Solar Tackle Undercover Bivvy Range: A Total Fishing Tackle Review

Solar Tackle Undercover Bivvy Range

Our resident blogger and fishing expert Wayne Box takes us on a guided tour of the new Solar Undercover Bivvy range, can a Solar Bivvy really find its way onto his barrow and knock the Trakker Tempest from top spot?

When people think of Solar Tackle they are immediately transported to a world of stainless steel and bite indication. Yet Solar have so much more to offer than that.

Solar have undergone a major overhaul in recent years and are churning out top quality product after top quality product with impressive regularity. I will still argue that the Solar SP Wide Sleep System is the most comfortable on the market and the Solar Tackle Undercover Luggage range has not only turned heads, but it has the sales numbers to back up the interest shown as well.

So, when Solar announced that there was going to be a new range of bivvies coming, interest mounted quickly and I have to say, at first glance, Solar have ticked all the boxes.

Anyone that has seen me on the bank will know that I care not for the latest and greatest fishing gear, but with that said I do like to keep warm and dry and it might not be a stretch to imagine that I am a bit of a bivvy snob.

Could the Solar Tackle Undercover Bivvy range be the one to knock my trusty Tempest onto eBay? Maybe…

In keeping with current trends, Solar have kept in nice and simple with the Undercover Bivvy Range, a twin rib one man bivvy and a two man three rib bivvy, both available in either green or camo. Interestingly though, for the two man version there is an optional inner dome that you can purchase separately, thus turning a two man bivvy into a palatial suite. Perfect if you take your young family members with you or like me, occasionally take your other half.

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Heavy duty groundsheets are standard and they do make a huge difference in the colder months, heavy duty pegs, tension bars, the usual accessories and a bag that won’t feel like you are trying to fit a round peg in a square hole when it comes to packing the bivvy away.

The 10,000HH material is more than enough to keep the wind and rain off your back and the camo material is a welcome distraction for the DPM that seems to be dominating other bivvy brands at the moment. So far so good.

Other nifty little features are the zip out front panels to open the bivvy up on those warm evenings, the rear vents that provide great airflow through the shelter and the multitude of door options that you would expect as standard. A front peak finishes the bivvy off nicely something that I do miss as my Tempest Brolly requires an expensive upgrade to get one via the skull cap. Another neat little touch is the little zip that allows a power cable to be run into the bivvy, electric hook ups are more and more common at carp lakes and Solar have clearly thought of this.

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What really raised my eyebrows was the price. Just £285 for the one man camo version and £439 for it’s big brother. At that price, Solar have achieved a lot for not a lot of money.

The two man is more than capable of swallowing two beds and all the paraphernalia that us carp anglers like to take and not use, even with the inner dome there is still bags of space.

I really am struggling to find any negatives with the Solar Undercover Bivvy Range, I can’t test the durability without using one for a year but the initial reports from customers are extremely positive and Solar are selling good numbers of them, all very encouraging signs. Is the Solar Undercover Bivvy going to replace my old Tempest Brolly?

Yes I think it might.

If you are in the market for a new bivvy, or even if you aren’t, give them a good look as they really are bloody good.

Until next time, get out there and bag a beauty!

Cheers.