Borah Gear Bug Bivy Review

This allows for complete bug protection while also having unparalleled breathability.

Borah gear bug bivy review. Borahgear bivy hiking ultralight a hands on look at the borah gear ultralight bug bivy. The bivy has a horizontal zipper over the chest for access. On a recent three day two night trip to aravaipa canyon wilderness in arizona i brought along my new borah gear tarp and bug bivy to use as my shelter. The bottom is made with waterproof 1 3oz silpoly.

Fabric tops must be made of highly breathable fabric. Borah gear cuben bivy overview. I most often use a regular xtherm and 15 large bag in the bivy and i m still swimming. That is an advantage in warmer temperatures but a disadvantage in cooler and windier conditions.

180 chest zipper or 185 side zipper weight. It is very close in design to our standard bivys but with a full netting top. The weight of both are within an ounce of each other depending on the size of the borah gear bivy and the price difference is 55 more for the mld. This is very much in the expected range as the listed weight with stuff sack is 335 g or 11 82 oz.

We look at actual fit and sizing of the bivy along with materials used. 4 5 5 stars. The borah gear cuben bivy an ultralight ultra packable water resistant bivy with bug netting top. I always used it as a standalone shelter and i slept out multiple times in snow frost cold rain warm sunshine bugs and various ground conditions including saturated ground.

This is our ultralight bug bivy constructed with 7oz no see um netting. Borah gear specification claims. The tarp is a 5 5 x 9 flat tarp made of 30d 1 1oz silnylon and weighs in at 214 grams 7 5oz. I have the mld sl bivy in a large late 2013 with cuben floor.

Putting it on the scale it measured at 321 grams or 11 3 ounces. This is a review of my answer to that search. Is an ultralight bivy sack with a waterproof silnylon floor mesh noseeum netting over the face and head and a breathable and water resistant top fabric that called argon 90 that provides enough insect protection that it can be used as a bug proof sheet in hot weather. A bivy with an all mesh top like the borah bug bivy or outdoor research bug bivy will be cooler than a fabric top like the mountain laurel designs superlight or zpacks splash.

The borah gear snowyside bivy i used this shelter all winter and all spring and i continue to use it as summer is just getting started. I haven t used the borah gear bivy but i can say that the mld sl bivy is very spacious. I know that the tarp bivy life doesn t compare to tents but i d love something that doesn t feel claustrophobic and has the ability to sit up in it a bit.