless you have a synthetic bag, in which case you could get away with an adventure medical kits heatsheets bivy. It will condensate like crazy though, but is lighter than all the above options.

[Anonymous]

Brian,
If you want a decent bivy in the 6-8 oz range, you're probably going to have to bite the bullet price-wise and go with a cottage industry product-MLD, BMW, Oware, etc. REI has an extensive selection of quality bivy's, including an Event model by integral Designs that weighs ~ 18.5 oz at $210, a Marmot Alpinist at 15 oz, $149, and an MSR Micronight at 19 oz and $129. All the rest of their offerings are much heavier.

[John S.]

Best bang for buck is equinox bivy..hands down.

[Steve Parr]

I believe that you can apply to REI for a cash payout of your dividend (after a certain date). This would let you buy the bivy you want and then get "reimbursed" from your dividend.

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