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Rumblebum

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any ideas on a bivi bag?
« on: April 01, 2012 »
Ive been looking at the Alpkit bivi bags and have read many great reviews on them, has anyone here got one, i was thinking of the hunka XL or would the smaller hunka be good enough?

http://www.alpkit.com/hunka
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2012 »
I have one and would throughly recommend it, there's loads of room in the normal bag without getting the XL.
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2012 »
The website doesn't show a price. How much?
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2012 »
I am planning on getting the normal size Alpkit bivi bag, It is £30, £40 for the XL
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2012 »
Its not the one your thinking about getting but what about the trekmates?

Half the price, it fits me fine( 6ft )
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2012 »
Buy the hunka XL, more room to get your kit in if it pours and you can get a sleeping mat in too. No brainer in my opinion.
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2012 »
I'm going to be listing a few bits of kit for sale in the classifieds soon (don't worry, not packing it in, just some 'gear consolidation'!).  One of the items I will have for sale is the Rab Storm bivi.  Very similar to the Hunka XL and a great bivi bag.  It's not had a great deal of use, but it kept me dry sleeping out on a rainy Binnian summit!  If you're interested drop me a wee PM :)
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2012 »
Quote from: suspectmonkey on April 02, 2012
I'm going to be listing a few bits of kit for sale in the classifieds soon (don't worry, not packing it in, just some 'gear consolidation'!).  One of the items I will have for sale is the Rab Storm bivi.  Very similar to the Hunka XL and a great bivi bag.  It's not had a great deal of use, but it kept me dry sleeping out on a rainy Binnian summit!  If you're interested drop me a wee PM :)

Hi Suspect, yeah keep me posted when you are selling it and i could be interested, im reading the reviews on various ones at the minute so havnt decided what to do yet.

Cheers.
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Re: any ideas on a bivi bag?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012 »
Hi,

Bought the Alpkit Hunka XL late last year and can thoroughly recommend it.
For the extra £10 or so, you've got enough room in it to store bag/shoes etc.

Don't have much experience of any other types though, so I'm sure there'll be others out there who have tried more than one brand, and could advise better
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