Bivy Gear for My Son

[JohnFitzgerald]

My team and I plan to get back into heavy bivy hunting next year. So it\'s time to spend some money on my son to get him caught up.

On Camofire, I bought:

ALPS OUTFITTERS SERIES AIR PAD - $50
ALPS YELLOWSTONE 20 DEGREE SLEEPING BAG -$60

Next on the list is the Outdoor Research Alpine/Advanced bivy. I usually get my bivy supplies from hermitshut.com. Anybody know of a better supplier?

Also on the list for him is a pocket stove and water filter. Supplier and best product?

 

[Scot320]

If I\'m going to strictly eat freeze dried I take my Jetboil, if I plan on doing other cooking I take my FireMaple/Olicamp titanium stove and small cook set. I\'ve been using a Katadyn Hicker water filter for many years.

 

[cnelk]

JF
I would be cautious of that 20 degree bag.
I bought a Big Agnes 0 degrees bag with a BA insulated air core mattress and I think the rating is on the light side by 15-20 degrees.
With a 20 degree bag I would definitely have have a fleece liner

 

[Scot320]

I agree with brad, I always used a 0 degree Marmot bag with a good R rated pad. I don\'t know much about bivy sacks...are you getting extra insulation from that?

 

[Baby Huey]

Another site to look at is Backcountry.com for backpacking gear.

This year I used a gravity filter from Platypus and it was awesome! No pumping, just hang the dirty water bag and let it pass via gravity through the filter and into your storage container (I use an MSR Dromedary 6L). If you have a clear water source I don\'t think you can beat a gravity filter. If the water is stained or stagnant, perhaps a pump would be better - although I haven\'t tried the gravity filter with dirty or stagnant water sources yet, so I don\'t know if that would be a problem. Sawyer also makes great gravity filters from what I have reviewed. I do have an MSR pump filter that you need to add sterilization drops to and I haven\'t had any issues with it. If I had to buy a pump again, I would go for the Katadyn, as my buddies has worked flawlessly on our backcountry trips and no drops are needed for it.

I have a SnowPeak stove that fits on the liquid canisters and it has worked great for me with no issues for over 5 years. I have heard the Jetboils are awesome, but I will use the SnowPeak as it hasn\'t failed me yet.

 

[flystrait]

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I agree about the bag as well. I would look at a 0 degree with a pad that at least rated at a 2.5

 

[cnelk]

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