One caveat: While this tent uses cutting-edge ultralight materials that have good strength and durability for their weight, I always advocate using some care with any ultralight gear-it usually doesn’t last as long as heavier gear. The packed size of 18×5.5 inches (46x14cm) makes it among the most compact two-person, double-wall tents on the market, too. Find out more here.īig Agnes Tiger Wall 2 Platinum with rainfly. (For comparison purposes, tent makers generally provided a minimum or “trail” weight that includes only the tent, rainfly, and poles-not stakes and parts like guylines that vary between models-as well as a packed weight that represents the total poundage for everything in the package.) I can help you plan any trip you read about at my blog. That fabric waterproof and stronger per weight.Īt an ounce under two pounds, the Tiger Wall 2 Platinum may have no rival in its category when it comes to space-to-weight ratio. The rainflyĪnd tent floor are made of silicone-treated nylon ripstop fabric, making Plan your next great backpacking trip in Yosemite, Grand Teton, or other parks using my expert e-guides.īig Agnes Tiger Wall 2 Platinum vestibule. To prevent windblown rain from getting inside.
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Pack and boots, plus a bit of cooking space, which compares to many lightweightĪllow you to ventilate from the top or bottom, or unzip partway from the bottom Vestibules each have eight square feet of storage space-enough for a mid-size The rainflyĭoorways overhang the interior doors, creating a drip line that keeps rain out of the tent. The oversized zipper pulls are easy toĬanopy, two doors, and a double-wall design, ventilation is excellent. You enter or exit, not always a welcome task in the rain. Inside on the other hand, it forces you to deal with two zippers every time It allows opening theĭoor slightly to pass something through or to put on shoes without letting bugs
This design is either convenient or a nuisance,ĭepending on your perspective and what you’re trying to do. TheĮach along the bottom and top edges-that open separately and join at a bottomĬorner of the doorway.
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Sign up for my FREE email newsletter now.Ĭonvenience, but their dimensions make coming and going a breeze. While sleeping and with a little sensitivity to the comfined quarters, we movedĪround inside without invading another’s space much. I shared it with a friend-he’sįive feet 10 inches, I’m five feet eight inches-and we never bumped each other The foot end, but some extra space at the head end. Standard, 20-inch-wide air mats fit inside with virtually no room to spare at That ranges from 52 inches at the head end to 42 inches at the foot. (enough for six-footers to sit up, although some may find their head rubbing The living space compares with many lightweight two-door, While many ultralight tents trade off headroom and living space, this tent feels impressively livable for its weight, largely due to headroom that allows two people to sit up side by side, because of how that bridge pole lifts the walls above each door. The pole architecture helps create a shelter that’s quite sturdy, especially for an ultralight tent: It stood up to gusts of 30 to around 40 mph on spring nights in the Grand Canyon, which would be a test for any tent weighing three pounds, nevermind under two pounds.ĭespite its weight, the Tiger Wall 2 Platinum delivers livability perhaps unmatched among double-wall, freestanding or semi-freestanding tents in its weight class-an admittedly small category, a fact for which this shelter stands out, anyway. Like the semi-frestanding Tiger Wall UL2, the Platinum version incorporates a hubbed, Y-shaped main pole with a short bridge pole that crosses the center pole. Click here to learn how I can help you plan your next trip.īig Agnes Tiger Wall 2 Platinum without rainfly.
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Join The Big Outside to get full access to all of my blog’s stories. Click here to sign up for my FREE email newsletter. Hi, I’m Michael Lanza, creator of The Big Outside. But the Platinum version achieves deeper weightįabric used in parachutes and hang gliders and known for its strength, quality, Tiger Wall 2 Platinum remains almost identical to its predecessor, B.A.’s Tiger Of our shelters, I found much to recommend about the Tiger Wall 2 Platinum, andĭecided it ranks among the very best backpacking tents available today. Hike through the Grand Canyon that-not surprisingly-tested the wind resistance Taking it out on a six-day, 74-mile spring UL2 from 2018 that seizes the grail and-most importantly-avoids shortcomingsĮndemic to other ultralight tents. Has set the pace with the Tiger Wall 2 Platinum, a redesign of its Tiger Wall That many have come close to achieving, without quite nailing it.
The sub-two-pound, double-wall, freestanding tent hasīecome like the two-hour marathon of the backpacking gear world: the holy grail
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