Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
Originally Posted By: bigmbogo
The Heatsheets Bivvy and Blanket look great. These are the ones from Adventure Medical, yes? The price is right. Are they reasonably durable?


Yes to both. Durability is much higher than a thin Mylar "space" blanket but somewhat less than the sportsmans "space" blanket that I use as a small tarp.

I wouldn't care to carry a poncho made of this material -- I'd think the bivvy would be better for resting still, and a poncho would undoubtedly be pretty warm for moving around. You can improvise a poncho from a blanket at need.


Yeah, I think this makes sense. I was trying to multi-purpose the thing.

So although I know this has been covered elsewhere, since we're on the subject: which emergency poncho?

Criteria: 1. Reasonably durable 2. Small and light 3. Cheap 4. Large

I have seen some high-tech ones, but procrastinate getting them because of the high price. I have used the super-cheapy (like $1) ones, but basically a single time each. So just as the survival blanket we are talking about above is a good quality item at a very reasonable price, what sort of emergency poncho would be its equivalent?

David