User Review: Black Diamond Winter Bivy

Black Diamond Winter Bivy
Above: The current Winter Bivy, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed January 28, 2006 by an anonymous hiker

Rating:
Design: bivy
Sleeps: 1
Ease of Setup: very difficult to get zipped
Weight: 1

I bought it for the price and weight and the BD/Bibler name. Very light with ample space for my -40f down bag, however, very difficult to get in and out of due to the positioning of the zipper. Also, zipper constantly gets snagged on fabric as the surrounding fabric has not been stiffened. I had to have my wife help me get the top portion of the bivy over head of sleeping bag and zipped shut. As far as I am concerned a completely worthless design. Buy something else!!!