Borah Gear Cuben Bug Bivy
4 5 5 stars.
Borah gear cuben bug bivy. Borah gear ultralight bug bivy provides complete insect protection through the night. The zpacks pocket tarp covers less than andrew s choice for tarp therefore less comfort space. A lighter version of our bug bivy constructed with 0 5oz no see um netting as well as a 0 8oz dyneema composite fabric floor 4 4oz for standard standard with a chest zipper 4 6oz for standard standard with a side zipper 3 ykk zipper goes across the chest portion on a chest zip version. Ultralight bug bivy is constructed with no see um netting.
This bivy is for the serious ultralight backpacker who wants to save as much weight as possible. My borah bivy has a screened head to keep out bugs. This is a review of my answer to that search. Borah gear bivies double reviews.
Long term of cuben and first impressions of dimma this will be two reflections on two different bivies that i own both made by borah gear. Borah gear specification claims. On the side zip it goes across the chest before taking a turn down the left side for 20. 2 bug bivy 64 99 6 5 ounces.
180 chest zipper or 185 side zipper weight. At this point in space and time borah gear has the cheapest lightest shelter combo available anywhere. It is very close in design to borah ultralight bivys but with a full netting top. The borah gear cuben bivy an ultralight ultra packable water resistant bivy with bug netting top.
Putting it on the scale it measured at 321 grams or 11 3 ounces. 4 25 oz chest zipper or 4 5 oz side zipper my rating. One will be a long term review of their cuben bivy which i and at times friends that i loaned it out to have been using pretty regularly for about three years now. 3 borah gear makes a 4 1 ounce cuben bivy with a mesh head at 185.
This allows for complete bug protection while also having unparalleled breathability. This is very much in the expected range as the listed weight with stuff sack is 335 g or 11 82 oz. 1 5 5 x9 solo silnylon tarp 49 99 8 ounces. Borah gear cuben bivy overview.
I know you will say that for all that money and weight you can get a zpacks single tent but ask any zpacks owner about condensation you will have to towel dry the interior walls every morning. This is an h20 resistant bivy but i think they also make a h2o proof bivy made out of event fabric. One of the lightest bivys we offer weighing in at 4 25oz with the standard chest zipper. The extra wide borah bivy will hold me my 30 degree zpacks extra wide down sleeping bag and my inflatable sleeping pad i m 5 9 200 lbs.
The locus gear khufu with additional guy lines as well as the borah gear bug bivy and some zpacks sticks on mittens hooks.