It's Okay To Be Square!
It appears everything in carp fishing is turning square: stoves, kettles and now bivvies!
Nash Tackle’s latest bivvy isn’t just visually striking—it addresses one of the most commonly requested bivvy changes at a Nash tradeshow: height. Most just aren’t tall enough, but inside a Blockhouse you can stand up, change clothes—even jump around!
Say what?! Jump around?! Really?
Well, maybe not jump, but at 190cm—that’s over 6’ 2” in height—the average person will most certainly be able to stand up straight, change clothes, wash and enjoy a lot of space and comfort that isn’t possible in traditional bivvy design—yes, we’re talking about you pram-hood and fan-open bivvies!
That design, though—that looks more like a utility tent than a bivvy?
We’ll agree, this isn’t your traditional design for a bivvy, but what Nash has done is realised how good that utility tent concept is and then modified it to create an all-bells, all-whistles bankside home. And having spent 48hrs sleeping in one, we can confirm it really is a game-changer if space and comfort are top of your wishlist when it comes to deciding which bivvy is for you.
How easy is it to set-up, though?
Like easy, easy. In fact, we think it’s probably the easiest bivvy to assemble. Nash has used their proven fast-erect ‘Speed-Up’ Continuous Frame Twin Leg design concept from the Bank Life Gazebos and that means zero poles to assemble: simply fold out the legs and click each one into place. It takes seconds.
Please say it has a fully sealed groundsheet?
If by ‘fully sealed’ you mean a continuous HD groundsheet which can be zipped in to create a sealed capsule, then yes! From now on you’ll never hear another rat or mouse rummaging beneath your bedchair or a mozzie ‘zzzzzz’ next to your ear! And if you need airflow to keep cool in the summer months then the Blockhouse Camo Pro can provide more of that than an F1 wind tunnel. There are full-width mozzi panels on all four sides of the shelter! Oh, and those ‘front peaks’ you get on pram-hoods to keep out driving rain… Pah, pointless! On the Blockhouse you get a roll-up, pack-away storm porch extension which is basically a front awning!
Wow! What about the materials used?
This makes for more good reading. 20,000mm hydrostatic head construction and there’s an internal vapour shield to reduce condensation drip. The supplied guy ropes come with reflective 3M fleck for maximum visibility under torchlight, plus there are integral Velcro storage pouches and a central internal hook for hanging a bivvy light or insect zapper. Even the rod straps are better than on a ‘normal’ bivvy: 2 x 2 Rod Velcro Retainers which fit to the corner support poles.
It really does sound impressive, but what’s the RRP like then…
It’s not cheap at £699.99, but then you’d be paying that—and then some—for a Titan, Tempest or Fox Frontier. The Blockhouse Camo Pro is a serious piece of bankside real estate, which, if space—both around you and above you—are important, then it doesn’t get any better than this.
