Re: [Paddlewise] bivy sacks

From: alex <al.m_at_3web.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:18:23 -0800
> I've been thinking for years about getting a 2-person bivy sack
> for seakayak trips to British Columbia.

For what reason - for using it as a single tent? Unlike with a hammock,
you'll still need a ground space for a bivy, then why not a tent?  Sales
clerk here in Vancouver Tayga shop (between MEC and 3 Vets stores) told me
his personal opinion that bivy sacks are what is called *sucks* :-), because
of condensation.  People who used them in Baja, praised them highly because
could use them in winds so strong that tent wasn't usable (I suspect, they
just didn't have a proper tent or didn't know how to anchor it properly in
the sand).  They also complained that bivies flapped so loudly in the wind
that they could barely sleep :-).  No personal experience, sorry.
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