bush and alpine, North & South Is but not interested in mid winter camping in freezing snow conditions chasing those hairy goats. Ha ?!
What ya reckon ?
What are the trade off's in weight vs strength & durability ? & cost ?
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bush and alpine, North & South Is but not interested in mid winter camping in freezing snow conditions chasing those hairy goats. Ha ?!
What ya reckon ?
What are the trade off's in weight vs strength & durability ? & cost ?
Hilleberg Anjan 2. End of story.
A 2 man tent with a female replacement :thumbsup:
A 3 man tent is the best 2 man tent
@Tentman with a name like that you must have some ideas here lol?
Big Agnes Fly Creek II... Bloody awesome.
I had the Macpac Minaret 2 man in Fiordland for ten nights , struck an absolute shit storm.
Pretty stoked with its performance, held up in cold wet temps for days.
Self erecting but trade offs expensive and high maintenance , can be very noisy :ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
Haha @csmiffy - I have two One Planet Goondies (after my 20+ year old Macpac Olympus gave up the ghost and leaked all over some cobbbers that borrowed it for a trip in the Makarora - for some reason they were less than amused, funny that, I thought it was bloody hilarious). The one person is great, the two man is pretty slim for two persons. The Goondies are very bulletproof (spent a very nervous winter night storm on the main ridge above the Narrows in Fiordland, but the tent handled it fine) and can be had in both "normal" with quite a bit of mesh, and "alpine" with not much mesh (but more weight). Some people don't like them cause you have to pitch them inner first, but thats never bugged me, even in the rain.
A bit more story .....Quote:
Originally Posted by paddygonebush
Weight ? Cost ? Space ? Strength?
Dead tauntaun.
Mate reckons nature hike is good for the lower end of the spectrum
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Hilleberg Anjan 3
If its for one person the big agnes fly creek is hard to beat.
if its fo two people ide go msr carbon reflex side entry kicks ass for 2 people and more room for gear
huntech bivy....been using borrowing bro in laws for years and finnally got one myself.awesome bit of kit.
Have used a MSR NX for the last 3years for fiordland trips without any issues, its never let any water through the top or underneath but doesn't take to kindly to high winds.
The Huntech bivy is all I have ever used even in the worst of weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
What's it like for condensation? Been told that bivvy bags should be renamed condensation sacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
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I cant speak for mickey duck but I meant huntech fly. bivys do condensate due to small area with limited air flow.
Ah. The bivvy bag and bivvy are two different things.Quote:
Originally Posted by oneshot
The huntech bivvy looks good. Need a ground sheet though.
But at 190 bucks it seems like a 2 man tent could be bought for not much more.
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I own the Stoney Creek Shelter - its basically the same as the Huntech Bivvy but slightly bigger, lighter and made of blaze orange. So far I've had it out for around 5 nights in a variety of places. No real rain to speak of but from what I've read of how the Huntech Bivvy stands up, this one will be no different.
Easy as to set up and take down. Heaps of room for two people and a dog plus gear. My partner and I went for a walk last week with the dog. Easily fit us with gear and still enough room to cook at the open end out of the wind.
Don't they condensate due to only having one layer above youQuote:
Originally Posted by oneshot
This is where the Tents with fly over frame layer ad stop condensation
I have a Huntech Bivy - great for erecting and don't need to good a spot to put it - but now use with "bivy bag" over sleeping bag as well
I have a question.
Do you guys think it's worth getting a quality bivvy like the huntech or stoney creek or a cheap nature hike tent? The tent will be 230 odd dollars
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I reckon you better off with what I said aboveQuote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
The Bivvy bags can be used on light hunt overnight in good weather when you want to hunt in close and late and then just curl up in some natural shelter.
Then the Bivvy Huntech fly can be used as more base.
Cheap tents are cheap and can be a pain with lost pegs and difficult to set up if caught out late and cant find good ground etc
I just bought a Big Agnes Scout UL2 tent as I wanted something with a bit more room than my Terra Nova Solar Competition for multiday trips. Its a trekking pole single layer tent but is a good design to prevent condensation and it has plenty of room for two and gear, weighs 900gms with footprint included and I use trekking poles anyhow so may as well put them to another use
Buy a big agnes fly creek for one person and let your mate do the same. then you will have all bases covered.
What are the prices of these Big Agnes hereQuote:
Originally Posted by stickle7
Was thinking of getting one of these or a MSR Hubba Hubba in from Ukraine - some good prices there as shops tipping over left-right and center
Cool. Don't plan on fly camping much in winter so that sounds ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
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What ever direction you go - buy quality - not cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
And watch storage - Re mouses - little pricks :mouse:
Sort of up there in price but they are real light, do the job with no fuss and easy to carry all day. The Ukraine shopping sounds a good idea.
I would prob take a punt on buying a 2nd hand one over there - problem is "da mother in-law" wont know what to check for - although she is a seamstress sewerQuote:
Originally Posted by stickle7
If I find a supply of New will let Forum know
I use a msr copy , seams to be holding up
Are there "copies" out there ??Quote:
Originally Posted by longrange308
Can you be more specific
Orson hopper 2 is a msr copy,
Yeah that old conundrum. May see what second hand stuff is around come ChristmasQuote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
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Originally Posted by Sarvo
Nature hike is pretty much an ok copy of everyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
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Luxe make a copy of the hubba hubba. I have one, great wee tent. Shade heavier than the msr version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
To be fair though that design is widely used by a bunch of manufacturers now.
I have the luxeQuote:
Originally Posted by Sarvo
Hunting and stealing have a copy as does torpedo
OK
So the "copies" are legit and not hidden copies (counterfeit)
Anyone heard or know about a Chez Company Hannah
Sell a lot of Tents etc in East Europe
eg - Hannah Expedition
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Hannah Covert 2
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Got the luxe copy of the msr hubba hubba well made and great tent but not great in wind have spent the odd night not knowing if it was going to last so on the look out for something like the MacPac Olympus or minaret
for longer trips
Had a huntec bivy but got sick of the sand flies when down fiordland so prefer a tent now
Maclac Olympus is great, I've had mine since 1997. They are heavy, but if you split the fly and inner between 2 it is not quite heavy.
No worries about the wind damaging an Olympus.
Macpac Micro or Macro. Genuine four seasons in our terms. I've seen both hold up when MSR's have shredded and a hillberg snapped poles. Macpac's came through totally unscathed.
If you plan on hunting in sandfly or mozzie country, don't rely on a huntech or stoney creek bivvy, you won't get much sleep and will wake up covered in itchy spots...bit like after a trip to hamilton.
