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Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack

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Item # 799530

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The Highland bivy sack from Outdoor Research balances waterproofness with breathability. It features a single pole that holds the bivy away from your face and a high-volume foot section.

2.5-layer Pertex® Shield DS (Direct to Skin) stretch ripstop fabric is highly breathable, waterproof and wind resistant; it's also flexible and lightweight
Pertex Shield DS also incorporates an internal "dry touch" hydrophilic polyurethane coating, reducing the sticky, clammy feeling that some coatings can leave
Features a durable Hydroseal®-coated waterproof nylon taffeta floor; all seams are taped for complete protection
Single overhead shockcorded Delrin pole keeps fabric off of face; height is approximately 20 in. and no-see-um netting keeps even the tiniest bugs out
Foot section is approximately 14.5 in high; end-opening zipper is protected by a wide stormflap
Sleeping pad straps secure sleeping pad to bag for more comfortable sleeping
Highland bivy is sized to fit thick sleeping pads
Small internal mesh pocket holds nighttime essentials
5 stake loops and 1 guyline loop
Includes Delrin pole and stuff sack
Shoulder girth is 52 in.

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Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack Customer Reviews

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Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack

4.0

(based on 6 reviews)

83%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (6)
Comfortable (4)
Packs small (4)
Easy to set up (3)
Waterproof (3)

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking (5)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (5), Casual/ recreational (3)
- Was this a gift?:
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May

2010

(17 of 27 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Take this thing off the market

By intothewoods

from Santa Barbara

About Me Avid Adventurer, Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack:

I gave this a test run on the lost coast and the weather was damp, not heavy rains but misty clouds that would pass throughout the night. I awoke at 2am one night to discover the inside to be soaked, my sleeping bag was soaked. I followed the simple instructions and left the zipper open 12 inches (instructions say 6) to allow the bivy to vent. It wasn't here that the water leaked in. The entire length of the bivy was damp from head to toe. I don't know if it's because it's not actually not waterproof or it was from the condensation of my own breath, but like I said I had the vent open, it didn't leak from there, but I still ended up soaked and it wasn't even raining that hard. Don't buy this thing; it put a real damper on my trip. No pun intended. Stay away from this bivy, it's useless in wet weather.

Apr

2010

(17 of 21 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good Light Bivy

By Haynesworker

from Portland, OR

About Me Avid Adventurer, Casual/ Recreational, Military/Law Enforcement

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Pros

Comfortable
Easy To Set Up
Lightweight
Packs Small
Waterproof

Cons

Zipper Snags

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack:

I just received this bivy today. It has been on back-order for 3 weeks now. I took that as a good sign people liked this bivy. I set it up in my backyard and it took longer to get my sleeping pad out than it took to set up the bivy. It has the same amount of room you would get in any other quality bivy. Overall first impression was a good all around, but not great. My only problems with is the bivy are the pole is made of a flexible plastic not the normal DAC poles that most backpacking tents come with today and the starting and ending points for the zippers for the main shell and the mesh catch each other very easily.

Most of my experience with bivy sacks has been in the Marine Corps. I hate having things on my face while I sleep. That is the only way to stay dry in the military issue bivy unless you can find some sticks and use your poncho liner as a lean shelter. But we all know it will fall down in the middle of the night by wind or marines. So long story short it is very nice to have the fabric off your face and not have to set up a one man tent.

Oct

2010

(12 of 14 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

what a great bivy

By gobbler

from oregon

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Comfortable
Easy To Set Up
Lightweight
Packs Small

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack:

Read the other reviews and had to weigh in. Bought this bivy over the winter and have so far logged over 20 nights in it. This is my third bivy sack but first hooped bivy. This bivy is very roomy expanded footbox is great. I used this in conjunction with a tarp but on two different trips left the entire bivy except the head portion exposed to the elements. One trip it rained hard 4 days and this thing is completely waterproof. You will get some light condensation but you get that with any bivy or even a tent. Only draw back is the weight at 1.5 lbs is a little heavy, but livable.

Jul

2011

(6 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Cold Weather

By Keromonster

from New Market, MN

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Easy To Setup
Lightweight
Sturdy

Cons

Plastic Pole

Best Uses

Backpacking
Mountaineering

Comments about Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack:

I purchased this Bivy Sack to cut weight in my pack for winter packing. This was my first Bivy sack so I tried it out in the backyard before taking it on a long trip and realizing it sucks. It was a January night in MN -18 below with about a 20 MPH wing. I have a -20 Northface bag that I used that nigh combined with a tarp to block the wind. I was surprised how warm I was throughout the night. Now it wasn't a night at the Sheraton under a down blanket warn but I woke up the next morning…… and in good health. that says a lot after spending the night in -18 weather. The only thing that was annoying was trying to get my breath to ventilate. I could see my breath go up freeze and come back down on my bag making it a little damp…but not a big deal. With that being said I have used the bivy so many times I cant count and it stands up to my not so nice to equipment mentality.

Oct

2010

(6 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

great bivy

By gobbler

from oregon

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Pros

Comfortable
Easy To Set Up
Lightweight
Packs Small
Waterproof

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Outdoor Research Highland Bivy Sack:

Okay I have used this bivy for 3 week long backpacking trips this summer. Got rained on a total of 6 days in this bivy. I used it in conjunction with a naoh tarp but left the entire end of the bivy exposed to get more room in the tarp. This is a great bivy very roomy excepts the larger air mattresses larger foot box this thing is bomb proof. I love this bivy.