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In reply to Post #41
How would you rate the build quality of these bivvy?
They do look an impressive bit of kit.
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In reply to Post #33
Nash Titan Hide XL
Fantastic bit of kit IMO
Light solid and as said like a tardis inside.
Only thing I would prefer is a zip in groundsheet but it’s not a game changer
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In reply to Post #39
Also the overwrap is same material as the bivvy 20,000 rated. Most of the other bivvys the wraps are a thinner normal polyester material. So its a proper thick twin skin which is why its so effective at eliminating condensation.
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No love for the Exo+ on here?
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In reply to Post #37
I've had most bivvys ...the only way to eradicate condensation completely is an overwrap. Twin skin for the win! My quest defier mk3 is always dry as a bone.
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First night in the Tempest, luxury! went up so easy, mind you didnt put the front on last night it was so mild.
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In reply to Post #36
Sadly not..
I'm certainly not paying £250/300 for an overwrap either lol
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In reply to Post #35
I'm pretty sure that Cotswold were making a skull cap for the original Hide at one point, I wonder if they'd do one for the Hide XL?
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In reply to Post #33
Spot on assessment of the hide.
I've removed the vapour shield as its so much easier when drying out the bivvy and I don't really see the point of it.
Ohhh for a skull cap
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Pulled the plug and got a RS Tempest 150.
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In reply to Post #30
I have the hide xl pro camo and I love it,quick to erect,relatively light,like a tardis and pitch black when closed up,nice square back also,to push up the bedchair.My only negative is the condensation is actually quite bad,compared to other shelters I have had.It's in my garden drying out ATM after the 48hrs I've just finished. I'm probably gonna invest in an overwrap at some point.
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In reply to Post #31
The Solar brolly dont look much different to the brolly i have. I am edging towards the Solar Tackle SP Quick-Up Shelter MKI tbf. Bloke at fishing has one impressed with what I have seen.
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In reply to Post #27
It depends what you are after in a shelter tbh. If I recall correctly, the night you mentioned in your OP was about 80% humidity in the SE (I was out too). You are going to get condensation in those conditions unless you can justify the time to use a ground sheet, inner dome and overwrap. Even then you will have a build up between some of the layers.
Unless it’s dripping on your face does it really matter?
Aqua has always had a certain following.The ultralight is a brolly for the kind of people who like to say things like..’the Tempest design is nothing new, just a copy of the original Chris Manifold design’
It’s high and has great visibility, but that means that any rain in your face you are getting wet. You can buy a little hat that gives a peak, but rain is still coming in for any kind of inclement weather as it’s so open.
If manifold really put his original pioneers in a wind tunnel they neglected this test with the ultralite as it’s so high and wide and open it catches the wind like a spinnaker. It’s much better if you face away from the wind but that’s not always where you need to be watching. Alternatively you put on the front, but then that’s not a brolly.
The fabric is heavy and takes ages to dry. You need to carry two steel bars around that weigh more than a normal brolly just to put it up. Pack up length is about the same as a Toyota Yaris. I think the 1.0 Yaris weighs about the same.
On a sunny summers night it’s a decent shelter. When they were recently going for about £380 they were decent value. 9/10 I take my Solar Undercover brolly and would recommend one of those, or possibly one of the new ESP brollies instead.
If you don’t want a brolly I would look at a Hide XL. Never had one myself but seen a few and they look ok.
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In reply to Post #1
I picked up a Nash hide pro XL for £250 from total fishing tackle a little while ago with the infill panel (it's gone up since) and added the overwrap later, I got the standard xl overwrap as the frames on the pro and standard are the same and it was the best part of £200 cheaper. These wraps are proper all over wraps, not the cap/wraps that leave the front single skin.
Used it 15+ times now on 48hr sessions and a week in France, can't recommend them enough, build quality is excellent and I didn't feel like I was just feeding the Trakker greed machine that want's to normalise the £1000 one man bivvy...
I do have a 100T with a cap/wrap, cap and social extension but i've not used it since getting the hide, these are good but IMO not as good as a Hide XL.
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TBH most brolly or bivvy designs have their own individual drawbacks - too low, too small, too big, too heavy, too damp etc.
I’ve still got an Aqua UJ M3 well over15 years old. Summer basic bivvy with front zipped off, autumn full bivvy, winter full bivvy plus overwrap, France or long session bivvy with front zipped off and super extended wrap, clear windows. Covers every scenario I need although accept it’s a bit low for bad back sufferers.
I’d look for a bivvy that adapts to different scenarios rather than one which is the newest all singing and dancing one trick pony👍
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