Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 Bikepacking Tent

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UOG TOP PICK—The Copper Spur has received some welcome updates with new environmentally friendly fabrics, shorter pole sections, more user-friendly set up features, and a range of smaller tweaks and upgrades. A great tent for those who prefer adventures on two wheels, a top pick.

Big Agnes says

Our award-winning ultralight bikepacking tents are built for on and off road adventures with features you know from our best-selling line of Copper Spur HV UL tents. Newly redesigned with more interior volume and using stronger, lighter, more sustainably sourced fabrics. The Copper Spur HV UL Bikepack tent is enhanced and equipped with functions you need for two-wheeled travel, plus a few extras like the awning-style vestibules and our proprietary TipLok Tent Buckle™ to simplify setup.

Featuring a shortened 12″ Shortstik Poleset for optimal handlebar, pannier, and saddlebag storage, complete with a burly bikepacking-ready compression sack that attaches readily to your bike with integrated daisy chain webbing. Stash your helmet in the added webbing located on the tent body exterior and dry out wet clothes and gear on daisy chain webbing loops integrated on the fly exterior. Interior storage solutions utilize dead space above your feet and keep gear stowed and out of the way. Extended footprint creates a vestibule floor for dry, dirt-free changing and additional gear storage (sold separately). The Copper Spur HV UL Bikepack tent is your dedicated shelter for single-track and double-track, overnight adventures.

Our Verdict

Big Agnes’ Copper Spur HV UL2 Bikepacking Tent has seen improvements to make it more user friendly and more environmentally friendly. A key feature being rolled out across a number of Big Agnes tents is the use of solution dyed fabrics. This is a great move for a number of reasons, firstly the positive environmental impacts which see a significant reduction in both energy and water consumption during manufacture. Secondly, this process means the tents are much more resistant to colour fade from UV. On a practical level, the tent benefits from a slight change in the pole design which now has shorter sections for easier packing on the bike, more intuitive setup for quick and easy pitching making for a more usable feel.

The classic Copper Spur pole set up remains, keeping the weight at a minimum while providing an excellent amount of internal and vestibule space. As with most Big Agnes tents there are loads of handy storage pockets inside as well as simple features to make setting up faster and easier. There are a number of other tweaks in the design to bring more welcome improvements such as changes to the pole set, reducing the section lengths, making it easier to pack onto your bike along with a more simplified, user friendly set up. This is a great bikepacking tent that provides excellent space for the low weight and this version is much nicer to use thanks to the well thought out changes.

– Reviewed by Ultralight Outdoor Gear

Features

• Featuring a 12″ Shortstik Poleset, ideal for packing onto handlebars, panniers and saddlebags, or saving space in any pack
• Simplified setup with proprietary tent corner construction and unique TipLok Tent Buckle™ that combines three functions: secure pole-tip capture, rainfly attachment and tensioner, and stake-out loop
• Multiple bike-frame attachment configurations for burley compression stuff-sack with daisy-chain webbing system
• Proprietary ultralight nylon double rip-stop, mixed denier fabric offers extra tear-strength and puncture resistance without adding weight
• Smooth-closing, dual-zipper door with easy-grip zipper pulls on two doors and two awning-style vestibules (UL2/3) with storm flaps on the vestibule zippers
• Ease of entry with dual zipper door and quick reach-through access using only one zipper, stow unzipped door easily with Quick Stash door-keeper on tent body door
• Stash oversized gear in 3D shelf, utilizing dead space above your feet or securely store helmet on top of tent body with elastic webbing and use daisy-chain webbing loops on the fly exterior to dry wet clothes and gear
• Maximized storage options with oversized ceiling pocket and multiple interior loops for use with gear lofts, accessories and mtnGLO® Tent & Camp Lights
• Clean earbud-cord routing from phones or other devices through media pockets located above sleeping area
• Dry, dirt-free changing and gear storage with extended footprint creates a vestibule floor, sold separately
• Increased airflow and reduced condensation through fly vent with low vent feature on the vestibule doors for more airflow while still providing vestibule coverage
• Easy to pitch any time of day with reflective guylines and color-coded webbing on tent corners, extra stability with velcro tabs that connect fly to pole structure, and ready to pitch with pre-cut guylines and tensioners attached to fly
• Includes NEW lighter, yet stronger Dirt Dagger UL Tent Stakes with patent pending I-Beam aluminum construction 

Specifications

UOG Specs:

• Inner tent weighs: 422g
• Flysheet weighs: 476g
• Poleset weighs: 478g
• Total weight: 1376g (excludes pegs and bags)
• x8 pegs supplied weigh: 70g

Big Agnes Specs:

• Trail weight (excludes pegs): 2lb 15oz / 1.33kg
• Packed weight: 3lb 8oz / 1.59kg
• Fast fly weight: 2lb 9oz / 1.16kg
• Packed size: 7″ x 13.5″ / 18 x 34cm
• Floor size: 29 sq ft / 2.7 m²
• Floor length: 88″ / 224cm
• Floor width: 52-42″ / 132-107cm
• Head height: 40″ / 102cm
• Foot height: 15″ / 38cm
• Vestibule area: 9ft² / 9ft² / 0.8m² / 0.8m²

Construction + Materials

• Fly and floor: proprietary ultralight double ripstop mixed denier water-repellent silicone treated nylon, with solution-dyed ripstop grid and 1200mm waterproof, polyurethane coating
• Tent body: breathable proprietary ultralight double ripstop mixed denier nylon, with solution-dyed ripstop grid and polyester mesh
• Waterproof, solvent-free polyurethane taped seams (No PVC or VOCs)
• DAC Featherlite NSL pole system, featuring 4-way high-volume hub pole design
• Gear lofts, sold separately: fits Triangle and Wall
• Copper Hotel HV UL Accessory Fly, sold separately
• Fast fly setup available, footprint sold separately
• Eight 6″ Dirt Dagger UL Stakes included

Help and advice:

• Big Agnes Tent Guide
• Bikepacking Advice Page
• The Ultimate Guide to Ultralight Tents
• Time-Saver Guide to Choosing a Tent
• When pegs go bad – Everything you need to know about tent pegs
• Are Tent Footprints Worth It?
• About Big Agnes
• Solution-Dyed Fabrics