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PINUQUEST emergency bivy bag, two-pack review
An emergency survival bag sold in twos, not a shelter bivy — it publishes a cut size and a silvered inner face, and nothing else a shelter is chosen on.
Two emergency bivy bags, stated at 213 × 91 cm (83.9 × 35.8 in) each, one green and one orange, with a silvered inner face and an outer described as waterproof and windproof.
Everything the specification amounts to
The cut size, the colors, and the silvered inner face. That is the whole of the specification.
What it does not publish
No fabric and no denier. The material is called hard-wearing and nothing more, so there is no way to compare it with the coated nylons and laminates elsewhere in this hub.
No hydrostatic head. The bag is called waterproof; waterproof without a millimeter figure is a word, not a measurement.
No breathability figure, and no claim of one. On a sealed bag, that is the number that governs how much of your own moisture stays inside with you.
No weight and no packed size. The listing’s argument is that it is ultralight and compact. Neither claim carries a figure.
Before ordering
Read it as an emergency item that lives in a kit, and note that the price covers two bags rather than one.
Availability
The American Amazon store returned nothing, so the buy link opens a local search rather than a page that is not there.
Every figure here is what Keepa held on the day this page was last revised. Offers and prices shift without warning.
What it does well, and where it gives way
Strengths
Publishes the cut size, 213 × 91 cm (83.9 × 35.8 in), which is the one figure that decides whether a body fits inside
Sold as a pair, so one can live in a first-aid kit and one in the pack without buying twice
The silvered inner face is stated rather than implied by a photograph
Compromises
No weight and no packed size, on a product whose entire argument is that it is light and small
No fabric named and no denier, so how it survives a night on gravel cannot be read off the page
No breathability claim of any kind, which on a sealed bag is the figure that decides how damp the inside gets
Where this model is listed
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Specifications
Fabric
Not published on the listing — a silvered inner face is described, the material itself is not named
Denier
Not published on the listing
Hydrostatic head
Not published on the listing — the bag is called waterproof, with no millimeter figure
Breathability figure
Not published on the listing — the listing makes no breathability claim at all
Breathability test named
Not published on the listing
Seam taping
Not published on the listing
Construction
Flat bag, 213 × 91 cm (83.9 × 35.8 in) — stated in the title; no pole or hoop is listed
Entry and closure
Not published on the listing — no zip, hood or drawcord is described
Packed size
Not published on the listing — described only as folding away compactly
Weight
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B0DDL2667M
EAN
4260520776434
What people ask before buying
Is this the same thing as a shelter bivy bag?
No. A shelter bivy is a breathable outer for a sleeping bag, meant to be slept in repeatedly and rated in millimeters and grams per square meter. This is an emergency bag sold two to a pack, and the listing publishes neither figure. The two sit in the same hub and are bought for different reasons.
What does the silvered inner face do?
The maker states that it reflects body heat back inwards. What the listing does not publish is any figure for it, or any breathability figure to set against it, so the trade-off that decides how damp a sealed bag gets is left unstated.
Does PINUQUEST publish a fabric?
No. Not published on the listing — a silvered inner face is described, the material itself is not named. What the listing does publish instead is the construction: Flat bag, 213 × 91 cm (83.9 × 35.8 in) — stated in the title; no pole or hoop is listed.
Our score
7.2/ 10
An emergency bag with a cut size and a color, bought two at a time. Read it as that, and not as the shelter bivy the hub is otherwise full of.
The buyer this one serves, among camping gear
A pack or a car kit where a spare emergency bag is wanted and the specification is not the point.
Sources
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for camping and hiking gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Emergency bag · sold as a pair · PE film with aluminum-coated inner · 213 × 91 cm (83.9 × 35.8 in) · 115 g stated · 120 dB whistle
An emergency survival bag sold in twos with a whistle sewn in — it names its film and gives a weight, and publishes nothing about breathability or closure.
Best for: A kit where a named material and a published weight are wanted from an emergency bag.
One-person bivy shelter · two aluminum poles · PU 5000 mm (196.9 in) flysheet · sealed and double-stitched seams · 215 × 75 × 61 cm (84.6 × 29.5 × 24 in) · 1.3 kg complete, stated
A poled one-person shelter sold as a bivy, publishing a flysheet water column, sealed seams and a complete-set weight — with no fabric named and no breathability figure.
Best for: A solo pitch where head room and a sealed floor matter more than packing small.
Sleeping-bag cover · 3-layer laminate · 5,000 mm (196.9 in) water column · breathable membrane, no figure · 225 × 85 cm (88.6 × 33.5 in) · 1,300 g and 40 × 8 cm (15.7 × 3.1 in) packed, stated
A generously cut laminate cover that publishes its water column, its packed size and its weight — and calls its membrane breathable without ever putting a number on it.
Best for: A cover bought for cut and closure rather than for weight, over a bulky synthetic sleeping bag.