Have just received my Army surplus bivy, this thing is huge!
Laid out flat it's about 8ft long and I'm thinking that as i can get mat and bag all the way inside, the longer side used above would make a decent rain canopy (my initila impression was to look at it like a bag with the longer side down)
Rigged with https://www.uktarps.com/holdons that longer side could guy to my bike or something?
Any experience of using holdons?
Sorry if this is old ground for most of you, I've only bikepacked in a micro tent or audax hotel before.
Army Gortex bivy bag, use sans tarp?
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Army Gortex bivy bag, use sans tarp?
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Bearbonesnorm
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Re: Army Gortex bivy bag, use sans tarp?
No experience of those clips but can vouch for the Shelter Systems Grip clips.
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Re: Army Gortex bivy bag, use sans tarp?
I've used Hold ons before, they've worked fine for me
Re: Army Gortex bivy bag, use sans tarp?
Cheers, both are inexpensive so guess I'll try them out and see.
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Re: Army Gortex bivy bag, use sans tarp?
I used mine in more than one OP without a tarp.
Great bits of kit.. I remember being issued one for the first time in 94, for the first time in a long time you didn’t just have to use a poncho and hope..
Great bits of kit.. I remember being issued one for the first time in 94, for the first time in a long time you didn’t just have to use a poncho and hope..