FAQ

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We will set expectations on shipping and delivery times, and keep you updated along the way.

Lifetime guarantee on quality. If you don’t love your bivvy, get it touch. In the spirit of companionship, we welcome your feedback, always. We’ll do our best to make good of your order.

No suitable combination of non-synthetic material and coating can be fully waterproof, yet we believe this is to our benefit. 

For our experience – when we sleep, our bodies breathe. This creates condensation, a type of humidity. A bivvy bag’s ability to wick this moisture away determines how comfortable we are. A fully waterproof bag struggles with this, meaning you wake up wetter overall (have you noticed how a “waterproof” jacket gets sticky inside when rained on?) 

For our environment – Durable Water Repellent (DWR) coatings, popular on almost all modern outdoor gear (bivvy bags, tents, waterproof jackets, etc..) contain harmful chemicals that release into the environment during manufacturing and disposal, leading to widespread contamination. Fully waterproof products effectively never break down, which means they most likely end up in landfill with no natural decomposition.

We are with nature, not against it.

Companion bivvy bags pack smaller and lighter than a beack towel. Sure, this is more than the synthetic bivvy bags — but impossible to compare on experience. 

The weight comes from the cotton and its dry-wax finish, as well as the robust brass hardware — including YKK metal zippers, snaps, and cord stops. The engineering is thoughtful and every piece is purposeful.

Delicious. Tactile – totally touchable. Like nothing you’ve seen in the bivvy bag world. Or in the broader camping landscape as a whole, for that matter. Doesn’t slip-slide around on the ground. It’s authentically natural, just the right weight, and wears well. 

We’re putting our material to work, checking it lives up to what we believe in. Head over to our Instagram to see some of the weird and wonderful ways we’re testing it @westcoastcompanion

Like everything in life, we look after the things we love.

The bivvy bag wears well, gets better with age, and can be re-proofed and repaired as needed. We’re here to guide you through this process, sharing valuable skills in self-sufficiency that you might choose to pass on to others, in service of generations to come.

Spot clean, dry flat in shade. Or don’t — earn your patina instead.