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    Kier Selinsky
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    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    Whoa! how have I not seen that bivy before? a question though on the size – how spacious is this thing? it says 33" wide, does that mean a 66" girth? If that's the case, it may be too small for me.

    #1533265
    Tad Englund
    BPL Member

    @bestbuilder

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    66" at the shoulders- what size is your sleeping bag? I don't put my pad inside so I have no problem.

    #1533281
    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    hmmm my bag is 66 at the shoulders as well thats an interior measurement, so think that means that it would compress the loft and make me cold

    #1533287
    Tad Englund
    BPL Member

    @bestbuilder

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    It really doesn't compress anything, I have a 64" WM Megalite and I still have a very slight baggyness in the bivy. I'm 6'2" and 175- if that make a difference

    #1533460
    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    Thanks again everyone for the great feedback! After sleeping on this, I think I know what I wanna do. My original idea of making my own silnylon would be a waste of time/money/frustration, but might work for the weekend. I can't get a hold of any tyvek (no construction projects around and lowe's won't sell me a short snip). The Equinox bivy looks interesting, but the more I look at it, the less I like it for longer than this trip, and so I feel like I'd be throwing $60 down the hole.

    So here's what I got – a local store has some ripstop nylon on clearance for $3/yd and it's got DWR finish on it. I've got about 10 feet of 6 mil plastic sheeting in my basement collecting dust. I think I'll just take the plastic and make a bathtub floor, and get 2 yards of nylon to make a breathable top. I'll fasten it all together with super duper waterproof duct tape (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=256699-56131-178657&lpage=none).

    Whattaya folks think? Will duct tape hold 'er together?

    #1533464
    Michael Ray
    BPL Member

    @topshot

    Locale: Midwest

    Not sure how that will hold up to being folded/rolled repeatedly with the foil backing. You may have better luck with Gorilla tape or 3M 2120.

    #1533465
    Walter Carrington
    BPL Member

    @snowleopard

    Locale: Mass.

    If the duct tape doesn't hold, it would be really easy to sew it together by hand well enough to work for a short trip.

    #1533482
    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    The 2120 doesn't appear to be waterproof. I'm not too concerned with the breakdown of the foil tape because it's only gonna be rolled up a few times (this is just for a weekend trip). I may not go with the foil tape in the end, but I think it has to be waterproof, able to handle cold temps (it could get to the teens), and of course, sticky as all get out.

    Not a bad idea Walter – I may pick up some 2 mil plastic, hand sew, and seal with duct tape.

    #1533485
    Brad Groves
    BPL Member

    @4quietwoods

    Locale: Michigan

    FWIW, I wouldn't use any of the plastic bivies as a shell for your sleeping bag. Using one outside your sleeping bag will lock all your sweat into the sleeping bag. They're VBLs. So if you want a wet bag, by all means… otherwise, stick with the Tyvek, some kind of breathable nylon, etc…

    #1533489
    Kier Selinsky
    Member

    @kieran

    Locale: Seattle, WA

    Brad – I'm only going to use plastic on the bottom, and use breathable nylon on the top. from a VBL standpoint, how is that different from using silnylon on bottom and nylon on top?

    #1533502
    Brad Groves
    BPL Member

    @4quietwoods

    Locale: Michigan

    My comment was geared informationally toward the first mentions of nonbreathable bivies, for people who might read the thread and think that using those bivies by themselves as a primary outer shell would be fine. If you're hacking one up and using it underneath you, with a breathable top, that's fine.

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