Anyone know anything about these tents?

“I have access to a few of these tents and was wondering if anyone had ever used any of them or if anyone had an opinion on any of the following tents:

Slumberjack® Voyager Bivy
Slumberjack® Explorer Bivy
Slumberjack® Loden Bivy

Thanks for the help.”

“Backpacker magazine did a test on one these bivys a few years ago and said it was good in dry regions that didn't see much rain because the fly coverage wasn't that good. Things may have been redesigned since then however.”

“I am not impressed with the quality of slumberjack sleeping bags.”

“If they are like their sleeping bags they are HEAVY,,,thats all I know
Barbara”

“I think that BP Mag hated the Slumberjack Bivy Shelter. I haven't seen a review on the others. The Slumberjack Raptor and Loden etc look like nice well designed and sturdy little solo tents. In fact they look very similar to the Wechsel Pathfinder tent. ~4.5 Lbs for a free standing solo tent is acceptable I guess.”

“I dont know about that... wally world sells 30.00 camp trails 3 man dome is about 3 1/2 and does a decent job. (the "fly" lets a little rain in when very windy)”

“Gee I don't like those words..
wally world:)”

“I generally consider Slumberjack to be a second tier company. There stuff is OK for price point merchandise, but I would not purchase any for critical gear (sleeping bag, tent, ya know stuff that keeps ya alive).”

“Outdoor Research makes the best affordable bivy in my opinion. Bibler makes a better one, but who can afford it?”

“The bivys are pretty expensive and you can buy a nice solo or small 2 man tent for what many of them cost and have money left over. I tried a goretex bivy bag once in cold weather and there was so much condensation my down bag was getting wet. I gave up on the idea and sent it back. The body vapor cannot get through the goretex in cold weather and condenses on the inside so I would assume the only way to make it work is to use a VB liner in the bag.”

“I carried a Slumberjack bivy on an AT 1/2 hike. My bivy was slumberjack's first try at the bivy thing. It broke two head-poles, under normal usage, in only a couple weeks(bad design). When Slumberjack finally sent a set of aluminum poles the head-pole didn't fit right. They did pay the postage(though I was supposed to) after I told them I was on a long hike and couldn't really afford any suprise expenses.

On the other hand I still use it on solo hikes a few times a year and I have rode out some nasty weather in that bivy(boring).

I wonder about a company that would ship hundreds of Bivys with poorly designed poles only to replace them with another set of poles with another design problem.
I wouldn't particularly reccomend anything from Slumberjack but that don't mean I'm tossing the bivy. In a pinch the fly could make a small tarp shelter...”

“I have a couple of Slumberjack synthetic sleeping bags for summer use. I like them, they're alright, but summer bags aren't all that critical. I don't own anything else of theirs because I've heard of reliability problems from several people.”

“Slumberjack is good gear to start out with, so when it fails, you'll know exactly what you are looking for in gear, and then you can spend your hard earned dough comfortably.

I had a sleeping bag - it was not a good product.”