Copper Spur HV UL Bikepacking 1

I have the 1-person copper spur and love it. It’s just so simple and so reliable. The shorter “bikepacking” poles may seem silly but it makes the tent very Packable. I’ve ditched the over-engineered stuff sack it came in though, takes up unnecessary space and weight. I also own a larger MSR tent in the hubba line and they are honestly also great and pretty equivalent in terms of ease and quality (can’t speak to the new bike pack version)

Tents I have used - REI Half Dome 1p - Fine, decent quality for the price but kind of heavy and bulky and the poles are long. It almost always kept me dry though. Big Agnes Cooper Spur 1p - The bikepacking version with short poles. A nice tent but quite expensive. Better than the REI tent in every way but still kind of bulky. Very roomy inside with a big vestibule. Durston X-mid 1 - Excellent tent! I like everything about it. Very usable for how light and small it is and it stood up to heavy weather in Scotland, Wales, etc with no problems. I have the early version which requires stakes, if I were buying one now I would get the free-standing version for more versatility. Oh, I am 6'1" and had enough room in all these tents. Though the Durston got a little snug at times with the diagonal layout I still prefer it.

Just 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.

I run a Copper Spur 1p in NH. It’s very robust, and being compact and freestanding, allows me to squeeze into tight spots. If that’s less of an issue and you prefer to make the space tradeoff the 2p is a good bet. I do find the vestibules cramped on the 1p; the 2p I’d be more inclined to keep gear inside. If weather is bad I’ll keep gear at my feet in the 1p just because the vestibules are so tight. BA opted for this weird trekking pole porch-thing with their fly design. Quite frankly, it’s the thing I hate most, but the tent is well-designed and suits my needs regardless. The whole reason I pack a freestanding tent is because I *don’t* use poles.

I have the BA Copper Spur - it's a really fine 1P tent, but definitely not as light as the Nemo hornet 1P (especially the Elite model).

We'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.