>>1012801Not same guy but also 6'2" and 230lbs. I have three other bivies and this is by far the largest of the three. Just a guess, but I think the Army wanted it big enough for a variety of body types as well as potentially needing to sleep with your boots and bdus on.
I fucking love this thing. I almost never use my other much more expensive bivies. I use my Outdoor Research Advanced bivy only when I'm expecting it to be really buggy (it has no-seeum mesh). I don't know how much more expensive it would be in Middle Earth land, but here in the states it's cheap enough to just buy one if you're 50% sure you want one. At worst, you have an emergency shelter you can toss in the back of the car.
Like all bivies, condensation is a bit of an issue. Pack a lighter sleeping bag than normal, and try to sleep a little colder than usual. Like another anon said, rigging the mouth so that it's open with either a clip and cord or a stick does a lot for condensation issues. At the end of the day, I'm convinced that the varying opinion on bivies comes from the fact that some people sweat a lot more in their sleep than others. Climates are also so dramatically different in humidity which has a huge importance. Coming from humid nasty east coast, I say it does alright all things considered.
