Big Agnes - Copper Spur mtnGLO

I got the Mtn Glo version of this tent. Absolutely love it. So easy to setup and breakdown.

Big 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.

I 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.

Tent in a fork bag, poles in the frame bag. Big Agnes Copper Spur. 1p with short poles.

I 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.

I've had a Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 MtnGLO for about 8 years (i did NOT pay full price), never used a footprint for it in the High Sierra, nice and lightweight but good material, easy setup, no issues with the tent itself at all although i opened it up in the wilderness last weekend and found the shock cording had hardened and yellowed. I got it to work but just contacted BA this morning and within minutes they replied and they'll restring it for free. So BA stands behind their product. Take a look at their cheaper tents if you need to like the Blacktail, etc. I just tried my first generation Durston X-Mid 1 on the same trip, which i bought new years ago... i'm pretty impressed and it worked great though i think the 1-person is too small for my wishes; i already have plans to get an X-Mid 2. You can use trekking poles or buy separate carbon fiber poles. It's double wall unlike most ultra lightweight tents and the material seems tough enough for me with 15D polyester. The thing is it's not that expensive! and for what you mentioned, its design addresses high winds and snow. we're talking $289 new. How crazy is that? I read how some people had issues with setup but it's really easy. I had no trouble on the first test run in my backyard. I also have a Nemo 3-person tent but haven't used it in years, the quality is good but it was NOT a backpacking tent. They might offer something you'd prefer. Otherwise you can check out REI's used gear/returns selection, as well as the sub here for used gear.

Am 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.

I 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.

I kinda had the same thing. We decided to get a 3p tent because our two wide pads were smacking together in the copper spur 2. The whole copper spur line is on sale rn bc of the new hyperbead copper spur. We’re also eyeing a zenbivvy double bed, but that’s very expensive and will only be a purchase I’m willing to make if we end up camping together a lot or one of my buddies takes up cuddling.

My copper spur broke on me in a wind storm (granted it was very high wind on an exposed mountain). 2 of the 4 plastic buckles that the tent pole goes into at the end broke. Also my friend on the Colorado Trail broke 2 big Agnes tents this summer while setting up (once the tent pole bent/broke, other time I can't remember because I hadn't met them yet). I still think it's a good tent, but as a backpacker and mountaineer who cares a lot about weight, I probably wouldn't buy it again, I just don't quite trust it. Cleverhiker has very good points, but honestly thru hiking generally doesn't put you in a crazy exposed campsite like the top of a Scottish highland summit