User Review: Texsport Knollwood Bivy Shelter

Texsport Knollwood Bivy Shelter
Above: The current Knollwood Bivy Shelter, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed April 30, 2009 by dystopia86

Rating:
Sleeps: 2

I was in a situation where I was kind of broke but really wanted to go backpacking in the Texas Dessert. My husband scoffed when he saw what a cheap crappy tent I bought, but the reviews were not bad and I painstakingly seam sealed it like everyone suggested so I was feeling ok about my purchase.

When I arrived in Texas I realized I forgot the poles in Seattle. I went to the only sports store in town because they said they could fit it for new poles, but when I brought in the tent I got a "oh.. I don't think we can help you. At all." I have no idea what they were expecting to see but I got pissed.

I'm a fabricator by trade so I went to Home Depot and made my own damn polls out of 1/4" irrigation PVC and double nosed barb connectors. So $7 later I had custom ultralight poles.

The first night I was camping I huge windstorm hit. The wind was blowing in every direction as far as I could tell so I set up between two hearty looking bushes and tied out both ends of the tent to the bushes. I also staked out all the corners and the rain fly, then crawled inside and hoped for the best.

The wind was so loud and shaking the tent so hard I couldn't sleep at all. I felt like a fool and thought the tent was going to be in shreds in no time, but she held up. The wind didn't fully die down until the next night so I spent almost 24 hours just sitting in the tent waiting for the wind to stop. The fact that it was tall enough to sit up in was a HUGE plus!

I finished my 5 day trip with no equipment problems at all. There were a lot of sharp rocks on the ground and the tent bottom is thin so ground cover is pretty necessary if you want the tent to last.

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