[Closed] What's your bivvy kit and how do you carry it?

Oh dear, you've got me started now, I'm a bit of a bivvy fan. I use a Rab Survival Zone bivvy, which is light ( about 350g ) and has stood up to 2 years of abuse. It has the disadvantage of having a drawcord closure rather than a zip, so in inclement weather you need to sleep on your front. Blacks down sleeping bag, light and cheap for a down bag. OMM duromat for mattress, this also folds to become the back support for the Classic 25L pack, saving weight and bulk. MSR Pocket Rocket stove and MSR Titan Kettle for cooking. Travel Tap for water purification, this fits nicely into a bottle cage. Other kit highlights include, Petzl Tikka XP headtorch, Berghaus Paclite overtrousers, OMM Kamleika waterproof Smock, Montane Litespeed jacket, Icebreaker Oasis crew tops, Endura Humvee shorts and a spare liner, Endura multi tights, an Ipod and as much dehydrated food as needed all packed up in Exped fold drybags. This stuff isn't for everyone, I've been lightweight backpacking for years and have gotten used to the discomfort that comes with most lightweight kit. Enjoy your bivvying, once tried you'll never look at a tent again.

For bivi's and multi-days out on the hills I tend to take the following

Sleeping system
Mountain Equipment Ion Bivi - 285g, Rab Top Bag - 405g? Meant to weigh more but guess its lost some stuffing. Balloon Bed - 100g with added advantage of comedy shapes the next day.

Clothes - Just a light fleece and some thermal leggings and a spare pair of socks for sleeping in.

Other stuff, pocket rocket, ali mess tin. Food tends to be cous cous and dried meats, porrige satchets, along with energy food and cereal bars. Small first aid kit, possibly if alone then an ipod or radio.

Trying to think what else I take but I think thats about it? Tend to be running if out for a couple of days as opposed to mountain biking.

I tend to be a fair weather bivi type person otherwise I would sacrifice the kilo and take a tent or even better, wait for the sun.

Issue goretex bivi bag.
Softie 2 sleeping bag.
Small thermarest.
Lightweight cooker, usually one of my small peak stoves.
Metal mug, racing spoon.
Water/food.
Change of clothes - don't use waterproofs, just sleep in the dry set and wear the wet set in the day.

are you in the military by any chance dangriff - Racing spoon is a term i dont hear much since i left the marines. 😀

macmclaren, He's got to be. No one other than a serviceman (or ex-) would be happy putting wet clothes back on in the morning...
🙂

making the most of the snow, we slept out last week
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ok, so only one of us had a bike and as for kit, we took a LOT of clothes!
i've posted this before but [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodhank/3870924124/in/set-72157622061352087/ ]here's[/url] my kit for a single night. i've yet to do a multi day trip on a bike. but here's what we took when we '[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodhank/3525602069/in/set-72157617962722917/ ]backpacked[/url]' the west highland way. the bivvy bag would replace the tent inner and i'd put all tools/spares on the bike, so this is still what i'd probably take if i was bike bivvying.

For this weather, Rab survival zone bivvy, North Face Inferno down bag, Thermarest and jet boil. Toasty.

There'll be a bivvy article and three different flavours of kit list in Issue 55.

We're also dreaming up a top ten bivvy locations challenge list :o)

OMM Jirishanca pack w/ Duo Mat for sleeping on
OMM Chest Pouch if some extra space needed
Terra Nova Laser Comp, much comfier than a bivvy bag, and two can sleep in it ~ if you are friends!
Mont Bell Down Sleeping Bag
MSR Ti Kettle, Optimus Crux stove, folding spork, Ti Mug
Expedition Food (- freeze dried, in orange bag)
Ipod Shuffle for the long nights!

No hydration pack, bottles on bike, easier to fill on hill from streams.

Use a similar setup all year round, substituting the pack and sleeping bag based on conditions, MacPac Amp Race 45 is a great pack I can still cycle with, basically look for Adventure Race, Mountain Marathon gear.

omm 32L pack,softie 10 Harrier sleeping bag-bulky and heavy ,about 500g heavier than down but ok when strapped to rear seatpost rack and have been down to minus 10 comfortably with it,going to get Alpkit pipedream when I can afford to go with my Alpkit hunka and wee airic mat.I take a tent fly if I think there might be rain,the new Alpkit tarp is on the shopping list too, I use Alpkit dry bags and strap as much as i can to my bike! Hooray for Alpkit!Oh and wite box stove, Ti mug and pot for cooking!

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Bar bag: 2 season down bag, Alpkit bivi bag, Tarp and ropes / pegs.
In the front pocket: Fuel bottle, tube, tools, pump, zipties. Muel bars.
Lights and GPS on the bars

Seat bag: 3/4 self-inflating mat rolled up. Ti mug, Ti meths stove, matches, Mug cosy and wind screen, Merino longjohns + T shirt, waterproofs, socks, merino hat, buff, 4x AAs, hand wash, wet wipes, tooth brush and paste, comb, glasses cleaner, assos, lip balm. Food.

Camelbak Octane 8+ (if needed): extra food and water, casual clothes if multi-day trip visiting civilisation.

Bags are Epic Designs "strap on" and "regular seat bag" which are amazing.

SSP

Kimm down bag

Alpkit bivvi bag

Alpkit wee airic mat

Trusty New Balance hat

Gortex overmits (winter only)

Berghaus trusty waterproof

Grub (pre cooked and measured rice and chicken meals, nice snacks (salami and chapati's), tea, powdered milk,

Jetboil cooking system

Light My fire spork

Water bladder

Alpkit head torch

KIMM back pack

Merino gloves

Singletrack gloves

Merino socks

Long windstopper bib's

Berghaus primaloft jacket

As for bivi spots.................hmmm, bob scotts bothy for me, steady ride in and some great memories

Sorry to hijack, link to classifieds from yesterday http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/lightweight-rucsac-macpac-amp-race-40