ideal for those occasions when you take a wrong turn and are forced to spend the night. Made out of a quiet, reusable, and repairable bright orange polyethylene material. Survival and first-aid instructions are printed directly on the blanket. Reflects up to 90% of your radiated body heat. / Survival Blanket: Weighs 2.8 oz, Size: 60″ x 96″, Folded: 5″ x 3″ x 5″. / Bivvy: Weighs 3.5 oz., Size: 36″ x 84″, Folded: 3.5″ x 2.5″. / Emergency Blanket: Weighs 2.5 oz, Size: 56″ x 84″, Folded: 5″ x 3″ x 4″.
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Great survival tool Saving for a rainy day, and hopefully a day when we don’t have to use it.
Good Size for Large People I bought this Adventure Medical Kits’ Emergency Bivvy (US$15.00, 3.8oz – 108g) as part of my emergency gear in case of any enforced overnight due to injury, inclement weather, being lost or unable to get back to base in time on a day hike. I have twinned it with the MSR E-Bivy (10oz – 255g packed), also bought here on Amazon, so for under $100 and 13.8oz / 363g I have what I hope would be adequate protection to keep me alive overnight.
Within minutes I was totally toasty and spent the rest of the night very comfortable (too bad I’d waited about 2 hours before tr Have carried one of these emergency blankets around in races for years and never had reason to use one…until a couple of weeks ago. It was freezing, started raining and my sleeping bag got wet. I was shivering and thought ok, let’s try the emergency blanket and see if it works as advertised. It did! Within minutes I was totally toasty and spent the rest of the night very comfortable (too bad I’d waited about 2 hours before trying it!). Will always take this on adventure trips with me and will…