Customer Reviews

Sierra Designs Baffin Sleeping Bag Bivy

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I bought this bivy in January and I used it for one night in the Sipsey Wilderness in Alabama. It does its job great as a ultralite shelter. It has a left half length zipper so it helps if you have a left zipp bag. I am 6'1" and 195 Lbs and it fit me fine. I would not try much bigger then that though. I don't buy into the whole "it adds value to a sleeping bag" though. The night got down to the 30's and I had a bag rated at 40 degrees and it was cold but that is not the fault of the bivy. It did not rain so I cant tell you how well it did there but I did do a water hose test at the house when I got it and it did fine then so if safe to say its water proof. I don't think I would use a bivy if I expected lots of rain though unless I had a natural shelter or a tarp to sleep under; getting in and out would be an adventure and all your stuff would get wet. I did wake up with condensation on my sleeping bag and on my sleeping pad but I think that is to be expected. However the inside of my bag was dry. I must say that I love the mesh part at the face, lots of fresh air. When the night got colder I closed the flap over the mesh using only the velcro and not the zipper. So i still had lots of fresh air and a little added warmth. Overall I must say that I loved it very much and would advise anyone wanting to try Bivy Camping to get this one it has great fetures for the price and works well. I love it and will use it as long as it holds up.

I've had the opportunity to use this bag twice so far, once at high elevation and once at a coastal campsite. It performed well at high elevation and condensation inside the bag was minimal. The reverse is true at the coastal campsite. My sleeping bag got wet around the chest area and at my feet to the point of reducing the thermal properties of the sleeping bag at the toebox area. If at the coast again, I'll go with a tent setup rather than this bivy. At the high elevation around 11,000 ft, I was a bit cold due to using a light synthetic sleeping bag. I'll beef up the synthetic sleeping bag rather than going to my winter bag which is down.