Minimalism is the name of the game when it comes to bikepacking. I mean, you’re carrying everything on a leg-propelled mountain bike, so every ounce of weight on your gear stash should count. That’s the thought process behind the Nemo Escape Pod Bivy, a bivouac sack that ditches every possible excess to achieve optimal packability.
No, it’s not quite a full-featured shelter like some bivy sacks. Instead, it’s a compact and ultra-light shelter for keeping the bugs away. Yeah, you’re still exposed to rain and other elements, but for the clear night skies of your summer backpacking adventures, this thing is all you need to sleep through the night without a single mosquito bite.
Instead of using a pole to raise the sack up over your head while sleeping, the Nemo Escape Pod integrates an inflatable airbeam that, when blown up, raises the bivy just like a regular pole. That helps it shave off a lot of weight and size, all while serving as a functional shelter when slumming it in the outdoors. When packed, it measures just 8 x 4 inches and weighs 11 ounces, making it ridiculously easy to integrate in your gear stash, all while blowing up to an 8.6 square foot floor area and 24 inches interior height when set up.
Canopy is made from 15D nylon ripstop mesh, with the floor cut in 30D PU nylon ripstop. It comes with a drawstring closure.
Available now, the Nemo Escape Pod Bivy is priced at $119.95.