TF Gear Force 8 Bivvies

A great little fast erect bivyy.Very fast erected, from bag to last peg less than 2 min.Until now I used a Fox easy domes, for 15 years.This tent has some innovating solutions better than Fox, and of course, the price is almost three times smaller.Inner skin has a lot of room for my wide bed, all my clothes, food, and everything what you need to be with you in the room ( inner skin ) which is a 100 % protection of insects, snakes, rodents...The front space is enough big for all fishing tackle and all equipment.Maybe some good advice for anglers who has an old two men Fox continental easy dome.So, since I have an old easy dome Fox two men continental, I removed his inner skin, and I switched it over theTF Gear Force 8 Bivvy 1 Man Bivvy. Exactly fits! In that case you will have a great "winterskin" and more lot a space awning and you will be assured of rain and sun for a long, 7-10 day and longer fishing campaigns, I love the most

I put this up for the first time yesterday, I must be honest when I opened it all out I was a little bit confused as it looks a bit of a mess never having had this style of bivvi before.What a revelation it was great !!! first time it took about 4 minutes to get it up, really is a good size And the zips seem to be a very good quality ,I must add this is a 2 man bivvy and I had the assistance of my son in law and we were in the back garden not on the riverbank.We took it down folded it and it all fit back in the original bag without any problems which I must say is a first for any bivvy I have ever owned. Again take down was about 4to5 minutes I have to give this a good 5 Stars and if there were 6 I would give it 6 I am greatly impressed by this product yet to see what it would be like in the rain but have a feeling it will be quite good regards Michael.

I am not one for camping, so wanting to start overnight fishing with the other half felt I needed to get a bivvy with a built in ground sheet and one that was solid. This fits the bill. My partner has the one man version so we decided to go with the tried and tested and glad we did. It goes up just as easy, just took a couple of minutes. Bit longer to add the tent pegs but still only a matter of minutes. Good size to get 2 bed chairs in, although they are snug length wise. Space in the porch bit to put other bits as well as under the beds. NO bugs got in over the 2 nights we have used it in the garden so off for a 48 hour session at the weekend. It did rain, but we had no leaks. Very please with the build quality and the design.

Not sure what I think about this, supposedly up less than a minute...hmmm, if you’re over six feet tall it may be but if your 5’6” like me not so much, the instruction leaflet is less than helpful and the YouTube video has an annoying product bar at the bottom precisely when the guy putting it up shows you where to hold the thing.Much easier with two people.

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This is an honest review of what has to be my worst ever purchase from Amazon. After taking the time to studying the reviews for this product and viewing various video clips through the internet yes, there are some very good reviews and some very poor ones. , I took a big gamble and pressed the " buy now " button and went for the two man vision. WHAT A MISTAKE.The design and build quality of this poor excuse for a fishing tent is reasonable but clearly its designed to be used by very small people indeed . Being six feet tall I assumed that the two man version would have ample space to accommodate me and a some fishing tackle. On setting up the tent which to be honest is not very easy in fact I can see why the poles are often broken doing this at the initial attempt. In disbelief I found that the height of the tent to be just above my waist, so instead of the expected stooping down to enter/exit the angler is forced to knell down and crawl in and out. Once inside its like being in a claustrophobic dolls house. Because the ceiling is far too low its impossible to sit on the bed chair. When laying on the bed chair the roof is very close to your face. I have owned various angling shelters over the years costing from £100 to £500 this one is by far the most unsatisfactory . Being made in China perhaps this shelter is aimed at a market where the user is expected to be less than five feet height , even then it would still be very cramped inside.Another waste of money sitting in my tackle shed gathering dust. BE WARNED !

I usually use a brolly style bivvy but found that it was insufficient for myself and my kit on a rainy day. Ths one-man bivvy from TF Gear is excellent. I can get my bed and chair in the bivvy and keep all of my kit out of the rain.The inner lining can be removed to make a lightweight shelter which is absolutely perfect for quick use and saves a lot of bulk and weight during transport. With the inner lining in place the bivvy is warm and still has loads of room.Took a couple of tries to erect but after the 3rd time I can do it on my own in around 30 seconds and packs away just as quickly.

I struggled with this for 35 minute's it's supposed to go up in 20 seconds. TFG have told me sometimes one or more rods can get twisted making it impossible to erect. Sent it back for full refund as I have no confidence in the product.