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Big Agnes
Is Big Agnes worth buying?
Big Agnes earned a buy verdict on 3 of the 4 Big Agnes products we compared (75%), well above the 50% average across every brand on the site. 1 of them won its comparison outright: Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 XL. We would skip 1: Big Agnes Big Six Camp Chair.
Verdicts synthesize independent testing and long-term owner reports; we do not run a lab and never take review units. Each product below links to the comparison it was judged in. How we review.
Buy it 3 products
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The Best 2-Person Backpacking Tents: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Outdoors & Fitness
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 XLWon the comparison
The roomy XL version of Big Agnes's best-known freestanding ultralight tent, with two doors and a 96 x 54 inch floor that fits two adults.
Best for: Backpackers who want the lightest genuinely comfortable freestanding tent and will pay for it.
$$$ · premium
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The Best Sit Pads: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Outdoors & Fitness
Big Agnes TwisterCane BioFoam Hiking SeatRunner-up
The only sit pad here that publishes an R-value, and it publishes a modest one.
Best for: Anyone who wants to know what they are buying, and is willing to trade a quarter inch of foam for it.
$ · budget
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The Best Tent Footprints: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Outdoors & Fitness
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 FootprintRunner-up
A stated 148 grams, cut for one tent family, and the key that unlocks pitching the fly without the tent body.
Best for: Copper Spur owners, especially anyone who wants the option of a fly-only pitch to save weight.
$$ · mid-range
Skip it 1 product
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The Best Camping Chairs: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Outdoors & Fitness
Big Agnes Big Six Camp Chair
A lightweight packable chair on an aluminum pole frame, with a 20 inch seat and a stated 300 pound maximum load.
Why we skip it: A stated 300 pound maximum load, below the Kelty's 400.
$$$ · premium
Big Agnes in our categories: Outdoors & Fitness (4)