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Alpkit
Alpkit Elan Hooped Bivvy Bag
A free-standing hooped bivvy: 900 g, two alloy poles, 10,000 mm outer and side-zip entry.
- Weight
- 900 g
- Waterproof
- 10,000 mmBreathability (MVTR) not published by Alpkit; zipped mesh vent
- Packed
- 39 × 11 cm
Best price found
£109.99
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- Waterproof
- Hooped
- Free-standing
- Insect mesh
- 10k+ mm HH
Specifications
- Weight
- 900 g (Excluding pegs)
- Packed size
- 39 × 11 cm
- Fabric
- 70D ripstop nylon outer and groundsheet, two 7001 alloy hoop poles
- Hydrostatic head
- 10,000 mm outer, 5,000 mm groundsheet
- Open size
- 225 × 77 × 45 cm, foot tapers to 72 cm
- Entry
- Two-way side zip with storm flap, plus zipped mesh panel
- Breathable
- Breathability (MVTR) not published by Alpkit; zipped mesh vent
Pros & cons
- Advnture: 'Almost tent-like in its features' while keeping a bivvy's simplicity
- Long side zip makes getting in with bag and mat easy (Advnture)
- Two short hoops create more head space than a traditional bivvy (Cycling UK)
- Cycling UK reported 'fairly significant condensation buildup'
- 900 g and 39 cm long packed; Advnture advises pegging it down in exposed spots
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