BivySak – Gear Subscription Service

We love good surprises and we love great gear. Let’s be honest, we can never get enough of either. These are two of the many reasons we said yes when offered a sample of BivySak‘s quarterly Gear Subscription service.

What is it?

For those unfamiliar with gear subscription services, a company will bundle up a bunch of gear from various brands and send it to you at various intervals. The gear varies, but the value is pretty much always above what you’d spend if you were to buy it at retail.

Why subscribe?

First of all, you’re getting a great deal on outdoor gear ($24.99 for BivySak’s quarterly box). Secondly, you’re getting outdoor gear. Thirdly, you get to sample items from brands you may not have tried before. Fourthly, it’s a great surprise that you can give yourself or others. Fifthly… do you need more reasons?

What do you get?

It will vary from quarter to quarter, but Bivysak has partnered with brands like Patagonia, Salomon, GSI Products, Lifestraw, etc. and quite franky, we were incredibly impressed with the quality of gear that we recieved.

What did you get?

Glad you asked:

• Salomon Softshell
• Salomon Beanie
• GSI Fairshare Mug
• GSI Piranha Cutlery
• Honey Stinger Bars

What did you think?

I received their winter package, so although it’s summer let’s run through each item briefly.

Salomon Softshell

A super-soft, very warm fleece. It’s barebones, but that doesn’t detract from the performance of this piece. Oh, and my wife thinks I look good in it too.

Salomon Beanie

In Canada we call this a toque. Whatever you call it, it’s a warm and comfortable cover suitable for winter. I’m a fan of orange, so it suits my “at least they’ll find my body” wardrobe.

GSI Fareshare Mug

This mug is massive. It’ll serve two, or one very hungry outdoorsman… or lady. GSI is synonymous with outdoor cookwear and they’ve done a fine job with the more than Fareshare mug.

GSI Pirhana Cutlery

The good ol’ spork and knife. The spork is a spork of souper proportions and the knife is sharp… like a pirhana… kinda.  but it is sharper than all my other plastic cutlery by a long shot. If you’re tired of short camp cutleries then check these out.

Honey Stinger Bars

This was my first time trying them and man have I missed out. These were great. In fact, they were gone before my next backpacking trip… and before I could take photos. Sorry! They’re just empty wrappers… like so many musicians now-a-day. Badumching!

Yes, all of that is $24.99.

Conclusion

If you’re looking for a gear subscription service that you can join, or that you can give as a gift, this one by Bivysak is definitely worth checking out.