u/uitSCHOT

Hi everyone,

I'm looking at buying myself a hooped bivy, currently looking at the Alpkit Elan or the Snugpack Stratosphere, and I wanted to ask if anyone knows if a standard rectangular sleeping mat would fit or if it's eskimo shaped only?
I found a few that were quite slim at the feet which would mean my current sleeping mat won't fit.

And does anyone know if they can be used without tentpegs? I have a trip planned to the alps and I know it won't always be possible to peg them down. I have found the hoop bit will stay up on its own, does the rest just dangle on?

Anything else I need to know before buying? Any other similar bivy's I should look at?

Thanks in advance.

The video is in Dutch but you can get auto generated captions in English.

Not everything is correct. His explanation of how a clock works isn't accurate, but it's a non-clockie explaining clocks so of course we're gonna find things to nitpick at