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Derby Tup Apr 2024 5:14pm, 11 Apr 2024 65,357 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Hunka great value and fun. Highly recommended
K5 Gus Apr 2024 5:27pm, 11 Apr 2024 6,116 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus Remember that a pad will, as well as provide physical cushioning from hard surfaces, also provide insulation from cold ground. Pads come with an R rating to indicate how much insulation they provide. Whether you need one will depend on how much comfort you like, what time of year, what type of ground you will be on, how cold you tend to personally get, etc
Derby Tup Apr 2024 5:36pm, 11 Apr 2024 65,358 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Rather than a deluxe one man bivvy I’d rather have a small tent. Something like: terra-nova.co.uk
jacdaw Apr 2024 6:10pm, 11 Apr 2024 4,379 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw I think you are right DT. I am likely to go for cheap bivvy this year, and maybe a light 2 man tent at some point. We currently have a hubba hubba tent (1.5kg), an insulated double Big Agnes Rapide SL pad (1.1kg) and double down quilt (1.3kg). This is super snug setup, but 2kg for each of us (or, in reality 2.6kg for me, 1.3kg for her. It's hard to run with this when you add on a stove etc. We have a couple of 500g synthetic summer sleeping bags (plus liners for a bit more warmth) and we have some fairly useless un-insulated air pads (350g each). I might try these sleeping bags with and without the pad this summer. I have a 2 day (unsupported, not an event) WHW in mind for 2025, light enough pack to run with, long days, brief sleeps, no cook kit. In mid summer (late May, early June). If I do this with a bivy not a tent, I might be tempted by a PHD down half sleeping bag phdesigns.co.uk .
Derby Tup Apr 2024 6:15pm, 11 Apr 2024 65,360 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Stef has I think three PHD sleeping bags. They’re very good Things to always take on a Fastpacking / Wild Camping : A Buff A warm hat Warm dry socks
jacdaw Apr 2024 6:31pm, 11 Apr 2024 4,380 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw ... a midge net
Velo_Dirtbag Apr 2024 7:20pm, 11 Apr 2024 104 posts	Quote Pin Velo_Dirtbag I use a hooped bivvy for 1 or 2 nights, the AlpKit Elan with their Cloudbase mat and also their Cloudcover quilt (I don't like sleeping bags). For cooking and brews it a Trangia Mini. For longer trips when I prefer a little more comfort then it's a Wildcountry Zephyros 1 tent (1st generation) and a Trekology UL80 mat along with the afore mentioned quilt. For these trips I use a gas stove, Fire Maple something or other, a MSR pocket rocket knock off but I've had it for years and no issues. In both cases I use the same Trekology pillow, no idea of the model. A hooped bivvy isn't for everyone tho, you do feel like you're somewhat being buried alive! Also I cannot use the more comfortable UL80 mat in it as it's too thick, with that and a pillow my face is pretty much touching the roof, hence the thinner Alpkit mat. Just to note this is all for bikepacking so I'm not having to carry it, also I'm very much a summer camper.
Gromit Apr 2024 8:27pm, 11 Apr 2024 1,941 posts	Quote Pin Gromit I’ve used both hooped bivvy and the alpkit hunka… pros and cons to both of course but much prefer the hooped bivvy for solo stuff but I do sleep with the door a little bit open (the mesh closed) to not feel totally buried alive 😂😂😜
rhb Apr 2024 8:56pm, 11 Apr 2024 2,212 posts	Quote Pin rhb Things to always take on a Fastpacking / Wild Camping : A Buff A warm hat Warm dry socks ... a midge net A trowel + loo roll & waste bags. A super light tarp tent isn't much heavier than many bivvy bags, I use a SMD Gatewood Cape & an inner designed for the Lanshan 1 which fits and was 1/3 cost of the smd serenity inner. If using walking poles these double up as the support for many tarp tents like the gwc or Lanahan. I have a Rab bivvy that is (or was) Spine race compliant. My struggle with it (& hunka before that) is needing more leg room to stretch out. It is bearable thiough for an overnighter, but the gwc is way nicer although needs a bigger spot & time to pitch. Mat I have is thermarest xlite and their insulated folding mat too - bulkier & not as comfy but quicker to setup & pack up plus will not puncture. Pillow is s2s inflatable. I use a tyvek sheet under everything to keep gear dry / clean. Sleep bag is Thermarest Hyperion + silk liner. I coukd fill a whole thread on stoves, most recently got the descatty mini & 'bigger one' stoves from easy and they are great. Trangia burner, jetboil, msr pocket rocket, 2 x barebones meths stoves and a lightweight ti box stove that hold trangia, fuel blocks or just bits of kindling (these coat the pot though) all have pros and cons. Am reminded I didn't get out at all last summer so hope to get the chance again this year, my pack was upgraded by Father Christmas to an Atom+ which is awesome and needs to be used.
rhb Apr 2024 8:57pm, 11 Apr 2024 2,213 posts	Quote Pin rhb Etsy not easy. (Autocorrect)