Hi all,

So many posts on here about a brolly's / bivvy's, so sincere apologies for starting a new one, feel free to ignore.

My requirements are fairly specific, and so this is an attempt to see if anyone has found a good solution:

I want a brolly that can become a night shelter with either an overwrap or similar.

I am 6ft 6 so I want a brolly that fits my solar bed chair at night.

The speed of pack down is important as I want to be able to move quickly. Speed of set up is not important.

For the right system, budget isn't an issue, the Aqua brolly looks interesting, but I am not sure there is an overwrap.

I bought a korum pentalite and it was too low and too small, and hardly fitted my solar sp ctec bedchair - so sent the brolly back.

I've got the sonik AXS bivvy and one of the bars has already bent, and it does not pack down small. I wont be buying much Sonik gear ever again.

At the moment it looks like the Trakker Tempest 100T is going to be what I need, but it still feels a faff and not really the mobility of a proper brolly. But being 6ft 6, maybe I just have to accept that the brolly/bivvy system is not available to me.

Cheers all.

The overwrap bit is the faff, more pegging. What about a brolly with a zip in front like the Solar Undercover or the Wychwood Tactical?

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Wychwood tactical brolly can buy zip in add ones it's a great brolly

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Nash titan hide XL quick to set up decent internal space and great head height and can add an overwrap if you wise

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Are you moving your kit on a barrow.
If so, then you only have to fold the tempest arms in and don't need to break them down, then just lay across your barrow.

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Yes, with your height, tempest or titan hide xl.

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A tempest really isn't a faff, and doesn't need anything to become a night shelter. I use an open fronted air V2 all year round, the only addition is a skull cap

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Have a look at the Ultralite 100, that has good headroom and is more of a brolly that converts into a bivvy. Good for use all year round as well.

Im 6'3 and I have an ultralite - ive also got the hyde xl id suggest the hyde xl over the ultralite - much bigger footprint and headspace - However for me a tempest air if you can eitrh an over wrap for the winter is by far the quickest of the 3

Thanks all.

After a fair bit of research on the below suggestions, I think it's looking like the Aqua Ultralite 100.

I'll cool off for a few days as I want to be as sure as I can be, and continue with some more research. In terms of weight, height, setup ease etc it seems to be a good fit.

Also, see if a discount voucher might crop up in one the shops.

I did really like the look of the solar one too.

Thanks again all.

Tempest 100T, you won't regret it

I've managed to accumulate an Ultralite, Undercover brolly and a 100T over the past few years. The Solar Undercover gets used the most by far as I prefer a brolly.

Be mindful that the pack down on the Ultralite is nearly 2m and it's far from light in weight. You also still have to mess about with the two metal bars to put it up and it's a pain in any sort of big wind.

If you're after something with an over wrap I'd go for the 100T.

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100T would be my choice.........no real faff apart from seperating some poles and taking out 4 pegs........

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Even being an Ultralite fanboy (I love em) maybe look at the Tempest RS Brolly / stripped down RS 100 . . ?

Now that they've realised normal (and taller) anglers don't like pretending to be hobbits the massively improved head height and revised footprints could be worth considering . . .

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I'm thinking about selling up all three and doing exactly that with the RS100 bivvy. Do love the Undercover brolly though, so might just keep that