Has anyone made a SMD meteor bivy? If so, what did it weight and what materials did you use.

http://www.sixmoondesigns.com/ultralight/myo_Meteor.asp

I was thinking about pairing it up with a MLD grace solo (or a flat tarp) in spinntex.

What I like about using a tarp is being able to set it up in the rain for breaks/lunch. It seems the meteor bivy would have good bug protection as well as rain splash protection etc....

Edited by HighAltitude on 10/22/2007 20:46:16 MDT.

I made one for use on the AT last summer, it was a perfect match for my MLD poncho tarp, i made a couple of tweeks on it like a mesh opening for the footbox which is nice on the hot nights. i also added a skirt of silnylon around the perimeter of the bug netting (thats connected to the zipper) to enchance the splash factor and wind ristance some. i highly enjoyed the mesh opening for the foot, because i could vent the bivy further and cool off me feet. but if it was rainy out i could cinch it shut to help with spindrift. for materials i used nanosee-um netting, silnylon bottom and momentum top. i'll try to get you some weights, but im still waiting for my new scale... once you make a paper cut out, its fairly easy to make.
let me know if i can help ya out,
mike!
p.s. for the record this should probably be under the make your own gear forum, but no biggie.

Edited by mikey on 10/22/2007 23:32:34 MDT.

im soon to make one similar to it. it will probably end up being a silnylon bottom, 1/2 1.1 dwr nylon, 1/2 noseeum bivy with a top entry zipper (MLD bug bivy style) and hang loop directly above my face. I plan on using it with my poncho tarp when buggy and in AT shelters to keep mice off my face (a very rude awakening).

Edited by willspower3 on 10/22/2007 23:39:24 MDT.

i also added a skirt of silnylon around the perimeter of the bug netting (thats connected to the zipper)

how high did you go with that skirt?

a mesh opening for the footbox which is nice on the hot nights

nice idea, maybe I'll steal it

I made one about a year or so ago. I used silnylon for the bottom, no-seeum netting, and 1.1 oz nylon for the top. The only tweek I made was to coat the silnylon using Jim Woods method described here: http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/Silnylon1/index.html

Total weight = 9.5 ounces

I made one last summer. I used epic on top and spinnaker on the bottom with nanoseeum mesh and a teensy weensy bungee to suspend the netting.

Weight = 8oz with spinnaker stuff sack, seam sealed.