Lightweight fabric and two DAC Featherlite poles add up to a one-pound, four-ounce bivy shelter. With a footprint based on the Bibler Tripod Bivy, the Lightsabre is the ultimate setup for minimalist climbers or situations needing a backup bivy. An Epic* canopy creates a breathable barrier against the elements and a SilNylon floor offers unsurpassed resiliency. Screen netting allows for stargazing while managing pesky insects. The Lightsabre is our lightest and most streamlined two-pole hoop bivy sack.
*EPIC by Nextec fabrics are highly water resistant. This means they resist penetration by water under all but the most extreme conditions.
Erik Beeler - Aug 26, 2005 6:35 pm - Voted 4/5
Untitled ReviewWith out the instructions figuring out how to set the poles up on this bivey was not intuitive and took me a while. If I had had the instructions it would not have been hard at all and once I figured out the squence the poles were easy to set up.
The poles are the best feature of this bivey as they keep the fabric off your face and make a nice livable space over your chest and head. The entrace is well designed allowing for the opening to be open for venting and still offer weather protection in all but the most driving of rain storms.
Both nights were in the upper 30s and I did not want to have to open and vent too much. With the vent only open a small amount the space around my head was very livable staying free of condensation and very warm. After 2:30 am I woke up to find that the bivey from the waist down was full of hanging drops of condensation. Annoying considering I have a down bag. To deal with the condensation lower down I had to open the top much more which droped the temperature in the bag a lot, near to the temp outside.
The bivey would be better with a pole holding the fabric off your lower half and feet. It would be warmer and proabably vent better.
It is very light weight and much better than any other of the non pole type bivies I have used in the past. I only woke up once feeling clausterphobic and I nearly always wake up multiple times feeling that way in a non pole bivey.