- Features
- Highly Compressible
- Unique Pole Structure - For Increased Stability and Increased Internal Space
- Lightweight No-See-Um Mesh
- Inside Pockets - To Keep Gear Off the Floor
- Jingle-Free Nylon Zipper Pulls - Promote Undisturbed Sleep
- Specs
- Colors:
- Terra Cotta (120)
- Maximum Weight:1 lbs 4 oz / 0.6 kg
- Minimum Weight:1 lbs 3 oz / 0.5 kg
- Dimensions:26x38x96in / 66x97x244cm
- Packed Size:5 x 19 in / 13 x 48 cm
- Tent Poles:1 / DAC Featherlite NSL 8.05mm
- Floor Area:19 sq ft / 1.8 sq m
- Tent floor Material:40d 100% Nylon Ripstop 3000mm W/R, F/R
- Tent canopy Material:20d No-See-Um Lightweight Mesh F/R
- Colors:
DAC
DAC tent poles are up to 15% lighter than aluminum, yet comparable in strength. Through innovative design, DAC created a light weight and compact folding tent pole.
Curly's Clips: The Mesh Bivy
Marmot's own Curly takes you through the Mesh Bivy.
Reviews and comments
on 3/25/10.
Does this have a rainfly???
on 3/26/10.
Does your mesh bivy offer rain protection?
on 3/26/10.
Does this bivy have a rain fly available for purchase?
on 3/26/10.
The Mesh Bivy does not have a rain fly. If you would like a waterproof option, search above for our Home Alone Bivy. The Eos is a one person tent with the option of a fly, but slightly heavier.
on 3/26/10.
Give it a fly and it's the best one-person tent in existence. Otherwise, it's worthless, unless you like sleeping in 3 inches of water.
on 6/22/11.
Add a fly and just like any other tent, your soaking the inside of the tent before you ever get the fly on.
This design is ideal because you get the bug protection, breathability, and moisture protection from the ground. For the same weight (7oz), you should add an UL tarp. This would provide protection from the elements as you set up your bivy. Not to mention the added space for cooking, air circulation so condensation does not build up (always a problem) and the freedom to truly adjust it as you see fit.
on 3/30/12.
THE NARATIVE SAYS MESH......IT DOES NOT INDICATE FOR USE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER....DUH!!!!
on 4/12/13.
Not worthless, just good for a very specific type of environment.
My son has one and he uses it on clear warm nights and loves it. He also brings a small tent for less than perfect weather.
on 5/4/12.
Worthless, is not a word I'd use to describe it. It is made for a specific purpose... shelter from bugs and other crawlys, with minimal weight and setup. And it does that exceptionally well. I have had it on a number of trips since I got it last year, and love it. You just have to be really sure that you are going to have dry weather.
It is super-light, and I can set it up in under five minutes.
on 3/26/10.
Marmot: Thanks for your response. The Eos was a little heavier. Nothing in life is perfect, but a tent roughly half way between the Eos and the Mesh Bivy, well....... Thanks again
on 3/31/10.
This is a great bivy for what it is designed for. I live in Arizona and do quite a bit of desert backpacking. Rain is no concern of mine but scorpions are. I always just slept on my Therm-a-Rest and my Atom bag until I got stung 3 times by a bark scorpion early one morning and had a pretty bad reaction. That's when I knew I needed some sort of barrier between me and those little guys. The Mesh Bivy is perfect protection from all the creepy crawlies out there but obviously not weather - that's NOT what it is designed for. If you need weather protection, go for the Home Alone Bivy. I've spent a few nights in that pack up in Washington and it performed like a champ.
on 6/3/10.
I am impressed on how light this is and it looks worth 100$. I am looking forward to buying this for my next backpacking trip.
on 7/8/10.
is this bivy free-standing or does it have to be staked down?
on 8/22/10.
Looks like the perfect accompaniment to a 7oz silnylon tarp for max flexibility. Use this alone on clear nights to keep the bugs away, or in trail huts to keep the mice off you. Pitch a lightweight tarp over it if rain is in the forecast. Total shelter weight - 1lb 11 oz
on 8/26/10.
I've camped all over with a rainfly equipped hooped bivy (Solitaire - heavier and harder to pitch...) and much prefer this in concert with a tarp or a floorless pyramid ultralight such as the one I have from another maker. A rainfly'd bivy is a boring place to be in a long rainstorm, while a tarp or pyramid can be roomy enough to get more done in, while the mesh bivy awaits to keep your backside dry and your face bug free when you're ready to turn in. I have not tested in rain, but I expect good bathtub floor performance from it judging by the workmanship.
The foot area can use a tree or other staking point like a hiking pole, but the bivy stands and functions well without staking the foot area, making this bivy useful with my silnylon pyramid tent. With a sleeping bag, draping the mesh on the feet is no problem.
Add to that the impressively high quality of the poles, material, stitching, and stakes, and it's a good deal as part of a modular ultralightweight system.
on 8/26/10.
One question-- the short length of aluminum that is included with the bivy-- what is its intended use?
on 10/21/10.
The short piece of aluminum pole included with your tent can be slid over a broken or bent tent pole to help keep its rigid shape and get you through your camping trip til you get home and replace it.
on 11/6/10.
Is the bottom coated so that it is waterproof? I think this would work great with a tarp if the bottom is waterproof. I live in Alaska; some of the places I go are so darned buggy you'd go nuts if you don't have a way to keep them at bay. This looks like it would be great! The mesh Bivy and a tarp would be a lot lighter than a full blown tent.
on 12/7/10.
I would like to know what type of mesh it is. I often spend time in the northern tundra area during summertime and the very small moquiotos that live there go trough an ordinary mosquitonet. So, do yopu have any numbers on how many holes per squareinch or similar.
Best regards,
Erik
on 7/29/11.
I used this bivy extensively in the Grand Canyon during the summer months. Worked perfectly to keep the numerous mosquito's at bay. I used it in conjunction with a 7 oz poncho-tarp. It only rained heavily once. This allowed me to keep my shelter weight under 2lbs. This was great as I was trying to keep my pack weight low during extremely high heat weather. Thanks Marmot!
on 1/22/12.
The bottom is obviously waterproof. Are the sides (non-mesh parts) also waterproof?
I was planning on using one with a tarp above it. Having a little extra water protection on the sides may be handy :)
on 4/3/12.
I purchased one of these last year, and am very happy with it. On trips where I know that the weather will be dry, it gives great protection against pesky little critters that make your trip less than fun. It sets up in about two minutes, and packs back up just as quickly.
If it's likely to rain on a trip, then I take a full tent. But for good weather, this is my go to shelter.
on 2/26/13.
I camp in MD and PA in Spring and Summer with a silnylon tarp. There are hazards not mentioned in the other reviews. It rains frequently and one pest is slugs which, without the integrated floor, get under the ground cloth, sleeping pad, bag, and pillow which is quite messy. The heavy rain produces runoff which is nullified with the tub floor of the mesh bivy. There are violent thunderstorms with a high wind/rain factor that is survived by adding a separate ultralight shield (dupont home wrap) over the lower portion of the mesh bivy to keep splash from wetting the sleeping bag etc on the upwind end of the tarp shelter which occurs even with the tarp erected in a low configuration.
All that, plus extreme temps and humidity, can be dealt with effectively with the Marmot mesh bivy, a siltarp, and boot fly easily carried in your pack or bicycle panniers.
on 3/2/13.
Not for shy people. You have to get out to get dressed.
Not for family campgrounds.
Not for rain or heavy dew.
Not for lovers.
No, this awesome bivy is for ultralight camping in the outback with an ultralight tarp or in trail shelters.
on 5/14/13.
This bivy is great for here in Texas. It keeps the crawlies (some of which are quite nasty) off, and allows for air flow at night. In the summer here nite time temps are often in the mid to upper 80s and any breeze is great. I added a tarp (11oz) and it's a near perfect setup. Late fall to early spring, I use a 1 man tent (or 2 man depending on length of hike). I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a quick shelter from bugs and such in the warmer months.
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