Big Agnes - Fly Creek UL1

Part of it depends on how light you need to travel. Obviously the advantage of a 2-person is lots of room for gear. That said - when I’m bikepacking (light) I don’t have much gear to put in my tent at night anyway. Been very happy with Big Agnes Fly Creek UL1

Looks decent. To throw in a suggestion/ consideration - rei near me has a pre owned store. When i first went tent shopping i randomly decided to stop there, and scored a big agnes UL fly creek tent for under $100 , looked kike it had maybe been on 1 or 2 camping trips, was a big score. Might be worth checking out

something like the Big Agnes Fly Creek. Avoid the "solution dyed" ones, they literally stink. Not great in a storm, but super lightweight and big inside.

General comment on the BA Fly Creek: If you're considering the Fly Creek, get the Tiger Wall instead. It is basically the same sent, but the difference is having two side entrances on the Tiger Wall vs. a single rear entrance on the Fly Creek. With two adults (especially two adults and two kids), you'll be tripping over each other if you do not make having _two side entrances_ a must-have feature for a _backpacking_ tent. If you were getting a car camping tent, which would be much larger and spacious, you could get away with a single entrane. But not a backpacking tent. TL;DR - Fly Creek is a great tent, just probably not the right design for your application.

Fly creek sucks. You want two side entry doors. The UL move is the BATWUL (big anus tigerwall UL).

I’d gladly take that weight over the coffin that is the creek. Just ain’t worth it. And we are talking about 4oz difference. I know this is UL but… come on now!

I worked at REI and I have 2 BA tents and love both of them. I've used the Fly Creek in very harsh weather and have never had a drop of water get inside, nor a stake pull loose, nor a rip, or broken pole. It's free-standing and to me that's very important. If you take care of it you will have that tent for 20 or more years. Is it worth $50 a year?

It's pretty similar in specs and price to my Alps Koda 1, which is simple, reliable, and totally bombproof, but I kept thinking I'd upgrade it to something lighter and fancier. Finally upgraded to a Big Agnes Fly Creek, which I hated. Resold the Fly Creek and kept the trusty old Koda after all.

I have the Big Agnus Fly Creek. It was one of the lighter backpacking tents I could find. They are doing a big sale currently too:)

The Big Agnes Fly Creek uses the same material and was the highest rated tent on several of those Halfway Anywhere PCT surveys for a few years, it was my primary pre-UL tent and survives to this day like 8 years later as my loner, and it's the tent used by the professional guides at the local outdoor shop. It's plenty durably. The Copper Spur is similarly rated on those surveys. They're both covered by Big Agnes warranty. Yes, they're very durable. You would, however, save over a pound by switching to the TarpTent Hogback. When the Copper Creek isn't on sale, you'd also be saving literally hundreds of dollars with the Hogback, too ... which is nice.