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 one-person, three-season backpacking tent from Big Agnes with a single-pole frame of DAC Featherlite poles, a large side-entry door and a vestibule. The fabric is Big Agnes's HyperBead. Big Agnes lists a packaged weight of 964 g.
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Weight and price against the 1-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 1-person tents on record is Zpacks Plex Solo Classic Tent at 12.3 oz — 616 g less for $129 more.
The cheapest is Six Moon Designs Skyscape Scout at $160.00 — $310 less and 170 g heavier.
Main models on the same shelf, compared with the Tiger Wall UL1 on the makers’ published figures; the tick on each bar is the Tiger Wall UL1.
MSR
FreeLite 1 Tent
2.6 oz lighter (74 g)
$30 less
Big Agnes
Fly Creek UL1
2.3 oz lighter (64 g)
$50 less
Zpacks
Plex Solo Classic Tent
1.36 lb lighter (616 g)
$129 more
Not ranked: 11 with no published capacity.
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Fly Creek UL1
$50 less
2.3 oz lighter (64 g)
MSR
FreeLite 1 Tent
$30 less
2.6 oz lighter (74 g)
Six Moon Designs
Skyscape Scout
$310 less
6.0 oz heavier (170 g)
Not ranked: 10 with no published list price, 4 with no published capacity.
See all 7 →
Hyperlite Mountain Gear
CrossPeak 2
1 person more
same weight · $480 more
Durston
X-Mid 2
1 person more
0.4 oz heavier (11 g) · $151 less
Big Agnes
Tiger Wall 2 Platinum
1 person more
0.5 oz heavier (14 g) · $230 more
Not ranked: 11 with no published capacity.
See all 67 →1-person backpacking tents ranked by maker-published weight: 24 models. Lightest: Zpacks Plex Solo Classic Tent at 12.3 oz (348 g). Median 1.88 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.