Big Agnes - Copper Spur HV UL Bikepacking 1
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"I’m 6’4 240 and I use the 3 man for backpacking with 1 other person and a dog and it’s great."
"The extra space will mean so much as you move through various conditions and needs. ... The extra space allows you to bring all or most of your gear inside, with an area for boots/shoes etc."
"Long enough to my 6'5" frame and can sit up in it."
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"I’ve had that thing all over the most remote parts of the Colorado Rockies and it has always performed perfectly."
"For 3 season backpacking in Colorado/rocky mountain US the copper.spur is solid."
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"Copper Spur is perfect though I have also used a 20+ pound REI Kingdome when space was less of an issue. ... I do a fair amount of trips that start with a flight so a lighter tent that takes up less room is a must."
"Paks nicely onto bike."
"The Big Agnes Copper Spur is the best lightweight tent I’ve ever had by a country mile."
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"I have and it managed pouring rain and high winds without issue."
"The tent is very well constructed and quite robust, with high-end materials. ... Construction quality has been much better than expected"
"It has lasted me 7 years of backpacking trips with no issues except a broken pole section that Big Agnes replaced for free."
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"2p is way too small for two people unless you like sleeping on top of each other or maybe you’re both 5’ and 100lbs?"
"My partner has a big Agnes, which is great, a little lighter but super tight for both of us."
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"Big Agnes Copper Spur is a pound lighter, just not as sturdy."
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"Ultralight materials are very light, yes, but they are very delicate and tear and/or get holes easily. Ask me how I know..."
"But if you have an ultralight tent, the fabric is much lighter and thinner: way easier for ants, mice, etc. to chew into."
"The optional footprint and the tent body floor for my tent now have a few holes before I started doing this."
ColloquialBinomial 0.4I love my Big Agnes Copper Spur 2-Person Bikepacking tent. It’s freestanding which is a big deal for me, fits great between the bars because of the shortened poles, and is the perfect size to comfortably store all my gear in the tent with me. Sets up really quick, and you don’t have to know origami to get it back in the bag. Day-to-day on a trip I just stuff it back in and it’s fine. The 2-person retails for just above your price range, but it’s always on sale somewhere.
kobalt_60 0.3Just get the Copper Spur. It’s the gold standard for a reason. Use it for a few seasons and you’ll have enough experience to know exactly what you want out of your next tent. I have a 3-person Copper Hotel bike packing tent which has been amazing for 6 years and a BA Tiger Wall UL2 which I hate only because I know what I’m missing having not gotten a Copper Spur UL2 instead. My next tent will be a CS UL2.
Fast-Orange-Drinker 0.3Big Agnes specs 53oz for the copper spur ul3 at trail weight. The copper spur 1p is 32oz. Durston really shines with it's space for value, the xmid 1 has the same footprint as many lightweight 2 person shelters. Which is good and bad. You'd be hard pressed to find a comparable combination of weight/price/living space.
Intelligent_Run3825 0.3I had a hubba Hubba nx2 but wanted lighter so I got a hornet osmo 2P. Returned it because I couldn’t get in the tent during rain without the poorly designed fly dropping water on tent body mesh. Now I have a Durston xmid2 pro for most trips and a BA copper spur 1 if its platform tenting. I love the hubba. Old style was just too heavy. All the Durston products are fantastic!
MarsupialWalrus 0.3I love my Big Agnes Copper Spur 1p. Would get the 2p in a heartbeat. Pitched it on bare, rolling rock in 30 knot head-on winds no problem.
RoboMikeIdaho 0.3I don’t get the arguments about not being able to fit your gear in a 1p tent. People can fit all their gear into a 50 L backpack, but once the sleeping bag and sleeping pad are removed they’re not able to fit the rest of the stuff near their feet? Getting him a huge tent just because you want the extra room is actually a bit selfish in my opinion because of all the extra room you take at campsites. Big Agnes has been running a lot of sales in local sporting good stores and I think their Copper Spur 1p fantastic.
The Big Agnes Copper Spur 1p is the best tent I’ve ever owned.
I don’t get 2p tents. I’m not a small man and love my Copper Spur 1p. Easier to find a good spot, and I’m not taking up space that others could use.
bradmacmt 0.2We've been using the Copper Spurs going back to when they were introduced in 2008. We currently have the 1P and 2P at our house. We've used them in all sorts of weather here in the central Rockies. No problems.
IBelieveIWasTheFirst 0.2Yup, there were certainly places where I could put my one person Copper Spur in where a 2p couldn't. I should add, given your comment, if you like some solo time, a 1p tent that you can tuck in a stealth spot is pretty nice.
Ben_Dizzle 0.2Am I the only one who does not share a tent with my wife? She carries a Big Agnes 1p and I carry the 2p for that luxury condo on the trail. This works great and with two light tents, is very manageable and gives us our space on a trip where it is nothing but the two of us.
Deep-Ad-9728 0.2I switched from a Big Agnes 1P to an Xmid Pro 2P last year and I haven’t looked back. I love it! Like you, I always have my trekking poles and I grew wary of always having a separate tent pole. Also, my 1P tent was ridiculously small. My Xmid sleeps colder since it’s a single wall tent, so I bought a second quilt (much warmer) so that I can continue backpacking year round and keep warm overnight.
I have had problems pitching my Big Agnes on hard dirt so I ran long sturdy sticks through my BA pitching loops and I put rocks on the ends of the sticks.
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