In reply to Post #15
I actually mentioned a flat pack bivvy made out of plastic many years ago in these forums. When it's opened out, it would just look like a " Wendy House" with a door and a couple of windows.
Problem being though is how heavy and bulky it would be especially when it has to fit in back of a car.
I actually mentioned a flat pack bivvy made out of plastic many years ago in these forums. When it's opened out, it would just look like a " Wendy House" with a door and a couple of windows.
Problem being though is how heavy and bulky it would be especially when it has to fit in back of a car.
In reply to Post #11
F@@K - Digital Punishers!
F@@K - Digital Punishers!
In reply to Post #16
Possible, think it may be feasible though with the right thinking
Years ago I tried a plastic box with all my gear in, brilliant on the barrow, leave it out all day in the rain, no bother. Used to slide about a bit though, the only downside so I sacked t off
Possible, think it may be feasible though with the right thinking
Years ago I tried a plastic box with all my gear in, brilliant on the barrow, leave it out all day in the rain, no bother. Used to slide about a bit though, the only downside so I sacked t off
Surely your little camo wendy house will just blow away in any decent winds?
In reply to Post #18
Oddly enough, years ago I also posted on here about using a plastic box on the barrow that fits perfectly in the cutout in front of the handles on the barrow. Clear plastic was best as you could see what you was looking for through the side of the box.
It was ideal, when you got to your swim you could just take it off the barrow and straight into the bivvy with nothing to unpack and became an instant table and ideal for keeping food, bait and cooking equipment in etc away from mice and rats etc.
I even posted pictures as some people on here could not grasp the principle of how it fits on the barrow.
I even advocated using a small under bed plastic storage box to keep your bait boat in. It was ideal on the barrow as there was no chance of crushing it with straps, you could leave it outside during the day when it was raining and you could use the lid to place your boat on when your loading it up with bait. I used to call it my "boat house".
>>>>surely your little camo wendy house will just blow away in any decent winds<<<<<
So would a bivvy if we did not use tent pegs.
Oddly enough, years ago I also posted on here about using a plastic box on the barrow that fits perfectly in the cutout in front of the handles on the barrow. Clear plastic was best as you could see what you was looking for through the side of the box.
It was ideal, when you got to your swim you could just take it off the barrow and straight into the bivvy with nothing to unpack and became an instant table and ideal for keeping food, bait and cooking equipment in etc away from mice and rats etc.
I even posted pictures as some people on here could not grasp the principle of how it fits on the barrow.
I even advocated using a small under bed plastic storage box to keep your bait boat in. It was ideal on the barrow as there was no chance of crushing it with straps, you could leave it outside during the day when it was raining and you could use the lid to place your boat on when your loading it up with bait. I used to call it my "boat house".
>>>>surely your little camo wendy house will just blow away in any decent winds<<<<<
So would a bivvy if we did not use tent pegs.
I have tried the lot and really think the original light ai 2 rib shelter is the daddy for weight, ease and the like.
If you were inventing a perfect fishing shelter 20 years ago and someone showed you a tempest without all the extras you'd think they'd invented fire - it's my go too and upgrade on the ai.
The only other bivvy I would be tempted with is a stripped back lightweight ridge monkey. None of the faff, no fly sheets, Mozi panels, groundsheets, just the length of a bedchair and away you go - that to me is the holy grail
If you were inventing a perfect fishing shelter 20 years ago and someone showed you a tempest without all the extras you'd think they'd invented fire - it's my go too and upgrade on the ai.
The only other bivvy I would be tempted with is a stripped back lightweight ridge monkey. None of the faff, no fly sheets, Mozi panels, groundsheets, just the length of a bedchair and away you go - that to me is the holy grail
On the subject of plastic boxes I've used them for years now especially when fishing abroad all my terminal tackle boxes scales, head torch, water proofs etc.. odds and sods in one then cooking and dry foods in another, generally abroad I use 3 of the Wham 96ltr boxes the third one has all my bait hookbaits glugs etc.., also stacks neatly in the van for travelling and if moving to swims using a boat.
I use the same principal for fishing weekends in the UK just the boxes are smaller as I dont need the amount of kit I take when abroad.
Two of the Wham 45ltr are ideal for my short sessions used for the same kit, terminal gear in one dry food and cook kit in another then for bait I use a 17ltr bucket, one wham box is used as the bivvy table and the other I set up my stove brew kit on top so when I want to get something inside I can lift the whole lid onto the bedchair get what I need and place the lid back on top after, Wham boxes are very sturdy well made boxes.
Aqua bought out the Staxx box which is basically the euro containers with hinged lids which are well made but using the boxes the way I do I would mean moving everything on top of the lid when I want to get inside for something that may not even come out on shorter sessions which is usually my scales and carp care kit as I dont catch that many.
On the Idea of different types of Bivvies I think the early Fox easy/continental domes were a good design with the central spreader block and the poles all collapsing centrally and folded up like spiders legs, my first Fox easy dome many years ago was mega to use for short session fishing, lightweight went up in no time and had the small extended porch at the front with the built in ground sheet a right handy little space.
I use the same principal for fishing weekends in the UK just the boxes are smaller as I dont need the amount of kit I take when abroad.
Two of the Wham 45ltr are ideal for my short sessions used for the same kit, terminal gear in one dry food and cook kit in another then for bait I use a 17ltr bucket, one wham box is used as the bivvy table and the other I set up my stove brew kit on top so when I want to get something inside I can lift the whole lid onto the bedchair get what I need and place the lid back on top after, Wham boxes are very sturdy well made boxes.
Aqua bought out the Staxx box which is basically the euro containers with hinged lids which are well made but using the boxes the way I do I would mean moving everything on top of the lid when I want to get inside for something that may not even come out on shorter sessions which is usually my scales and carp care kit as I dont catch that many.
On the Idea of different types of Bivvies I think the early Fox easy/continental domes were a good design with the central spreader block and the poles all collapsing centrally and folded up like spiders legs, my first Fox easy dome many years ago was mega to use for short session fishing, lightweight went up in no time and had the small extended porch at the front with the built in ground sheet a right handy little space.
In reply to Post #22
I did like the Fox EasyDome, as you say quick to put up and easy to move, although I did have a couple of gripes, tripping over the threshold of the inner dome occasionally, and inside the dome, a lack of space, especially when my dog of the time was with me, a blooming great Golden Retriever.
The porch section was handy though.
I did like the Fox EasyDome, as you say quick to put up and easy to move, although I did have a couple of gripes, tripping over the threshold of the inner dome occasionally, and inside the dome, a lack of space, especially when my dog of the time was with me, a blooming great Golden Retriever.
The porch section was handy though.
For me bivvies have become unnecessarily complicated .... vents/windows being the exception ....
Ive had the following designs
Brollycamp dome thingy,
45" Nubrolli with Nash Overwrap
JRC Geodome thing
Titan Vipers
Groundhog/Hogs
Easydomes
Chub Cyclone
Fox Evos
Pioneers
Tempest (Brolly)
Various ovals
Various flexible poled pramhood bivvies
Various traditional rigid poled pramhoods
Pramhood is still the best .... Its bomb proof, no need for storm poles, no need for any additional paraphanelia to put up .... But i want it basic .... I dont want multiple zips allowing front removal or peak removal.
A basic pramhood design with front and rear windows/vents, fixed front, fixed peak, zip in or peg in groundsheet and some form of skull cap that can be attached on the outside without the need to peg down all the way round.
Trakker Cayman or a Mk2 Armo comes close to the perfect bivvy imo and the reason I have never succombed to the Tempest type bivvy craze. As an alternative I think the Nash Groundhog is possibly the best brolly style design I have come across.
Im not sure what else a bivvy could do that would sway me away
Ive had the following designs
Brollycamp dome thingy,
45" Nubrolli with Nash Overwrap
JRC Geodome thing
Titan Vipers
Groundhog/Hogs
Easydomes
Chub Cyclone
Fox Evos
Pioneers
Tempest (Brolly)
Various ovals
Various flexible poled pramhood bivvies
Various traditional rigid poled pramhoods
Pramhood is still the best .... Its bomb proof, no need for storm poles, no need for any additional paraphanelia to put up .... But i want it basic .... I dont want multiple zips allowing front removal or peak removal.
A basic pramhood design with front and rear windows/vents, fixed front, fixed peak, zip in or peg in groundsheet and some form of skull cap that can be attached on the outside without the need to peg down all the way round.
Trakker Cayman or a Mk2 Armo comes close to the perfect bivvy imo and the reason I have never succombed to the Tempest type bivvy craze. As an alternative I think the Nash Groundhog is possibly the best brolly style design I have come across.
Im not sure what else a bivvy could do that would sway me away
In responsible to posts 6& 9. A circular ( or near enough ) shelter that could be turned as needed was avail years ago..Nubrolli shelter I think it was called.. many on here will have been victim of a 'deliberate run' after said shelter has been unpegged and turned 180 while the occupant was snoring.... Great fun seeing confusion unfurl!!
As for 'mobile punishers' several options avail.. ignore/silent or tell a lie..
As for 'mobile punishers' several options avail.. ignore/silent or tell a lie..
In reply to Post #25
That was done with the original upright brollicamp type of shelter.
Very, very funny. Even when you were on the recieving end.
That was done with the original upright brollicamp type of shelter.
Very, very funny. Even when you were on the recieving end.
The perfect bivvy for me would be my original full size pioneer but with a peak on it 👍👍😜
Used to love my old Nashy Profile brolly,moved on to an Aqua 60 inch brolly and am now on the Fast and light (Just wish it had a little more length in the side skirts so you can peg it a little higher).... Can't see me changing anytime soon...
As long as the ground is soft enough to get some pegs in I think the Aqua M3 takes some beating as an all-round bivvy. Hard gravel banks where pegs are a problem, my Titan Hide is pretty good, if a little tight for space.
In reply to Post #20
Makes sense to me, plastic box, just chuck it all in. Good idea about fitting into the barrow frame that. Lift out slide under the bed or just chuck in the bivvy
Makes sense to me, plastic box, just chuck it all in. Good idea about fitting into the barrow frame that. Lift out slide under the bed or just chuck in the bivvy