What have you bought?
- Thread starter Shewie
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I have a copy copy and find it sooooo comfy. I'm not looking forward to the day it delaminates. I've tried loads and this is the most comfy one yet.
I love mine, really comfy.
Clare
Thru Hiker
on pillows - I now put my clothes bag, or it could be one side of the pack. under my mattress so that the mattress curves up at the head, like a hospital bed. My insulation layer goes into a stuff sack held to the mattress with elastics. Because the head elevation part is dealt with by the clothes bag/pack but they are under the mattress so I get the squishy air pillow feeling, instead of the lumpy clothes bag feeling, gram free. The insulation layer just provides that soft airy pillowy goodness but doesn't need to do any work elevating my head.
el manana
Thru Hiker
Mine failed quite spectacularly. After several trips, 3 holes appeared in a straight line which i puncture repaired, it lasted a few more trips. The last time i took it, it deflated immediately. A water test at home showed 15+ pin holes, the fabric had degraded.
Clare
Thru Hiker
Probably everyone does it and I just caught up. I've previously gone to great lengths to wrap my insulation layer around my lumpier things and then carefully insert the bundle into a stuff sack but it always stayed lumpy
EM-Chiseller
Thru Hiker
My areos sprung a slow leak in Norway... Very annoying.
I've started pulling my Nitro alpha over the head of the pad and stuffing it with anything spare... I'm going to try using my small mammut branded pillow under the garment and fill around it with spare kit.
I've started pulling my Nitro alpha over the head of the pad and stuffing it with anything spare... I'm going to try using my small mammut branded pillow under the garment and fill around it with spare kit.
Clare
Thru Hiker
what is better about this than the other bivi that you have? Don't you have a Millaris Bivi?
I looked at the Millaris a while back but funds didn't allow at the time. I have a Borah which I modified last year, it's nice and light but quite tight when using in winter months (I don't close the mesh up in winter)
I bought a banana bivy last year, with modifying it to have mesh in the back of my mind for a while, especially after seeing one @Mole had done but just didn't have time to do it.
This one is only 150g heavier than the Borah, has a propper bathtub, more room and I'm hoping that with a little adjustment will fit all shelters. The Borah is very long and sometimes ends up outside the shelter unless I roll the foot end up half a foot.
cathyjc
Thru Hiker
Patrick
Ultralighter
cathyjc
Thru Hiker
I've visited various bits of that route on several different trips. Having recently camped in Glen Orrin and been on the summits to the south, I'd choose to go up Strath Farrar if I got the chance. Glen Orrin is quiet, empty and little visited - but Strath Farrar looks much more interesting.
If you plan (need) to use the bothy at Bearnais - the route down from the Bealach Bearnais is peat haggy and very arduous. The ground around the loch boggy. But the bothy is fine
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craige
Thru Hiker
I've visited various bits of that route on several different trips. Having recently camped in Glen Orrin and been on the summits to the south, I'd choose to go up Strath Farrar if I got the chance. Glen Orrin is quiet, empty and little visited - but Strath Farrar looks much more interesting.
If you plan (need) to use the bothy at Bearnais - the route down from the Bealach Bearnais is peat haggy and very arduous. The ground around the loch boggy. But the bothy is fine
Thanks, Strath Farrar was the original route I looked at but the main route looked a bit road like for my taste on the map and the plantation at the start put me off a little too. I'll have a closer look
The only bit I've done before is the Bearnais section (twice), but going the other way. I'm hoping the weather won't be horrific so I can go up and along the stalkers path on Sgurr na Feartaig, reckon it must have some great views. Haven't been to the bothy yet.
Otherwise yeah the going is rough going down towards the loch. What route have you taken from the bothy to the Bealach? On the CWT, both the route map and the guidebook say to stick to the base of Beinn Tharsuinn.
cathyjc
Thru Hiker
We (me + son in early teens) were staying at the bothy. We did "Cheesecake" and Lurg Mhor from there first and so knew the area around the loch was boogy. We headed up to the Bealach (and back) without crossing the river (on the northside) - the only tracks we could find were those of the deer. Took us near on 3hrs 
. Keeping close to the river helped a little higher up.
The path from the bothy heading west'ish is OK - gets a bit sketchy and wet around the watershed ~ NG 98/99 415. Quicker than going round by Bendronaig lodge.
I've not done the path on Sgurr na Feartaig.
. Keeping close to the river helped a little higher up.The path from the bothy heading west'ish is OK - gets a bit sketchy and wet around the watershed ~ NG 98/99 415. Quicker than going round by Bendronaig lodge.
I've not done the path on Sgurr na Feartaig.
craige
Thru Hiker
Yeah, the area around the loch is boggy. There is a path of sorts that heads up towards the Bealach from the loch (marked on the map) to the Allt Coire Beithe, it comes and goes, then goes altogether. Basically just had to find the best way through the Kames? Until near the top. Definitely a tough slog no matter which way you go then 
Thanks for the help. I'll be doing more route planning in the next few days so that's helpful I may well see if I can find a good route through Strath Farrar. It does look a nice Glen.
Thanks for the help. I'll be doing more route planning in the next few days so that's helpful
I may well see if I can find a good route through Strath Farrar. It does look a nice Glen.
