Maker’s warranty: Limited warranty against manufacturing or material defect for the lifetime of the product; electronics up to two years; covers bought from an authorized Big Agnes retailer or direct; repair center; repair parts sold. Big Agnes’s terms, read Oct 25, 2026
A two-person freestanding backpacking tent from Big Agnes made with its lightweight HyperBead fabric, with two doors and two vestibules and few extras. It packs to 18 x 4.5 in, and Big Agnes lists a total weight of 978 g (2 lb 3 oz).
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Weight and price against the 2-person tents in the RidgeNote register with a published figure; other figures against every one of the tents. Manufacturer-listed; sources and dates are on this page.
The lightest of the 2-person tents on record is Zpacks Duplex Lite Tent at 15.2 oz — 547 g less at about the same price.
The cheapest is Six Moon Designs Lunar Duo Outfitter at $210.00 — $490 less and 622 g heavier.
Main models on the same shelf, compared with the Tiger Wall 2 Platinum on the makers’ published figures; the tick on each bar is the Tiger Wall 2 Platinum.
Zpacks
Duplex Lite Tent
1.21 lb lighter (547 g)
about the same list price
Zpacks
Duplex Classic Tent
1.04 lb lighter (474 g)
$49 more
Zpacks
Duplex Pro Tent
15.3 oz lighter (434 g)
$99 more
Not ranked: 11 with no published capacity.
See all 11 →
Durston
X-Mid 2
$381 less
0.1 oz lighter (3 g)
Big Agnes
Fly Creek UL2
$250 less
1.5 oz heavier (43 g)
MSR
FreeLite 2 Tent
$200 less
2.9 oz heavier (82 g)
Not ranked: 14 with no published list price, 4 with no published capacity.
See all 22 →
Big Agnes
Tiger Wall 3 Platinum
1 person more
4.5 oz heavier (128 g) · $50 more
MSR
FreeLite 3 Tent
1 person more
8.9 oz heavier (252 g) · $130 less
Hyperlite Mountain Gear
Ultamid 4 Ultralight Pyramid Tent
2 people more
12.1 oz lighter (343 g)
Not ranked: 11 with no published capacity.
See all 26 →2-person backpacking tents ranked by maker-published weight: 40 models. Lightest: Zpacks Duplex Lite Tent at 15.2 oz (431 g). Median 3.01 lb.
Big Agnes backpacking tents, 37 models in 13 lines: Copper Spur, Tiger Wall, Blacktail, String Ridge, Fly Creek, Sarvis, Crag Lake, Salt Creek and 5 more.
Eight shelters from our catalogue, from a 504 g single-wall to a 2.5 kg freestanding tent, compared on published weight, floor size and list price, with the reason to skip each one.