With the all the latest technology still coming through, what would you say is a solid bivvy for winter weather?
Not bothered about how long it takes to set up, more interested in the warmth and insulating factors.
Not bothered about how long it takes to set up, more interested in the warmth and insulating factors.
In reply to Post #1
I may be wrong, but I think most manufacturers are concentrating on warm clothing and sleeping bags rather than insulated bivvies. For your shelter to be warm, you'd need a heat source. Tent heaters don't seem to be used much in the UK, due to the inherent ventilation requirements that, if not respected, could mean you wake up dead.
Having said that, I know plenty of anglers in Italy who happily spend all day in January in a flimsy bivvy with a kerosene heater wearing just a t shirt.
Safest option .. buy a decent coat and sleeping bag.
I may be wrong, but I think most manufacturers are concentrating on warm clothing and sleeping bags rather than insulated bivvies. For your shelter to be warm, you'd need a heat source. Tent heaters don't seem to be used much in the UK, due to the inherent ventilation requirements that, if not respected, could mean you wake up dead.
Having said that, I know plenty of anglers in Italy who happily spend all day in January in a flimsy bivvy with a kerosene heater wearing just a t shirt.
Safest option .. buy a decent coat and sleeping bag.
In reply to Post #2
Use your groundsheet, twin skin bivvy and a hot water bottle to prewarm your bag or the foot area of it
Use your groundsheet, twin skin bivvy and a hot water bottle to prewarm your bag or the foot area of it
In reply to Post #1
Heavy duty groundsheet, inner dome, overwrap
Trakker have a few that are very good.
Slx
Armo v4
Tempest with the new Skull wrap
Heavy duty groundsheet, inner dome, overwrap
Trakker have a few that are very good.
Slx
Armo v4
Tempest with the new Skull wrap
In reply to Post #1
You need a bivvy and a winter skin mate. The winter skin will prevent the dreaded drip, condensation which will soak everything through inside your tent if you go without one!
You need a dry place to keep warm, then warm clothes and spares. The good thing about a winter skin pending model, you can leave your boots and wet coats, buckets etc. In the porch area
You need a bivvy and a winter skin mate. The winter skin will prevent the dreaded drip, condensation which will soak everything through inside your tent if you go without one!
You need a dry place to keep warm, then warm clothes and spares. The good thing about a winter skin pending model, you can leave your boots and wet coats, buckets etc. In the porch area
In reply to Post #5
Thanks for the replies. I have an old Chub Vizor bivvy with no wrap. Can't get hold of the wraps anymore as it's an ancient old bivvy
So looking to upgrade, especially for the winter months.
I used to use one of those cheap gas heaters which did the job whilst it was on. Not long after you turn it off the heat is lost quite quickly therefore I was hoping there might be some good solutions for warmth on the market 10 years later. Either way, I need to upgrade it.
Thanks for the replies. I have an old Chub Vizor bivvy with no wrap. Can't get hold of the wraps anymore as it's an ancient old bivvy
So looking to upgrade, especially for the winter months. I used to use one of those cheap gas heaters which did the job whilst it was on. Not long after you turn it off the heat is lost quite quickly therefore I was hoping there might be some good solutions for warmth on the market 10 years later. Either way, I need to upgrade it.
In reply to Post #6
Queue blanket guys return ....
Queue blanket guys return ....
In reply to Post #1
Decent clothes and a decent bag + cover. Don't close the bivvy door and you don't get loads of condensation either.
Twin skins, capsules and heaters? How much crap are people messing about with? Winters are warmer now than they've ever been.
Decent clothes and a decent bag + cover. Don't close the bivvy door and you don't get loads of condensation either.
Twin skins, capsules and heaters? How much crap are people messing about with? Winters are warmer now than they've ever been.
Your body is a heat source. Decent thermal togs and bag will use/retain that heat. The money is better spent here than on a bivvy which will have an almost negligible influence on heat levels in the depths of winter.
Winter bivvy 
Typical replys, you don't want a bivvy you wanna be fishing in wool pants n socks mate, hard-core, you know the score
You can sit in a nice insulated tent with the door shut or you can sit under a brolly in a sleet storm that blows it out of the ground, you get out in the night to turn it around and re-peg it only to find out half your gear has blown away and you have got your nice dry multi layers wet
Thank God for choices eh
Typical replys, you don't want a bivvy you wanna be fishing in wool pants n socks mate, hard-core, you know the score
You can sit in a nice insulated tent with the door shut or you can sit under a brolly in a sleet storm that blows it out of the ground, you get out in the night to turn it around and re-peg it only to find out half your gear has blown away and you have got your nice dry multi layers wet
Thank God for choices eh
In reply to Post #10
I'm not saying a brolly is the one mate. I'm simply stating fact that the sole heat source (short of a heater) is you, and that money is best spent harnessing that heat source
I'm not saying a brolly is the one mate. I'm simply stating fact that the sole heat source (short of a heater) is you, and that money is best spent harnessing that heat source
In reply to Post #11
Don't disagree with that. 19 degree in the day, 10 last night. Sat in my 2 man armo, slept with the door half open and the other two back to the mozzi mesh, piss wet through inside, couldn't be bothered to put the wrap on
If I was fishing though winter, not that I do so much nowadays, eased off but I would want a twin skin for starters. Choices
Don't disagree with that. 19 degree in the day, 10 last night. Sat in my 2 man armo, slept with the door half open and the other two back to the mozzi mesh, piss wet through inside, couldn't be bothered to put the wrap on
If I was fishing though winter, not that I do so much nowadays, eased off but I would want a twin skin for starters. Choices
A shelter for me in the winter months is more about keeping out the wind and rain which as we know can be savage at times....as others have said the correct clothing/footwear and a good sleeping bag is where the warmth and insulation comes from.
My shelter stays pretty much unchanged all year round, Tempest V2......strip it back in the summer to the basic shelter with mozzy overthrow and whack on the solid infil and skull cap when the weather turns.... ....I always use a groundsheet though, personal preference!
I do have a Titan as well which comes out with 12" bivvy pegs if the forecast is really bad!
My shelter stays pretty much unchanged all year round, Tempest V2......strip it back in the summer to the basic shelter with mozzy overthrow and whack on the solid infil and skull cap when the weather turns....
....I always use a groundsheet though, personal preference! I do have a Titan as well which comes out with 12" bivvy pegs if the forecast is really bad!
In reply to Post #8
RE Winters are warmer now than they've ever been. 100% right
I am always AMAZED at people that zip their door shut
ok if the rain is blowing in then just letterbox it a bit
but FFS ? all you need is a twinskin or bivvy with a skull cap and a groundsheet proper warm layers and at night a decent sleeping bag ((and I find a Sim on the bedchair is great insulation )) and a Gardner bedchair cover you will never be cold and never need the door zipped up ?
RE Winters are warmer now than they've ever been. 100% right
I am always AMAZED at people that zip their door shut
ok if the rain is blowing in then just letterbox it a bit
but FFS ? all you need is a twinskin or bivvy with a skull cap and a groundsheet proper warm layers and at night a decent sleeping bag ((and I find a Sim on the bedchair is great insulation )) and a Gardner bedchair cover you will never be cold and never need the door zipped up ?
At risk of asking how big your cock is and who can withstand -50 degrees in a bivvy with no groundsheet, what recommendations would you give for 3-layer bivvy systems?