Hunka Reviews

Thanks for the prompt delivery. Looking forward to trying it out. It really is Light and compact enough to carry all the time as a survival bag. Only crit, I would prefer the mesh pouch to be at the Head end. Can’t roll it from the head, as there is always trapped air by the time you get to the tail - I Don’t like to just ‘stuff’ it all in from the Tail. I’m not sure crushing up a waterproof/breathable fabric is that good for it, but it does roll up to nice small size for the rucksack. I’ll get a wee bag for it myself, no problem.

My trick for keeping the water out the hood is to use a couple of suitable branches bent over and wedged into the ground to hold my coat over it - a sort of mini tent for my head. You can decide yourself how far above your face to set it.

I thought I’d try out my Hunka as soon as I got it, sleeping in my tame English garden, only to be awoken at 2am by a huge thunder storm pounding down!
The Hunka did very well and completely protected me from the elements. The only problem I found (which I guess you get with all bivies of this design) is keeping rain out of the hole at the top. Any suggestions?

Used my Hunka under a tarp one wet night in the woods, stayed dry warm and comfortable, simply a brill bit mof kit.

OK just had a response from Alpkit support - the trick is to flick the pocket inside out first then stuff it into the pocket - looks a lot neater. Easy when you know how?

Looks good, arrived today as promised. Not had chance to use it yet, but can someone explain the trick of how to get it into it’s stuff sack please - I can’t work it out?

I used my Hunka along with a very lightweight bag (my skyehigh400 was just too warm) in the desert while deployed in Afghanistan. We managed to be out a bit of storm. As we live in shell scrapes (small holes dug in the ground to avoid shrapnel from explosions) they tend to fill up with water.

As I was using my bergan(big rucksack) to rest my head on the opening to my bivvi bag was above the water line. I was unaware as I woke up to the fact that I was asleep in what was fast becoming a muddy swimming pool. My bag was totally dry and fortunately my rifle was too as i slept with it inside the Hunka too.

Thanks Alpkit

I had one of the first Hunkas and although it looks good, i’ve sold it on to a friend as i’m just too large for it. With an AD500 the down is compressed and it’s very uncomfortable, i’m not even that big! When the XT version comes out i’ll buy another. How about a fully enclosed version with a single pole and midge net? that would be good!

I bought a Hunka before an attempt to walk the WHW in 2 days so i could travel light and lose the tent.  I slept at the head of Loch Lomond and it rained almost solidly from 7 until 5 am.  This was my first experience of bivvying, and whilst i had an uncomfortable and sleepless night i cannot blame the hunka.  By using a coat to cover the head section i kept m and my down bag dry and warm.  I had both my bag and thermarest within the bivvy and as a result suffered slightly from condensation at the foot end of the bag.  However my Dad who was using a Terra Nova bivvy with a pole worth £200 suffered worse than the Hunka!  Very impressive performance for the price and hopefully the next time i use it ( lakes next weekend) i will be blessed with better weather!  Thanks Alpkit

Used my Hunka for the first time sleeping in a snow shelter in the cairngorms. It was below freezing in the shelter all night and spindrift was getting in through the door and roof. I managed to fit a thermarest prolite 4 and alpkit alpinedream 500 in the bivi bag. I think this may have been a mistake though as it ended up very tight and the down was overly compressed so I was a bit cold. Next time I’ll just put the sleeping bag inside the bivi bag and put the thermarest straight on the snow. In terms of performance, the hunka was brilliant. Totally windproof, waterproof and no problems with condensation. Kept the continual snow off me and by pulling the draw string tight I was able to keep my face pretty sheltered.