Seen these recently and thought to ask what your opinions are? There's astroturf/fake grass, black rubber like material, etc.
What's the benefits?
What's the benefits?
In reply to Post #1
Astro turf keeps the slugs out👍
Astro turf keeps the slugs out👍
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Forgive me if this is a silly question, but do you put it inside your bivvy or outside the door?
I feel like such a newbie restarting carp fishing
Forgive me if this is a silly question, but do you put it inside your bivvy or outside the door?
I feel like such a newbie restarting carp fishing
In reply to Post #3
you will be asking which side of the toilet paper you wipe your arse on next ?
get 2 one for inside one for outside problem solved
you will be asking which side of the toilet paper you wipe your arse on next ?
get 2 one for inside one for outside problem solved
In reply to Post #3
I put mine outside, you know in between the big plant pots and under the door bell.
I put mine outside, you know in between the big plant pots and under the door bell.
In reply to Post #3
Outside, I have a rather nice Axminster on the inside👍
Outside, I have a rather nice Axminster on the inside👍
In reply to Post #4
I don't have a bivvy mat but use a door mat that stretches across the width of the bivvy.
I don't have a bivvy mat but use a door mat that stretches across the width of the bivvy.
In reply to Post #1
I use a microfibre drying towel just inside the bivvy. Take my shoes off at the door and use the towel just for keeping the inside clean whilst I'm there, then when I get up on the last morning I wipe the bivvy and all the outside gear with it, works a treat and the bivvy is bone dry in no time.
I use a microfibre drying towel just inside the bivvy. Take my shoes off at the door and use the towel just for keeping the inside clean whilst I'm there, then when I get up on the last morning I wipe the bivvy and all the outside gear with it, works a treat and the bivvy is bone dry in no time.
I just use cut down camping kip mat. Very lightweight, foldable, thermal, easy on the knees, very easy to clean and cheap.
Oh and I use just it inside the doorway
Oh and I use just it inside the doorway
I used to use a piece of Axminster or a piece of Persian carpet which I got from a carpet shop, square yard samples for 50p. When the shop owner found out what I was going to use them for, he gave me them. Only problem with carpet though, if it gets wet it eventually ends up stinking as if a dog has died on it even when dry and if its wet when you have to pack up its heavy to carry. But, it is nice to get up in a morning and put your feet on a bit of quality mat especially when its better than what you have in the front room.
After that, I got a rubber car mat which was good. But I dumped it after it caught fire whilst cooking on it. It seems those rubber dimples ignite easy.
After that, I started to use a piece of lino, it was cold to put your feet on, but if it got muddy, you could just wash it off in pond, let it dry and then put it back down again. Only problem with it was it got brittle in cold weather and would crack when you rolled it up.
After that, I got a piece of thermal lino that someone was throwing away, and I used that for years. It was warmish to put your feet on, easy to clean in pond and as it was white, it brightened up the inside of the bivvy and on a night, I could lay things on it such as footwear, and see them on the darkest night to quickly put on with out having to use light to find them if I had somehow moved them. It made me wish that Bivvy groundsheets were white as it make a bivvy feel brighter and warmer inside instead of dark and gloomy and certainly easier to find things. Eventually though, I stopped using it, I have a feeling it split with age whilst rolling it up.
Sometime amongst all those, I bought a mat that you put a dogs bowl on to feed from Aldi's. That was good and very easy to clean and hard wearing. It now just resides in the boot of the car. I think the thermal lino replaced it
So now, I use an old neoprene bivvy mat that I used a few times and dumped in the shed as I did not like it as it was dangerous. Its warm to stand on, easy to clean, but if it gets wet and muddy, it becomes a skating rink, and its easy to do the splits and debag yourself when you stand on it or just fall over. These days, I avoid getting it both wet and muddy or just turn it over to the non neoprene side. And the plus side is, its small and lightweight to carry and can take it stalking to sit on.
After that, I got a rubber car mat which was good. But I dumped it after it caught fire whilst cooking on it. It seems those rubber dimples ignite easy.
After that, I started to use a piece of lino, it was cold to put your feet on, but if it got muddy, you could just wash it off in pond, let it dry and then put it back down again. Only problem with it was it got brittle in cold weather and would crack when you rolled it up.
After that, I got a piece of thermal lino that someone was throwing away, and I used that for years. It was warmish to put your feet on, easy to clean in pond and as it was white, it brightened up the inside of the bivvy and on a night, I could lay things on it such as footwear, and see them on the darkest night to quickly put on with out having to use light to find them if I had somehow moved them. It made me wish that Bivvy groundsheets were white as it make a bivvy feel brighter and warmer inside instead of dark and gloomy and certainly easier to find things. Eventually though, I stopped using it, I have a feeling it split with age whilst rolling it up.
Sometime amongst all those, I bought a mat that you put a dogs bowl on to feed from Aldi's. That was good and very easy to clean and hard wearing. It now just resides in the boot of the car. I think the thermal lino replaced it
So now, I use an old neoprene bivvy mat that I used a few times and dumped in the shed as I did not like it as it was dangerous. Its warm to stand on, easy to clean, but if it gets wet and muddy, it becomes a skating rink, and its easy to do the splits and debag yourself when you stand on it or just fall over. These days, I avoid getting it both wet and muddy or just turn it over to the non neoprene side. And the plus side is, its small and lightweight to carry and can take it stalking to sit on.
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I bought a cheap neoprene one off Fleebay, does the trick keeping the bivvy clean and dry.
I bought a cheap neoprene one off Fleebay, does the trick keeping the bivvy clean and dry.
A f**king bivvy mat. Lol. Hands up, I know you lot own bivvy tables and a mat for your rods too. Kek.
I bet you get your bird's to come down to where you're fishing to tuck you in at night
#glamping
I bet you get your bird's to come down to where you're fishing to tuck you in at night
#glamping
In reply to Post #12
Ok tough guy... I often wild camp with only a tarp, but I still use a bivvy mat when fishing. It's fishing, not bushcraft/survival Bear Grylls wannabe camping.
Anyway, I use a cheap neoprene as mentioned above, but I use it instead of a bivvy floor. Neoprene has been the best material I've used for it.
Ok tough guy... I often wild camp with only a tarp, but I still use a bivvy mat when fishing. It's fishing, not bushcraft/survival Bear Grylls wannabe camping.
Anyway, I use a cheap neoprene as mentioned above, but I use it instead of a bivvy floor. Neoprene has been the best material I've used for it.
In reply to Post #12
I must admit i've never heard of a Bivvy mat before i saw this post.
But straightaway i can imagine how handy they are, as i know myself that the front portion of the groundsheet gets all the dirt/mud and wear and tear.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
I must admit i've never heard of a Bivvy mat before i saw this post.
But straightaway i can imagine how handy they are, as i know myself that the front portion of the groundsheet gets all the dirt/mud and wear and tear.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
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In reply to Post #14
have you been in a Coma ??
have you been in a Coma ??
In reply to Post #1
Astro turf outside, fox neoprene inside to put boots on and to keep the carpet clean....😉
Astro turf outside, fox neoprene inside to put boots on and to keep the carpet clean....😉
In reply to Post #17
You got a hoover?
You got a hoover?
In reply to Post #18
One lake I fish has a piece of astro in each swim
If your lucky there are two 👍👍
One lake I fish has a piece of astro in each swim
If your lucky there are two 👍👍
In reply to Post #18
A Dyson my dear boy...😂
A Dyson my dear boy...😂
I take a bit of Astro when I am close to the van
Many years ago original Pioneer on a weeks session
someone had left a bit of fake grass and a mat in the skip smothered in mud quick dip in the lake a few times
and wahey !! here`s posh
someone had left a bit of fake grass and a mat in the skip smothered in mud quick dip in the lake a few times
and wahey !! here`s posh
In reply to Post #22
The old Wychwood recliner chair, i still have mine (and a spare), best ever.
The old Wychwood recliner chair, i still have mine (and a spare), best ever.
Used to use my unhooking Matt, I have had one for 8 years and use it for the Bivvy entrance to protect my ground sheet. If it's cold and frosty and I'm fishing on boards it gets moved next to the rods to give my sure footing.
If I'm in waders and fishing off boards I use it to prevent my damaging my waders when getting in and out of the water.
In addition I have another larger one that belongs with my powerplus the smaller one is then pegged down just outside or used as above when needed.
If I'm in waders and fishing off boards I use it to prevent my damaging my waders when getting in and out of the water.
In addition I have another larger one that belongs with my powerplus the smaller one is then pegged down just outside or used as above when needed.
I use the trakker thermal bivvy mat it's a bit thicker than others but it's a good bit of kit and keeps the bivvy clean
Have the Fox and Tracker and there is no difference. My Fox is starting to look Carpy with the worn holes in the neoprene
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There is definitely a difference in the fox camolite bivvy mat and the trakker insulated bivvy mat, the fox one is much thinner and the trakker one is much more durable I have got both right now
There is definitely a difference in the fox camolite bivvy mat and the trakker insulated bivvy mat, the fox one is much thinner and the trakker one is much more durable I have got both right now
In reply to Post #1
. . .got a ye olde Chub neoprene one . . and had a Nash neoprene one prior to that . . .ways nothing even if you dont end up using it . . .useful bit of kit esp if you rarely use a groundsheet in warm weather to keep your tootsies injury/duck**** free when escaping the bag - neoprene also good if wet as it acts like a sponge rather than boots direct to groundsheet which tends to collect/bead up water ingress . . .
. . .got a ye olde Chub neoprene one . . and had a Nash neoprene one prior to that . . .ways nothing even if you dont end up using it . . .useful bit of kit esp if you rarely use a groundsheet in warm weather to keep your tootsies injury/duck**** free when escaping the bag - neoprene also good if wet as it acts like a sponge rather than boots direct to groundsheet which tends to collect/bead up water ingress . . .
In reply to Post #22
You're set up is missing just two nice hanging baskets on the bivvy
You're set up is missing just two nice hanging baskets on the bivvy
What do you want a bivvy mat for ?.
In reply to Post #27
My fox and trakker aren pretty much the same with neoprene
My fox and trakker aren pretty much the same with neoprene
In reply to Post #30
For that very reason.
For that very reason.
In reply to Post #30
these are a good invention and why are your knees muddy did you fall over ?
these are a good invention
and why are your knees muddy did you fall over ?
In reply to Post #30
[Fistbump]
See this ladies, take note, fishing, not glamping. Sheeesh.
[Fistbump]
See this ladies, take note, fishing, not glamping. Sheeesh.
In reply to Post #33
As you can see I'm on a platform but it's a very wet day.
The ground behind the platform is like the Somme on a bad day. Trying to get to and from with the gear is/was a nightmare. Yep I did end up on my knees in the sh1te.
Actually a few sheets of bog roll later and sanity is restored.
@ post 32 - I see you still don't do irony
As you can see I'm on a platform but it's a very wet day.
The ground behind the platform is like the Somme on a bad day. Trying to get to and from with the gear is/was a nightmare. Yep I did end up on my knees in the sh1te.
Actually a few sheets of bog roll later and sanity is restored.
@ post 32 - I see you still don't do irony
In reply to Post #34
There's still a groundsheet in shot, which is glamping as far as I'm concerned
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I didn't realise anyone even used groundsheets other than in the depths of Winter, let alone ****ing AstroTurf welcome mats .
How much time do you guys spend in the bivvy?
There's still a groundsheet in shot, which is glamping as far as I'm concerned
.I didn't realise anyone even used groundsheets other than in the depths of Winter, let alone ****ing AstroTurf welcome mats
.How much time do you guys spend in the bivvy?
In reply to Post #36
Fishing on a platform with gaps in it without a groundsheet is not a nice experience.
That's before your car keys fall out of your pocket inside the bivvy and they slip through a gap and you hear that horrible plop sound.
AA/RAC don't like coming out to a non address, just a grid reference in the middle of nowhere, then try and convince them to hotwire it so you can get home. Then pay a £150+ for a new coded key.
I'll stick to using a groundsheet thanks
Fishing on a platform with gaps in it without a groundsheet is not a nice experience.
That's before your car keys fall out of your pocket inside the bivvy and they slip through a gap and you hear that horrible plop sound.
AA/RAC don't like coming out to a non address, just a grid reference in the middle of nowhere, then try and convince them to hotwire it so you can get home. Then pay a £150+ for a new coded key.
I'll stick to using a groundsheet thanks
yea 50 years ago I thought like them
I never had a barrow I could do a weekend and carry everything I needed but now !!!!!!!!!!!
I want the comfort catching is not that important anymore and I never EVER fish without using a groundsheet unless Im just there for the day
and often I take the hook link off and chuck out so I can get some undisturbed sleep
I never had a barrow I could do a weekend and carry everything I needed but now !!!!!!!!!!!
I want the comfort catching is not that important anymore and I never EVER fish without using a groundsheet unless Im just there for the day
and often I take the hook link off and chuck out so I can get some undisturbed sleep
In reply to Post #37
I can see why people are bothered by you using a groundsheet. I imagine they are much more manly than you, and nothing impresses the birds on a night out more than fishing without a ground sheet.
Why is it now considered ‘uncool' to be comfortable?
I mean it doesn't effect me though. I just sleep naked in the mud, don't even use rods, I just jump in the lake with a net. None of this comfort rubbish for me. I'm a geezer
I can see why people are bothered by you using a groundsheet. I imagine they are much more manly than you, and nothing impresses the birds on a night out more than fishing without a ground sheet.
Why is it now considered ‘uncool' to be comfortable?
I mean it doesn't effect me though. I just sleep naked in the mud, don't even use rods, I just jump in the lake with a net. None of this comfort rubbish for me. I'm a geezer
In reply to Post #39
. Some cracking replies there. My comment was meant to be tongue in cheek but I'm not sure it came across that way.
I use a groundsheet in the boot of the car, does that make me any less of a “geezer”?
. Some cracking replies there. My comment was meant to be tongue in cheek but I'm not sure it came across that way.I use a groundsheet in the boot of the car, does that make me any less of a “geezer”?
In reply to Post #40
Response.to your last sentence:
Nah, just a beta male. Probably a cuck too [shrug]
Response.to your last sentence:
Nah, just a beta male. Probably a cuck too [shrug]
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