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
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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.
In reply to Post #1
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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