Hunka Reviews

A simple but waterproof and breathable bivy cover for lightweight camping.

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Best buy I’ve ever had!
Great price and brilliant performance, I’m some what a portly fellow and found it a little snug with my sleeping bag, could do with a hoop to add to the hood and allow the hood to fully close,but all in all a great piece of kit.
Thanks guys.

Posted on 18 January, 2010 by JP

I replaced my 1985 Goretex bag with one of these as it was showing how old it was .

So far , this is performing better from new .

I like it.

Posted on 13 January, 2010 by ian

I have bought two of these, one for myself and one for my friend, we have used them all over scotland almost every month of the year which naturally means just about every weather condition possible. Even one night in bog type ground.I am so impressed with this product, great price, great performance just all round brilliant. I have recomended to many, many people.

Well done alpkit, cheers.

Posted on 01 December, 2009 by Garyth

The breathability of the bag is great but unfortunatly the hood cannot be closed completley resulting in a wet night’s sleep if it rains! I had an epic in the alps this year when water was gushing down my arms at 2.00 am!!! Also I’m 5 ft 11 and i can hardly fit in the bag length ways!!! All in all a good bag for summer use with light rain

Posted on 16 November, 2009 by Tom Coulthard

purchased one recently, and recieved an excellent service. i have now used the bag in both very heavy dew with out a face cover and heavy rain with small tarp over head. fantastic intro to the bivi bag and can recommend it. thanks

Posted on 18 October, 2009 by Steve Stringer

Bought 2 of these at the Cliffhanger 2009 in sheffield. They were selling ‘factory seconds’ for £10 - apparently the waterproof laminate hadn’t bonded properly to the outer layer. They reckoned it wouldn’t stay waterproof for very long.

I used it for summer alpine bivying and it worked brilliantly. I’ve previously used a £200 goretex exchange bag and to be honest the Hunka performed very well. Condensation in the Hunka wasn’t very different from the goretex bag and it stoof of to fairly heavy rain (using a seperate raincost to cover the face opening.

Posted on 04 October, 2009 by Virgil

Spent few good nights in wet, windy and cold conditions. Hunka seems to do the job. It is waterproof however I noticed quite large condensation inside. My sleeping bag got wet, I was also using survival bag (also breathable) between sleeping bag and hunka. Survival bag was also wet outside. It was really cold night. . Advice: if it rains heavily and you are getting wet through the ope, turn your bivvy upside down with the ope towards the ground.this position can also help with everything what flys. Overall Hunka does a good job as bivvy bag, and together with a great price it makes me very happy owner.

Posted on 29 September, 2009 by Jack

I bought this as my first bivvy, and used it last week . . . fabulous. A great night’s sleep, comfortable, warm, dry (even though the condensation all around me was appalling) and brilliant value. I’ll be using this a hell of a lot! Thanks, guys. Excellent service as always.

Posted on 17 August, 2009 by Mike Jecks

I’ve had three nights out now in my Hunka including one very wet evening on Buckden Pike; it’s an outstanding piece of kit. Fantastic value and usual excellent Alpkit service - keep up the good work guys!

Posted on 01 August, 2009 by Andy Kitts

next day delivery!! i am so pleased with this product i have just purchased two more after mine grew legs and went exploring on its own ( how rude of it)!! one for me and one for my bros birthday.

slept under the stars, under a canoe in a tree and used in an emergencey to keep a casualty warm this is an amazing bag. if you have to wait.. it is worth it trust me!

original flovour Hunka did me a treat!
I previourley had a cool black but this time a chilli will stand out in the crowed!

thanks Alp Kit peeps!

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by Lewis Reford
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Features at a glance

  • Waterproof - Yes, the fabric has a hydrostatic head of 10,000mm, basically like your tents groundsheet
  • Breathable - Yes, the fabric has a moisture vapour permeability (MVP) of 10,000g/m2/24hr
  • Low weight and bulk - We weighed 10 and the average was 388g
  • Integral stuff pocket - On the base of the bag is a mesh bag that you stuff the bivvy bag into, so no stuffsack to lose
  • Dual drawcord - You can close from either side or both so suitable for left and right handers and if you sleep on your front as I do then no toggle to press into your chest bone
  • Hooded design - Although lighter, some of the more basic bivi bags don't offer quite the same usabilty. The hood design allows you to overlap the opening making it more weather proof, however this design only has a drawcord so in heavy and direct rain you may get wet. The shaped hood is also good in snowy bivis where loose snow tries to get in your bag all the time