GoreTex DIY Thoughts and Ideas ... HELP

[Trambo]

Okay Guys, I am acquiring 4 military surplus
GoreTex Bivys, and I am having trouble planning
what to do with them .....

These are the full "mummy bag" style bivys,
so that is a great deal of goretex for me to DIY with.

What I need help with, is some of the best ideas
on what to do with this much Goretex.

Let me tell you some of my ideas, and I would like to
hear what YOU would use them to make ....
1) Use as an Undershield under my hammock
2) Poncho/GrizzBeak combo
3) Tarp - Not too hot on this idea unless it
can be dual utility in some manner
4) OverBlanket for use on nights instead of a tarp
5) To cover about a foot at the head and foot of hammock
to stop water and wind down the hammock, sort of a
hammock beak.
6) Pack Cover/GrizzBeak Combo

I do have some Climashield Insultex that I can layer with this,
to make a more efficient underquilt. But, how would you put the
goretex to work the most efficiently? What piece of gear have
you always wanted?

[rockroot=:-(]

Great ideas! I too was thinking of buying one of the many used bivy bags I have seen on Craigslist. Like yourself, though, I wasn't sure what to do with them.

How much does the stuff weigh? The under-shield was my tentative use idea however for keeping ultra light I lean toward 1.1 silynon.

I still think I may buy one and make a seat cover for my car. I do a lot of speed hiking for cardio and get soaking wet in the heat so a Gortex seat cover would do the trick.

Another use I thought may be cool is for converting a larger three season tarp with "add on" Gortex doors. I imagine a Gortec fabric, with a bit more substance, would be ideal for "ad on" winter doors & the contrast between the tarp color and the camo doors might look cool too.

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Rock!! On!!!

[JohnSawyer]

Gortex is pretty heavy... maybe sell the bivy and buy some Silnylon?

[Trambo]

Gortex is pretty heavy... maybe sell the bivy and buy some Silnylon?

I'm not too much of a gram weenie......
but perhaps I should be.

I guess I am looking at Goretex as a fabric that can
do multiple things. I am not sure that I would wear
silnylon. Down here in Texas it is mighty hot, and I
must have something that is breathable.

Plus, I fell in love with Goretex during my time in the
military. To me, there is nothing else like it