Comments on: Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 Tent Review

By: Dave Collins

Dave Collins — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:35:42 +0000

In reply to Nfn Scout. Thanks so much for the feedback!

By: Nfn Scout

Nfn Scout — Sun, 04 May 2025 01:30:41 +0000

I just looked up one of my first camping trips with mine, 2016, and of all things it was on a lava field in Idaho, yet here we are 9 years later, never had a groundsheet and zero ground holes, a few micro ones elsewhere, but it’s been amazingly durable. Bent the poles (a bit) in crazy sustained winds while island camping off CA, came back to it completely flattened under heavy slushy snow in NH but it just keeps bouncing back. Seriously much more durable than you’d expect. And so livable!

By: Dave Collins

Dave Collins — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:30:28 +0000

In reply to Carlton Penaloza. Oh my gosh, thank you so much for the awesome note! I love this and I'm so happy we could help! This comment made my day, and hearing things like this is why we work so hard on our website. Happy hiking!

By: Dave Collins

Dave Collins — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:27:58 +0000

In reply to Jason Adams. Hey Jason, thanks so much for the thoughtful comment! This tent and the SlingFin Portal are two excellent competitors. If you use trekking poles and hike in nasty weather, the Portal is an excellent choice for its weatherworthiness and the ability to hook trekking poles to it. The Portal is a very well-built tent. It also has a longer brow pole and a bit more headroom. That said, its length is shorter, and it doesn't have as good of pockets, so its gear storage is a bit more limited. It also weighed 2-3 ounces more than the Copper Spur on our scales at home. Overall, those are two of the best freestanding backpacking tents on the market, and both are editor's choice winners for us, so it's a tough choice.

By: Jason Adams

Jason Adams — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:25:08 +0000

It seems to me that the SlingFin Portal is almost the same tent, but more durable and longer lasting. I saw a lot of reviews on REI that complained about rainfly failure. Maybe the reviewers are just getting confused about condensation. Regardless the SlingFin's silicone coated fly should hold up better BA's polyurethane coating.

I'm still debating between these two tents. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

By: Carlton Penaloza

Carlton Penaloza — Thu, 24 May 2018 04:15:15 +0000

I just want to kindly say thank you for your amazing website and blog! I am literally going down your entire 2018 list for best gear, and could not be more excited. I'm going straight from 2010 mediocre gear to 2018 ultralight. No other comparable investment could bring back so many amazing experiences, in my opinion. So far I bought this tent and the EE quilt/ sleeping bag. Thanks again for all these thorough and consolidated reviews!!! The mountains are a calling and I must go!

By: Dave Collins

Dave Collins — Fri, 04 May 2018 00:30:27 +0000

In reply to Kevin Guzda.

Happy to help Kevin. Have a good one!

By: Kevin Guzda

Kevin Guzda — Thu, 03 May 2018 23:53:06 +0000

In reply to Dave Collins.

Thanks for your reply Dave, appreciate it, putting my CS 1 up for sale as we speak!

By: Dave Collins

Dave Collins — Thu, 03 May 2018 04:46:20 +0000

In reply to Kevin Guzda.

I agree, good call Kevin. I think you'll really like the CS2.

By: Kevin Guzda

Kevin Guzda — Thu, 03 May 2018 00:09:08 +0000

In reply to Dave Collins.

Thank you, I should have added I already bought the 1P and set it up in my backyard and although I fit and peak height was sufficient , I can imagine with my 25 inch long pad in there I would literally be hitting all sides when moving around. I don’t think an extra 8 oz is much to fret about. The Nemo hornet and Tiger wall are both options but both are considerably shorter in length so that would likely be an issue. Outside of Zpacks I think the CS2 checks most of the boxes...