Big Agnes  Copper Spur HV UL1 Bikepack Tent

Quality bikepacking investment! Big boned at 6’2” 200lbs I found this tent a perfect size to rest/recover away from the midges while wild camping along the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland. The tent poles make this bike mount friendly and I found the best spot inside the triangle on the downtube using a Blackburn outpost cargo cage. Highly recommend getting the BA specific ground tarp as it’s easy to line up tent pole holes and keep the entire tent setup tight and neat. The only head scratcher was the seven quality tent stakes included when eight are needed. Durable, reliable, easy setup, this tent definitely beats out the previous bivy bag setup.

Very well thought out tent. One use so far, but can tell it is very well researched and tested. Tent is freestanding and DOES NOT require trekking poles. The ease of set up, gear lofts, (2 of them!), and comfy entry/exit, and the ability to sit up made me the envy of my camp mates. I was really impressed that there was absolutely no condensation build up. I like it so much I plan to make this double as my new favorite backpacking tent (without the sturdy handlebar bag). The pic of awning w/poles is clearly a marketing blunder by BA. You could set up awning with bike handlebar, but I doubt that I will ever use that feature. Pretty pricey, but worth it if it lasts.

I just got back from a bicycle tour of Northern Norway, north of the arctic circle. I was a little nervous taking a lightweight bike packing tent that far north but the Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL1 held up in one of the worst storms I'v ever experienced outdoors. When I went to sleep it was pretty quiet but around midnight I woke to a raging storm with sustained 14m/s (31mph) winds gusting to 18m/s (40mph) bashing the tent 90 degrees to broadside, not the ideal situation at all. It was pouring down rain and in those winds there was no way I was gonna attempt to reorient the tent. I've never seen a tent deform so much but it survived the night with not so much as a drop of rain getting inside. I staked the tent, wrapped the fly velcro around the poles, guyed out the rain fly, and probably most importantly, made sure the cross bar was properly seated in the rain fly. No tears, no leaks, no permanently bent poles. This is one tough little tent. It was so windy, even the ferries from Bodo to Moskenes stopped running. Thanks Big Agnes for keeping a scary night from becoming a scary miserable night.

I am extremely happy with my Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL1 Bikepack tent! I will be using it for motorcycle touring/camping, and wanted something well made, light, and packs small. It is very well made, and the set-up is quick and simple. I also purchased the matching footprint which complements the overall design of the tent.

the good: the pole system and stuff sack, light weight, small size the bad: the footprint doesn’t integrate well when staking out the full tent system, the asymmetrical shape of the footprint and tent are a nightmare when setting up on a slope in the cold dark and rain, the tiny plastic buckles that easily fill with sand or dirt and then don’t work, the asymmetrical shape of the double zipper door that just doesn’t function the way a tent door ought to.

Easy set up. Love the internal pockets. Breathable without creating condensation. Packs small to make it cute lol

I just got this tent and the design and setup is terrible and unintuitive. The footprint needs to be staked out separately from the rest of the tent (5 stakes) and it does not cover the entire bottom of the tent. The corners of the floor are hanging over past the footprint. The head, foot and back side of the rainfly just flap in the breeze and require 3 more stakes to hold them tight. The body of the tent requires 5 stakes to be held down. That’s 13 stakes to setup a one person tent with a footprint and rainfly. That is absurd. You only get 8 stakes with the tent. There are two zippers on the door of the tent body, one vertical and one horizontal and they open in opposite directions. Ridiculous. The awning is unusable if you don’t have trekking poles. Why would you carry trekking poles if you’re bikepacking? The awning also has two zippers, neither of which really allow good access to get through the door. The tiny little plastic buckles on the corner will most likely break and be caked in dirt and sand after two uses. All in all this tent is designed and executed poorly, and it’s difficult to set up and take down which is not ideal for bikepacking if you’re setting up and tearing down potentially every day. I think they’re trying to add too many gimmicky features for cool pictures and forgetting people actually need to use the tent efficiently.

Bought this to replace my Fly Creek with a torn rain fly zipper. BA couldn't / wouldn't replace the zipper and had no spare rain flys to sell. Expensive lesson learned be careful BA tents are fragile.