[pct-l] a-16 bug bivy for sale - Datcho

[datto at charter.net (Datto)]

Here's a picture of what I am currently using for shelter -- it's a Datcho (no...ha, I didn't just sneeze):

http://friends.backcountry.net/datto/pic/dpp/datcho01.jpg

It's a poncho/tarp that I customized out of an Integral Designs Poncho/Tarp. The original Integral Designs poncho/tarp wasn't quite long enough for my frame so I added a mid-section extention to it so I could sleep underneath without having to sleep in a fetal position. The top of the hiking pole has an upside down Leki basket to keep the offset side tarp loop from sliding down the hiking pole.

What's great about that Integral Designs poncho/tarp as a starting point is it has a built-in bungee cord at the back-bottom of the poncho that allows a person to easily wrap the backside of the poncho under your backpack and around your waist. Doesn't sound like much but someone out there at Integral Designs was thinking when they came up with that back bungee idea.

Here's the Integral Designs poncho/tarp by itself before being turned into a Datcho (in case some of you are wanting to turn yours into a (Blank)cho for yourself):

http://www.thru-hiker.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=ID102

The other nice thing about the Integral Designs poncho/tarp is it's sized to cover a backpack so it gives a little more protection than a standard size Poncho/Tarp. When it's used as a tarp it's held up by one hiking pole (see picture above) and takes six stakes (you could get by with 5 stakes I suppose if you were an ounce weenie). Lots of other 3d setups of the poncho/tarp but the one-pole setup is best for me. I put night-glo cord at the stake-out points on the Datcho since I have been known in the past to launch bungees and tent stakes into the tops of trees while knocking-to-flat my own Nomad tent in the dark. I hate when that happens.

I also carry a Montane Featherlite Hooded Jacket (about 5 ounces) so I can setup the Datcho and still have a little covering while I'm milling around in the rain. For a ground cloth I sewed up a Tyvek Boat to sleep in while inside my sleeping bag on top of my Ridgerest underneath the Datcho.

For bug protection (shipped to Kennedy Meadows), I bought a Mombasa Tracker that suspends pointily from the top of the hiking pole and wraps underneath my Ridgerest -- here's the Mombasa Tracker -- note that's it's mosquito proof (about 195 holes per square inch) but not no-see-um proof (about 600 holes per square inch):

http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=573152&parent_category_rn=4500539

My fallback setup would be the A-16 Bug Bivy no-see-um cover under the Datcho but I think in this Datcho situation the Mombasa would work better. That's why the A-16 Bug Bivy is for sale -- probably would work fine for most people in a normal tarp type situation.

Datto

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Subject: [pct-l] a-16 bug bivy for sale


>> I like the Adventure 16 Bug-bivy, but you can't do much 
>> but sleep in it. It's probably the lightest 
>> option, however.

I have an unused A-16 Bug Bivy for sale. It sells for $40 on-line and I have it for sale at $30 including delivery in the continental US via USPS Priority Mail (no COD - money order only received before shipping). Weight is 6 oz. Works well I think -- pretty slick thing for lightweight bug protection (no-see-um netting) around your head and arms while in your sleeping bag. Structure keeps your head away from the no-see-um netting while you sleep. I've got a custom poncho tarp that I'm using this year with a different type of bugnet setup so I don't need the A-16 that I bought last Spring. Here's a link on where I bought the A-16 that has the info on it:

http://www.thru-hiker.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=BN101

Email me if you want to buy it.

Datto


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