Venture Solo Hooped Bivi

I bought the Lifesystems Venture Solo Bivi for some fast and light trips, and I've just used it out in the Peak District near Kinder Downfall. This thing is amazing. Its biggest feature is, without a doubt, the weight. It is so light and packs down so small that I genuinely had a moment of panic on the trail, thinking I'd forgotten to pack it. For anyone counting grams, this is a dream. It does what it's supposed to do, keeping the wind and weather off my sleeping bag, and giving me shelter from the elements. Now, it's definitely a "solo" bivi – it's a tight squeeze in there, so don't expect roomy comfort. But that's the whole point. It's not a palace; it's a minimalist shelter that's light enough to justify taking anywhere. A really good product for anyone who wants to move fast and light. Highly recommended.

Spent a night in the rain and a night under the stars. Some condensation on the rainy night, probably best to not use down sleeping bags. Best with some tent pegs, but would fine without. Good bug mesh.

It works brilliantly. I spent a night out in the cold damp windy night and it held up really well. The wind wasn't coming in at all. Was bone dry the next morning zero condensation. Length okay I could fit my rucksack in and my trainers. But once your in you'll feel crammed not much room to move. The weight is quite light.

Condensation is a nightmare, the fabric doesn't breathe and there is no vent. Because of this, if it's completely closed (like it needs to be in cold weather) you will struggle to breathe yourself! Leaving the zip open a little will mitigate this but will let the heat out rather quickly. It's very light and packs small, this is the best thing about it. High quality fabric is nice to see but could benefit from gortex style breathability. Overall I'm happy with it, although I would say pack a decent sleeping bag so you can leave the zip open.

I took my hooped bivi recently to a Scotland as I was on a cycle tour. I bought the bivi for when I needed to camp if there was no suitable budget accommodation in route. I put the bivi in a garden to test it in Scottish weather prior to the trip. I spent 4 nights in the bivi. The first night the weather was fine and apart from condensation I had no major concerns. The next three nights were further north in the Lochaber region and it rained most of the nights. This meant that I had to close the bivi to prevent water coming in. The challenge I had was in the night it was incredibly hard to.open the bivi and find the zips. The netting zips and outer zip were hard to open in the night. My last night I found almost impossible to open the zips ftom inside the bivi sbd found it hard to breathe. Evidently sleeping even on campsites in Scotland the night sky and I found it extremely difficult to open up the bivi in the night. I eventually managed to open the zip but I was struggling to breathe as I felt trapped and enclosed. I have to say that I found the experience scary. I feel this bivi would be find for emergency camping in fine weather but not in more extreme potential weather whereby it has to be almost totally zipped up. The weight and materials are fine but there is a lot of condensation. I have to say I will not be using a bivi again and will revert back to.a standard lightweight resilient tent e.g Terra Nova Compact 1. Trying a bivi was an interesting experience but not one I wish to repeat.

Bought for some wild camping, very lightweight, waterproof, high quality - I don’t know if it was the comfiest night sleep!

DON'T BUY. This item is not breathable. When inside and the zips fully closed, air is very quickly used up and it is very difficult to breathe. Luckily when I used it the weather was dry and I was able to have just the mesh as a closure otherwise I would have been soaked had it rained.

It's good, but needs more length & a bit more width, I'm 6'2 & 19 stone, it's tight with me, other than that it's perfect, compact & does the job, I was warm enough with my sleeping bag inside, I had a perfect sleep after a 13 mile hike, only trouble was very restricted in my movements in it, definitely worth it tho

Kleines Packmas, sehr leicht daher optimal

Consegna impeccabile come da tradizione Amazon. Per il resto il Bivy è ben fatto e ha sicuramente un buon rapporto prezzo/qualità. Pe me che sono alto 182 la misura è corretta, chiaramente non pensate di metterci dentro scarponi o altro (oddio se siete meno di 170cm potete farlo). Non è sicuramente un prodotto adatto a chi soffre di claustrofobia, ma in soli 680 gr avete un rifugio compatto che vi protegge dalle intemperie in caso di necessità. Lo testerò a breve.

het stokje kan aan 1 kant ingestoken worden. aan de andere kant moet het uiteinde in een huls vallen waardoor hij met klittenband vastgezet wordt. Dit ging zo strak dat het naadje het niet hield. Er gingen een paar steken los Zie foto 1.. lusjes om de regenhood vast te zetten. 1 past. 1 mist? en 1 te klein.. zie overige foto's.. Ik ga retour zenden..

Super qualité, article très bien pensé

日本の一部界隈ではOutdoor Research（OR）が有名どころなのですが、自分は高いのでライフシステムを選んでみました。玄人向けなギアだとは思います。ライフシステムとしては、長年に渡って冒険家や探検家を事故や病気から保護するギアを作り続けているイギリスのブランドとなるようです。なので、近しい感じだとアメリカのSOLの様なコンセプトなメーカーだとは思います。 自分もライフシステムのアイテムとしては、エマージェンシー関連のイメージが強かったので、こんな玄人向けな就寝グッツを作っているとは驚きでした。もしかすると、SOLで言うところのエスケープヴィヴィなエマージェンシーとしての位置づけなのかもしれません。 この手のテントと言うか就寝具としては、古くは戦争で兵士が前線で就寝する時にとか言う話で聞き及んではいましたので、それが転じて今は緊急用寝袋みたいな位置づけもあると言った感じなのでしょう。海外では、その兵士の為の就寝具からの分岐で冒険家もテント以上に軽量化したいと言う目的で、比較的下界での利用としてタープとこれだけで寝ちゃると言う話で派生して今に至るのでしょうね。日本では中々見られなかったものですし今でも不審がられますね。自分は、ORや軍用でもSnugpakやMT Militaryなど昔から存在は知ってはいました。そして憧れてもいました。 Biviの形状としては、フープを取り付けてたりペグダウンしてORやライフシステムなテント型とも言えそうなものと、AquaQuestみたいに顔は出しておくものとに分かれるかと思いますが、自分はテント型になるこのタイプを選んでみました。フープがあるために収納の長さは30cmくらいと結構長くはなってしまいますが、それは分かったうえで購入したので不満はありません。 エマージェンシー系な使い捨てのBiviと名のつく簡易寝袋はいくつか使ったことがありましたが、繰り返しなこの手のは初めての試みとなります。家の中から初めて徐々に慣れていけたらと思っています。