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Kayakgirl

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Re: summit camp
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2011 »
I think it's great, with the hood folded over mine measures 220cm. I have been able to fit my thermarest inside so I find it quite roomy.
I have only experienced one night of rain whilst using it bivving and I was dry as a bone!!
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Re: summit camp
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2011 »
Count me in fellas...it's been too long ;D
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Re: summit camp
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2011 »
Quote from: andy1984 on January 04, 2011
Im on the look out for a bivvi, any recommended ones?

The already mentioned Alpkit Hunka is hard to beat, although I'm currently using a Rab Storm.  The Storm is much more spacious than the standard Alpkit Hunka, with plenty of room to fit a self-inflating mat and sleeping bag inside the bivvy.  I found the Alpkit Hunka was a bit too tight with anything other than a very slim sleeping mat, but then I could probably do with loosing a few inches around the chest and waist ;)  Mind you, I'm not really making much use of the extra space in the Rab Storm now that I've decided life is much simpler when you sleep with the sleeping mat on the outside of the bag!

I never got to test the Alpkit Hunka in proper rain, but I did a summit bivvy of Binnian in my Rab, under no shelter in the rain.  Stayed pretty dry, any moisture on the inside of the bivvy was from condensation which is inevitable when you seal it up to try and keep the rain out.  I was certainly happy with it, felt it did the job well.

The one thing I can't get used to with the Rab is the zip around hood.  I find the material always ends up flapping around your face, whereas the Hunka has a drawstring which allows you to cinch it up nicely around your face leaving plenty of space for an air hole.  Good thing about the Rab Storm is that it is usually stocked locally so can be picked up handy.
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Re: summit camp
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2011 »
Okay, looks like we're doing a summit camp next weekend.

Signup and pick your peak here:
http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1648
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Re: summit camp
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2011 »
i'm in too
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