[Paddlewise] Metal Foil Bivy Bag Issues

From: Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
I recently purchased a Coglan brand Metal foil Bivy
bag.  The plan is to add this item to my emergency
kit.  Any thoughts on how to package this item so that
it will be easy to use if required?

The factory packaging would be difficult to open if
you have been numbed by cold.  It has a soldered seam
on all 4 sides of the package.  There are a couple of
"vent holes" punched in the packaging by the factory,
so its definitely not waterproof.  It looks like it
was probably vacuum packed.  As a result it may expand
somewhat if I break the package open.  Any thoughts on
ideal packing?

Will getting this item soaked make it stick together? 
Is perfect waterproofing of this item required?

Any additional thoughts?

Derek

---------------------------------------------------------------
Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB.  All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted.
---------------------------------------------------------------
ICQ: 262152266,  AIM: GlamourpetsD,
MSN: [my email address],  Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets
---------------------------------------------------------------
***************************************************************************
PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed
here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire
responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author.
Submissions:     PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net
Subscriptions:   PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net
Website:         http://www.paddlewise.net/
***************************************************************************
Received on Wed Oct 18 2006 - 20:07:56 PDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:22 PDT