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Outdoor Research Helium Bivy, 30D upper and 40D floor review

The only listing here to publish two deniers and name its membrane — and one that gives no dimension, no weight, no packed size and no waterproof figure.

The bottom line A materials block without a product around it. Two deniers and a named membrane, and not one figure you could pack, pitch or fit yourself into.

What this listing puts on record

A slate-coloured bivy in Pertex Shield Diamond Fuse 2.5L, a 100% nylon 30D ripstop upper over a 100% nylon 40D floor with TPU lamination, with a bluesign approved polyester mesh. That is the entire published specification.

What the fabric block does say

30D upper, 40D floor. The hub intro sets this out as the pattern to look for, and this is the only listing here that publishes both numbers. The heavier floor is the part that survives being pitched on gravel.

A named membrane. Pertex Shield Diamond Fuse in a 2.5-layer construction, rather than the unnamed laminates elsewhere in the hub.

What is missing

Everything else. No length, no width, no height. No weight. No packed size. No hydrostatic head behind the word waterproof, and no breathability figure at all — on a bag whose whole design argument is the membrane it names.

Before ordering

Nothing on this page tells you whether it fits you or your mat. Those figures have to come from the maker’s own documentation, not from the listing.

Availability

Selling between 200 € and 252 € across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was checked.

It also sells on the American and British Amazon stores in the local currency, which the range above does not cover — that range counts euro stores and nothing else.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa returned on the day this page was last updated. Prices and offers change without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 6 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and where it gives way

Strengths

  • Publishes two deniers, 30D over 40D, which is the construction the hub intro describes and nothing else here states
  • Names the membrane and its construction — Pertex Shield Diamond Fuse, 2.5 layer — rather than calling it a laminate
  • States bluesign approval for the shell, the floor and the mesh separately

Compromises

  • No weight and no packed size published, on a bivy whose name is about being light
  • No dimensions of any kind, so whether a body and a mat fit inside cannot be established
  • Waterproof is claimed with no millimetre figure, and breathability is not claimed at all

Specifications

FabricPertex Shield Diamond Fuse 2.5L, 100% nylon ripstop upper; 100% nylon floor with TPU lamination; 100% polyester mesh — stated, all bluesign approved
Denier30D upper and 40D floor — stated
Hydrostatic headNot published on the listing — the listing says waterproof and names the membrane, without a millimetre figure
Breathability figureNot published on the listing
Breathability test namedNot published on the listing
Seam tapingNot published on the listing
ConstructionNot published on the listing — the listing publishes materials only, with no pitched or cut dimensions and no mention of a pole
Entry and closureNot published on the listing
Packed sizeNot published on the listing
WeightNot published on the listing
Amazon referenceB0BSKS163Z (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN0727602911472

What people ask before buying

What does 30D over a 40D floor tell you?

It is the construction the hub intro describes: a lighter canopy over a heavier floor, because the floor is what meets gravel. Publishing both numbers is rare here, and it is the one part of this listing that is fully answered.

Why does the most expensive bivy publish the least?

That is the finding, and it repeats across this niche. This listing gives a materials block and nothing else — no dimension, no weight, no packed size, no hydrostatic head. Price does not predict how much a maker publishes, and on this page it runs the other way.