Thread: small packing tent vs bivvy

Lightweight (good quality) tent is going to win hands diwn over a bivvy bag or tarp everytime. Try spend 3 or 4 days caught out in some shit weather with only a tarp or a bivvy bag and you will know exactly what I mean. I run a Terra Nova Solar Competition and it comes in at under 1kg ready to go, even lighter if you left the inner and only took the tarp, but at 1kg theres no need to leave anything behind. You can cook in it (if you have too) theres just enough room to keep your pack and boots in the vestibule, you dont get wind chill, you dont have rain coming in the side when the wind changes, you can get in and out without ending up with a wet sleeping bag, the list goes on