Go with the lighter of the two. I have a 1p Tiger Wall UL and it’s been my go to for the last 5 years for 90% of my trips thought the season where I am sleeping solo m. Love this tent. I’m 5,10 and I often wish it were longer. My pad hits the bottom of the tent when I’m all set up and my legs touch the bottom when I straighten them out. I can see why you’d be looking at the 2P.
Added the Copper Spur 2p to my tents last year. It has a few other features. Great for trips where I need to share a tent and can split carrying it between two people.
I’d go with the lightest version of the Tiger Wall you can afford.
Copper Spur is free standing. Tiger wall is semi free standing.
Here is a pic of my 2 BA CS UL1 tents with no stakes because of the rocky terrain taken in July 2025 near Lyell Glacier in Yosemite
https://imgur.com/a/BEWXfiz
I have the tiger wall ul 1 and it has been great. I did rip one of the cables in high wind, but the rest of it hung on and no damage to the actual tent fabric or poles. That’s ok with me!
I sold my bivvy after a pretty miserable experience in the UP in some hot and humid conditions last summer.
Used a single person Big Agnes tent in hot and humid conditions in PR recently. Much better camping experience. Worth the extra pound and packability issues IMO.
The zoom ul is a good lightweight summer pad but notorious for sleeping cold for its r value. Their sleeping bags/quilts are nothing special either comparing them to cottage companies. Where they shine is their tents. The tigerwall and fly creek ul series semi freestanding tents were the gold standard for backpacking before high end trekking pole tents swooped in. They are still great products though and depending on your use could be worth owning. Their skyline ul stool is overpriced and doesn’t belong in a ul thru hiking bag but is nice to have for shorter trips and other uses outside backpacking. It’s very light and compact so it can come in handy if you need a portable chair for anything.
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