Big Agnes  Copper Spur UL1 Tent

I bought this tent as a free standing option on long backpacking trips like the Colorado trail. I enjoyed it for one year. This year I was caught in a storm with stong winds and on strong blast broke two pole sections and put a 10” rip in the end of the rain fly. It tookm about 3-4 weeks to get replacement pole sections and then to repair the rip with Tenatious tape and seam sealer. On the next trip another gust flattened it and broke a pole section. It always happens at the three way joint junctions. It is an ultra light tent which seems to mean “very delicate” - be ware!

I purchased this tent to have a light, free standing tent to use on the Colorado trail a couple of years ago. I was fine for the first few trips, until I started above timberline sections. I one gust this past June 2 pole sections a snapped and a 10" rip tore through the fly. I contacted BA and received my 2 pole section in a liesurely rate of 3 weeks. Now I have another broken pole after a trip this week. This is a FRAGILE tent not up to Rocky Mountain conditions, unlike my trekking pole tents from Tarptent and Zpacks. This is better suited for camp grounds or your back yard.

Been using this since late summer of 23. Probably closing in on 200 nights in this sanctuary. It's recently started showing its age, I always use the footprint that doesn't quite align with the tent floor but close enough. Patched a small tear in the rainfly and tiny one in the tent floor in the last week and the seem tape is just now starting to delaminate. Overall for how much use this tent has had, I'm pretty impressed with the super thin fabrics durability. I think my only rooms for improvement on this tent would be a rain fly fabric that doesn't stretch out so much with temperature and humidity changes. You always have to be mindful because when you tighten everything down when it's cold and humid then the sun comes out and shrinks everything you could end up ripping your rainfly with how tight it can get. The other room for improvement is the privacy material above the tent floor. I think an entirely mesh tent body sewn to the tent floor would be a much nicer living space, so you can lay down and still enjoy the view. I think it would also improve ventilation as well. I think also black mesh would be better too, as the moonlight basically acts like someone shing a headlamp on the white or lighter colored mesh making it hard to see through the mesh. Black mesh would improve all of these drawbacks.

I have had this tent for about 5 years and it has been great. It is just about as small and light as you can get. I am 6'2" 205lbs and there is plenty of room inside. The vestibule adds more room. It has kept me dry on very rainy nights and I have not had trouble with wind. Pretty easy to set up and take down as well.

Decent tent that I wanted to like, but the rainfly zipper is trash, failed after just a few uses, and Big Agnes wouldn't fix or replace it. (Big Agnes doesn't honor its own warranty policy.) They wanted me to buy a new tent instead and gave just a small credit for my very good condition gear (other than the damaged rainfly). Hard pass on BA.

nice tent, light, easy to set up, crams into your pack well. if you find two extra tent stakes people left, the porch feature is actually kinda nice when you actually need to seek shelter in your little coffin with head room. A couple things, if you use a bandana to sweep out your tent the material creates static so dirt will stick to your tent, it's kind of comical. just a quick shake and it falls off. the privacy material I'm not too fond of, would have been better with mesh to the floor. I also feel like black mesh would be better for stargazing when laying in it without the rain fly. overall I like the tent, it's pretty sturdy in the wind for such a light tent keeps the rain out, I think ventilation could be a bit better. Definitely noticed some condensation every night. still enjoy sleeping in this tent more than sleeping at home.

So far I've used this tent camping on snow on Mount Baker and on dirt at a campground. It's very easy to set up, particularly with the color coding on various sections. Good weather both times, so I can't comment on wind and water resistance at this point. I didn't bother with the footprint on snow, but I would definitely recommend it on any other surface (and maybe even on abrasive snow). The fabric is quite thin and I'm definitely planning to be gentler with it than my other, heavier tents. The included stakes are OK, might want to replace them eventually. It's so nice to have a tent that fits easily in my pack!

We had a windy day in the plains of Colorado, my Big Agnes was destroyed. Big Agnes wouldn't replace parts without a fee even though I had just purchased it. I was glad I was not backpacking.

My friend bought it first and let me play with it in his living room. I loved how easy set up was and the big pocket. I had to have for my trip to Mont Groulx cold and humid conditions. I found out clipping the ground sheet to the double top in advance allow perfect dry pitching even with very strong winds. First trip, I spent 5 days in this tent facing strong winds and quite a lot of rain. It got dry very fast and standl the rigourous climate perfectly.

Nice, light tent for summer hiking. Size is just enought for one person with some gear. Only one door and tapered shape limit camping spots a bit. Opening the door when the tent is wewill get the inside some wet from condensation and the awning/door drippings.