THE TRUTH about buying Big Agnes tents...

I had a BA Copper Spur UL2 for about 5 years and it got a 3-4" tear in the mesh of one of the doors. Sent it back to BA to be repaired. They couldn't repair it, so they sent me back a brand new one! Big Agnes is amazing!

Would love to see how you take care of your gear after backpacking trips!

BA rocks and has great customer service. I have three of their tents in my gear stable: a Tiger Wall UL 2 for solo BPing, a Copper Sur 3 for when I’m out with the wife or just one of my teenage kids, and a Flying Diamond 8 for car camping with the entire family (6 of us). Love their sleep systems as well.

I have the Copper Spur HV UL3 for backpacking with my daughter, and just got the Tiger Wall UL2 Solution Dye for solo trips, which I took on a 4 day / 3 night Timberline Trail loop around Mt Hood last weekend. Performed perfectly . Both are amazing tents, easy to set up, and light. Love BA stuff!

I LOVE my Copper Spur, I don’t have the mtn glow. No need. With the awning you can also unzip both zippers and just stuff the square back under the rain fly and over the mesh for easy open door access. I’ve had it rain once and used the awning as intended sitting in a backpack chair. Worked great. I had the tiger wall, but I live in the Sierra which is basically granite. I could not ONCE stake it out properly with the semi-free standing ends, so gave up and got the copper spur. I’ve used it backpacking and travel car camping and have slept in it at least 60 nights with -0- issues.

The BA Tiger Wall UL2 is the first tent I have ever owned, used it on two weekend trips now and I really like it. Very easy to set up for a newbie like me. Also plenty of space for me and all my gear, when using an extra wide sleeping pad. Wouldn’t share it with another person though, in that case I would go for the UL3 version. Only downside for me is the non adjustable guylines on the tent. Makes it harder to pitch for a beginner like me. Also after rain, when the nylon has started to sag a bit, I needed to redo all the stakes of the rainfly to tighten the pitch. Would’ve been a lot easier if the guylines were adjustable instead of precut.

Thanks for the video!! I have the Fly Creek UL2 for solo backpacking trips, the Tiger Wall UL3 for when I backpack with my GF, and the Copper Spur UL4 for car camping. Love them all and they work awesome!

So glad you made it to Montana and can see why I love living here so much! Hope it wasn't too smokey!! Can't wait to get myself on a backpacking trip along the Beaten Path! I love my BA Copper Spur tent! So lightweight and easy to set up!

Love this video. I backpacked when I was a kid and your videos are getting me back into it. I’m 57 years old and banged up but I think I can find some short distance hikes here in Southern Oregon.

I literally just bought the tiger wall UL2 last night. So excited. Keep up the great vids!

Thank you. Looking at Big Agnes and also treking pole tents. Lots of choices. This answered lots of questions.

Good video. Thanks. Wife and I Just bought and used the copper spur 3 mtn glo last week in Colorado in all day rain at crater lake and woke up to snow ❄️ it performed very well.

I absolutely LOVE my Tiger Wall UL2! This is a great video, thanks for sharing!

I've done about 30 nights in Copper Spur UL2. So far, so good. My first UL tent was REI brand and only lasted me 14 months before every zipper was toast. I'm 7 months in on this one.

Hey Dan! Great video! I have the Copper Spur HV UL1. If I could do it all again I would probably pick up the 2 person, but the 1 still works! It is a bit easier to set up in my opinion. It’s not the best for wind, but absolutely love it! Where I am and everywhere I go there are usually lots of trees and not to much wind, so it’s pretty great!

I have a Copper Spur UL2 HV. Love the quality, headroom, and the weight. The only issues I have with it are that it's a trapezoid instead of a rectangle, and that the doors open at the head end instead of the foot. If the tent were a rectangle our rectangular sleeping pads would fit well with no binding. Having the door opening at the foot also makes swinging one's feet in and out of the tent far easier, though it does make zipping the doors harder. I also have an REI Half Dome which opens at the foot which is why I even have an opinion on the matter.

what a salesman :D just love the way you plug things. well done. laidback and informative

The Beartooths are amazing! They're just a couple of hours down the road from us. Thanks for the great video.

This is all good to know as after many months I have finally narrowed my choice of tent down to a BA Copper spur bike edition.

I would still buy another BA tent! My 1st was about 5 years old when It ceased being waterproof. BA gave me my purchase price credit for the tent and I bought another at a great price. I bought the copper spur HVUL1 bike packing tent in May. After 6 total nights of use, in August I discovered about 40% of the seam tape was loosening on the fly and some on the tent. BA would repair it and include free shipping but warned me it could take a while due to staffing. Luckily, where I purchased it online worked with me and they got a replacement tent sent out once FedEx had scanned my defective tent. I have 3 BA tents & 1 BA s.bag. The HVUL1 is my favorite. Sure, it's small but it keeps my pack weight down. The vestibule is monstrous! The storage is great. With my 21.5 in sleeping pad I have enough room on either side to set up my bag and other stuff in the tent. The vent up top was a key selling point for me. The zippers are quite good with a tiny bit of care taken.