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Yes my thoughts are same fix new zip over and along side original zip had a strange rocket pouch a few year ago strange cam but it had double zips very good showing this gives ideas

Thank you! I was looking for this comparison!

That change was an excellent idea and should work fantastic. Thank you

I'd recommend getting a GSR haversack as a buttpouch for the osprey system and to swap out the thin harness with a MTP PLCE one, they fit very well and directly to the haversack which holds it all up better. Great for more storage and for larger things.

Thank you for the review. I like to stuff my bag into a good quality dry sack, can really compress it down as well.

VERY NICE..😅

Great video! Just a heads up, even though gore-tex technically is air-permeable, it isn't permeable enough for breathing. Always keep an opening in the bivy to prevent suffocation!

Nice

I’ve been using two ponchos for backpacking long distance trails since the late ‘80s initially surplus 58s at £8 each until they wore out 13 years ago. I replaced them with two genuine woodland camo USGI versions. Day hikes I always carry one. I also bought a desert DPM basha at the same time, it’s close but I prefer two ponchos that I can stud together to make a larger basha or a fully enclosed hooch in foul or cold weather, using half of the studs as a door. On the Pennine Way at Tan Hill, I camped behind the pub with several other way walkers using tents. Gale force winds hit us overnight, my enclosed hooch stood strong, others, even expensive Gucci type top of the range didn’t, flapping about with snapped or bent poles. NATO country armed forces ponchos are a standard size with with the same stud spacing so different forces can buddy up to make larger shelters. Your Dutch version should mate up with the 58 (my old 58s worked with my USGIs). They’re also wider than the civvy copies and longer than some, and have waist cords to prevent them flapping about as much. I also have a Nomad adventure poncho (no longer available) which has a zip on extension to make it longer which is useful as I’m 5’ 11”. That’s the one I take on day hikes or for fair weather camping and I use a lightweight bivvy bag. A German army fold up sleep mat, about A3 size folded fits in any backpack and also makes a great sit/kneel mat folded. Too thin unfolded for a comfy kip, but it insulates and protects my lightweight air mattress. A couple of years ago, I also bought a couple of Lidl ponchos from their WIGIG aisle, same price each as my two surplus 58s, very lightweight and reasonable quality. There’s a video of them on my channel, one featuring a collapsible aluminium pole which I had made up and use diagonally to make a hooped shelter a bit like a plough point.

I couldn't find the same zipper from the local store. Do you know what size of YKK vislon it is?

I spent over 10years in the British army. The standard bivvy was great. Swap the lace that's in the hood for some shock cord, means you can close it to a mouth size hole (calm down all you ex navy boys) and nothing ever got in. Or if it did I never noticed. Bought a Dutch hooped for my last few years in service but the basic was my favourite. Stick it in yer bergin and you can use it as a liner.

Maybe a Swiss TAZ 83 Alpine bivvy would be better for that time of year. I never thought it could ever be used 😂

Nice presentation, the hood is a bit jarring. But good info and as I said well presented. Thx.

To all that get these and make a bivi bag or if you use two fixed to make a ground sheet be sure when you use it as a shelter make sure the press studs are done up with the top overlapping the bottom otherwise water will run inside .

Ace kit. I bought a couple of sets for my boys to use on scout trips. BTW: I swapped out the plastic mug for a steel one - so they can keep their food and drink separate. Or cook two things at once. A bit more to carry, but more flexible. Cheers

I like hexamine stoves. They're cheap, compact and reliable. And, since dragon fuel isn't readily available in Asia, I've used 'em a fair bit. Smoke aside, the thing I dont like is the sooty residue they leave on the bottom of your mug or pot. Makes cleaning and packing more of a chore. But, as a backup, or extra, they're hard to beat. Cheers

Good summary. I think a regular bivvy bag and a basha make the most sense - practically and economically. BTW: The audio was fine for me. I'm more Interested in what people say, than whether it's studio quality. Cheers

Used the dutch one but now since many years the Carinthia Observer Plus. Double hooped at the head and little higher. Doe the jib, but use it months in a row so worth the money

I have the MK1 version and I found it surprisingly good!

the 58 better known as the crisp packet. brill video pal..

What zips does it use YKK or YYK

Have you tested the jigsaw in rain storms?

I found a Hungarian Cold War version at a surplus store

I have one (two) of this type myself not used it that much but I will say when I have used it the insulation quality was top notch! Really good for UK weather and each poncho really good for cold weather if your sat there for hours at a time fishing or hunting etc.

Hi, what about Back Length adjustment? I'm 202 height and most backpacks are short for me. I have TT Range Pack Mk2 and use it straps on highest position and it is cool, but I need another one backpack like this Bergen.

It’s hard not too be critical about your self, but I thought you great. I think I’ll stick to my basic bivalve bag for now

Like that video brave 2 do it on winter I'm running my season like this work a bit expedition work a bit expedition worked out d season 18 days worth of camping plus next year lookin 2 do an Ncfe level3 qualification in wood crafting qualification

Great stuff mate, i was issued with the first virtus kit and was impressed, im thinking of buying the MK3 as the old 95 pattern PLCE bergen just doesnt cut it anymore

Nice to see a new canteen cup Tuesday video out

I put my sleeping pads underneath this bivy (with a light groundsheet protecting it). Then simply either use lightweight small pegs (or make some from local wood), two on each side to prevent the pad from sliding out. Doing it this way means you can use any thickness pad you like whilst having a bit more room inside. The one thing I wish this bivy had is straps to hold pads in place underneath (same as the dutch army bivy).

Nice vid..i had the carinthia hooped bivy in the the Dutch army begin 2002 together with the Carinthia tropen and Defence 4 MSS ..the replacement is made by Fecsa du to the cost ...cheap basterd our Dutch government..greetings from Holland 👊🏽👍🏾🇳🇱

Your probably find better sleeping with the mattress on the outside

You should look at the German poncho, it seems to be very similar to the old British one :)

As far as what you saw in the sky, it probably was satellites. Don't be surprised if you see UFOs (or UAPs) though because they're around. I saw two of them through my birdwatching binoculars at high noon and I didn't think they even existed! At first, I thought they were probably some new kind of military drone that was secret but then I watched them disappear into thin air and that made me think they were more likely of potential alien origin. I checked everything I could think of to make sure I wasn't just seeing things but they were as real as the birds I had been watching when I noticed them flying a bit higher and focused in on them. I have seen some weird things at night but they were just unidentified. These things I saw at noon were some kind of silver sphere craft, like big ball bearings, and I've never seen anything like that since then. They weren't balloons either because I've seen those with binoculars several times and my binoculars are good enough that you can see the string and the creases of those silver balloons, whereas these other things were completely smooth, plus balloons don't disappear into thin air with no trace.

Nice! I'm glad I found your channel. It's been too hot for me to go camping here for a little while so it's nice to at least be able to watch other people getting out in the wild for a nice camp. I miss my fort in the woods but I can't be going out there and getting heat illness like I have done a couple of times just because I yearned for the woods.

Great info !!! Why was the "mtp" kit replaced by the Virtus kit ?

Nice video, like the dpm Army bergen with pouches good kit & camouflage Guerrilla Shadowman 👍

May have been a bird scarer, rather than shot gun.

Great vid mate

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Great video and new sub. Have you ever used the British army issue pack covers. Just wanting to find a opinion on how or if they are really waterproof

Continue the good honest work, this is very educational

Morning mate. History always good. 👍🔥🦉

If you don't need the metal wind protection you could put it underneath the stove in order to prevent a forest fire since hot ashes and ambers will fall out of them.

Compression bags messed up the loft on one of my bags. Stopped using them, just stuff bag into waterproof bag in bergan. Fills all the corners.

where did you get the bivvi? been looking all over for one

Where was it 26 degrees??

great camp and brilliant kit

Star link mate. That's what it was lol. Seen em down here.. Great camp mate. What 10/10. 👍🔥🦉 Tc Andy