The bivi bag is compatible with the OEX Expedition Tarp and the Bush Tarp Pro, allowing you to expand your shelter if needed. Today, we’re going to delve into the world of solo camping and review a product that promises to make your solo adventures more comfortable and convenient: the OEX Salamanda Bivi Bag. Update NRW has just sent us this revised version of their original statement: We know our visitor centres are a much-loved resource among locals and visitors from further afield and. It’s also a great choice for wild campers, people bikepacking and fast packers who need a lightweight, easy-to-pitch shelter that doesn’t compromise on protection from the elements.

Nothing better for stealth camping and can be set up in the dark, in close cover and also usefully when blind drunk! With a 5000mm HH flysheet and a 7000mm HH groundsheet, the bivi bag offers excellent protection from rain and damp ground. With lightweight aluminium pegs and guylines, the bivi bag is quick and easy to pitch, even in challenging conditions.

Easy to put up, lots of room inside (I’m 5’9″ and a side sleeper), the poles are short enough that they’ll pack into my frame bag, meaning the bivi itself can pack smaller, or I can roll my matt into it and it’ll still fit in it’s bag.

It’s a balance between allowing enough air in to reduce condensation, but not so much that it lets in drafts or insects.I wish you success in your walk but I think being discovered by a bear at night is likely to more than stressful, potentially closer to terminal. This is a great product and I have been using this for a number of years on multiday hikes in the wild. Currently averaging two bivis a week and, once you stop thinking of bivi bags as a lightweight alternative to a tent, but rather as being something different, allowing you to utilise often poor ground in a more discrete way than a tent, then hooped bivis start making sense.

Mat Stuckey is a seasoned outdoorsman with over a decade of experience in camping, hiking, and bikepacking.Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. I am planning on walking from Slovenia through the Balkans and Turkey to the Caspian Sea, completing the trip before mid-October. The groundsheet is made from 68D 210T Nylon PU with a 7000mm hydrostatic head, providing an extra layer of protection from damp ground conditions. Yes if a bear did find me one night and the pepper spray worked I doubt I could sleep anymore that night, I would probably pack up and find the nearest village with a park bench and sleep there instead.